Annie Lennox and Gary Oldman pay tribute to British musical legend David Bowie, as he is awarded BRITs Icon Award at The BRIT Awards 2016

Watch the full David Bowie tribute from The BRITs 2016. Annie Lennox and Gary Oldman pay moving tribute to the late, great David Bowie as he is honoured with a BRITs Icon award. Bowie's band are joined by Lorde for a performance of 'Life on Mars'.

Just a month after the rock musician's passing following a battle with cancer, David Bowie was honored tonight at London's BRIT Awards by posthumously receiving the highly esteemed Icon Award. Annie Lennox of Eurythmics fame offered a touching tribute to the artist and then actor Gary Oldman, a good friend of Bowie's, accepted the award on his behalf. Upon receiving the award, he said, "The world lost an artist of transcendent talent. He was the very definition, the living embodiment of that singular word: icon."