The Ramones are to get a lifetime achievement award at the Grammys next year.

This will happen on February 12 in Los Angeles, the day before the Grammy Awards themselves. They’ll be joined by Julie Andrews and Dolly Parton in receiving this honour in 2011.

The only surviving member of the original line-up is drummer/producer Tommy Ramone. And the band will make history as the first artists to get such an accolade without ever winning a traditional Grammy.