Fleetwood Mac's Buckingham for ASCAP honour

Fleetwood Mac's Lindsey Buckingham is to receive the Golden Note Award for lifetime achievement from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), it has been announced.

Billboard reports that the 'Go Your Own Way' singer will receive the prize during the organisation's 'I Create Music' event in Los Angeles this spring.

Besides accepting the prize in person during the gala, Buckingham will also lecture attendees on his approach to songwriting and composing music.

Previous recipients of the Golden Note Award have included Quincy Jones, Tom Petty and Stevie Wonder.

The singer-guitarist has released six US top 40 LPs as a member of Fleetwood Mac as well as a half-dozen solo albums. Buckingham left Fleetwood Mac in 1987 but reunited with his bandmates for live record The Dance a decade later.

ASCAP's sixth annual 'I Create Music' expo will be held from April 28 to April 30 at LA's Renaissance Hollywood Hotel.