Cher: ‘I have been down and out so many times but I never gave up my dream’

Cher poses in the press room at the iHeartRadio Music Awards (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

US star Cher has urged those with a dream to never give it up – “no matter what happens”.

The 77-year-old was presented with the icon award at the iHeartRadio Awards from Hollywood actress Meryl Streep, after Jennifer Hudson performed a musical tribute to her 1989 hit If I Could Turn Back Time.