Boomtown Rats singer Bob Geldof took home the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Rolling Stone UK Awards, while The Cranberries received the Icon Award.
The Cranberries' Noel Hogan paid tribute to the band’s late vocalist Dolores O’Riordan while picking up his trophy.
In his speech, Hogan said: "Dolores passed away nearly eight years ago, so it's testament to the songs that they have lasted so long. When we were kids starting out in Limerick, we never thought our songs would last so long, let alone 37 years."
He added: "This means a lot to us and Dolores would love something like this tonight and if she’s looking down on us she’ll be smiling. Mike and Ferg [his bandmates] wish they could be here tonight so thanks very much."
The third annual ZYN Rolling Stone UK Awards, which took place at London's Roundhouse on Thursday, was closed out with a special performance from Hogan and Australian duo Royel Otis, who went viral recently with their cover of the band's hit single Linger.
Accepting his Lifetime Achievement Award, 74-year-old Geldof described how the band was named after Woody Guthrie's songs, while rock provided the "necessity for change".
"You understand of course that in rock and roll terms, this is a gold watch so f*** off now please! But thank you Cliff and Darren," he said. "It's odd to be sitting down at the Roundhouse because the first time I played here was after the Ramones in 1977 and we’d just finished a tour of schools. We played to these bemused teenagers in Bay City Rollers outfits."
He continued: "Those years passed in a blip and here I am. Paul McCartney was asked about his life and he said: "It's strange because I look at myerlf and I know it’s me and I sort of remember those things but I don’t remember them at a distance. I finished touring with the Boomtown Rats the day before yesterday and I know nothing I did was done without the vital necessity of playing music."
British singer FKA Twigs' record Eusexua won the Album Award, while Scottish singer Lewis Capaldi won the Artist Award, two years after winning the Gamechanger Award for his openness about taking a break from music over his mental health.
The Play Next Award for new talent went to Scottish singer Jacob Alon, while the Television Award went to Jamie Campbell Bower for his role as the villain Vecna in the final season of Netflix's Stranger Things, and the Gamechanger Award was won by the cast of BBC show Riot Women, written by Sally Wainwright.
The Live Act Award was handed to Scottish rock band Biffy Clyro, while the Group gong was given to indie band Wunderhorse, the Beakthrough Award went to pop singer Myles Smith and the Film Award went to Kirk Jones for I Swear.
Lido was given the Festival Award and XL Recordings won the Label Award.
Further performances on the night came from Smith, Alon and Fayth Ifil from Just For One Day: The Live Aid Musical.
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Source: Press Association
