Jimmy Page is to become the recipient of a one-off NME Rock'n'Roll Soul Award.
Jimmy Page
The Led Zeppelin rocker will be presented with the prize on Wednesday, February 18 at the event which takes place at Brixton's O2 Academy in London.
NME editor Mike Williams commented: "This special, one-off award has been created to reflect one of the most important and iconic figures to have ever picked up an instrument. There is nobody in popular culture quite like Jimmy Page, and we are honoured to be giving him the Rock'n'Roll Soul Award at this year's ceremony."
This new accolade will be presented alongside 22 regular awards, publicly voted for, with Kasabian leading the nominations with a total of eight, whilst Royal Blood and Jamie T have seven each.
BBC Radio 1 DJ Huw Stephens is to host the ceremony, whilst performances will come from Royal Blood and Charli XCX.
The annual ceremony runs in conjunction with the NME Awards Tour that follows, which will see Palma Violets, Fat White Family, The Amazing Snakeheads and Slaves head out on a string of dates across the UK.
Public tickets for the NME Awards 2015 and the NME Awards Tour with Austin, Texas are still available to buy at NME.com/tickets.
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