Tuesday, 21 February 2012

Adele's Apology

Adele has apologised to her fans for giving the middle finger in reply to being cut off mid-acceptance speech at tonight's Brits.

James Corden was forced to cut her off before she said her thank-yous so that Blur could begin their three-song close of the Brits.
Adele collects the MasterCard British Album of the

Adele won the biggest award of the evening; the Mastarcard Album of the Year and was quite emotional as she began her speech.

You can hear her apology at http://www.capitalfm.com/artists/adele/news/brit-awards-2012-speech-middle-finger-best-album

All Things Brit Part 7

Music legend, George Michael came onstage to presents the Mastercard British Album of the Year.
Adele won, unsurprisingly, with George himself commenting "I know who's going to win this one, so I just came over from Australia."

Adele was emotional during her acceptance speech, as expected. She said that there was nothing better than just coming home from winning 6 Grammys (a week last Sunday) to win album of the year.


(Adele with her 6 Grammy awards after this year's ceremony)

As she went to issue her thank-yous, James ran onstage apologising for having to cut her off, to which she commented, "I'll just say thank-you and I'll see you next time round yeah?"

Blur than played the show out with two of their songs, before being joined by Phil Daniels (former Eastenders actor - Kevin Wickes), to sing Parklife.

All Things Brit Part 6

Will.I.Am and Rob Brydon announced Lana Del Rey the winner of International Breakthrough Act.

Del Rey appeared very emotional during her acceptance speech and hurried off stage. Personally I was hoping for a win for Nicki Minaj, although I'm definitely a fan of how powerful Lana's voice is on Born To Die.

Rihanna was next to perform in a perspex box, wearing a ripped white t-shirt and hiker boots. As she stepped out of the box, her dancers began throwing bright paint around the box walls whilst she sang and danced to We Found Love. Again, the scenes were familiar to something from a neon rave. It was a little disappointing that Rihanna didn't dance as much as the song, which features music from Calvin Harris, usually provokes listeners to dance. It was still a good show though...


Blur were then announced Outstanding Contributors to Music by Ray Winstone. Followed by them making a loooooooong speech. Cue ad break.

All Things Brit Part 5

Best International Group was awarded to Foo Fighters who were unable to attend but sent a video of drummer Taylor Hawkins saying thanks.
Foo Fighters Drummer Taylor Hawkins
Ed Sheeran won British Breakthrough Act, much to the delight of the crowd (and me!).
He beat some huge British names and thanked the fans as well as his manager, informing him that he 'needs a new sofa'. An inside joke to how Ed has a habit of sleeping on other people's sofas rather than booking into hotels maybe?

Next, Bruno Mars sang a jazz version of his hit, Just the Way You Are. It was different and interesting to hear and won over the crowd.



James then spoke to One Direction, joking about how they were allowed 'squash and a kids meal, nothing else', whilst commenting on the number of empty wine bottles on their table. He also referred to Harry Styles' past relationship with 32 year old Caroline Flack by commenting, "he loves a Loose Woman" and asking if he would be going home with Denise Welch. Much to the delight of One Direction haters everywhere.

All Things Brit Part 4

Part 4 began with a tribute to Amy Winehouse who died last year.

Plan B came on stage to announce the winner of British Male Solo Artist.
The winner being Ed Sheeran.
He said that he was bad at giving speeches and struggled to rememeber everyone to thank before walking off stage. This just highlighted that fame is still yet to go to his head as he's still such an average guy. I think he's so loveable!

Huwie Morgan and Jo Whiley were onstage to announce Coldplay Best British Group. This is the 3rd time that they had won this award.

James spoke to Kylie Minogue about 2012 being the 25th anniversary of her debut single; a huge landmark of her career.

Next up was Adele, singing Rolling In The Deep. She camera cut to Alan Carr who seemed to be having a ball supporting his new BFF.

All Things Brit Part 3

Tinie Tempah opened Part 3 by announcing One Direction the winner of Best Single.

The boys were clearly over the moon with their win for Thats What Makes You Beautiful. The overly-tanned boys dedicated the award to their fans before thanking Radio One and their backstage team.

James ran back on stage to tell the boys to 'ring their mums' before introducing Jensen Button to award the International Female Artist Brit to Rihanna. This is her second year running, winning this award.

(Rihanna with her Brit in 2011)
She commented on the design saying, "I got a Peter Blake Brit!" before thanking her fans.

Next to perform was Noel Gallagher, taking the awards swiftly to the next break.

All Things Brit Part 2

Oh dear, James Corden messed up his lines for Kylie's introduction. I think he must have been overwhelmed by how amazing she looks. Kylie awarded Adele Best Female Solo Artist. She is the first artist to sell over 3million copies of an album in a year in the UK.
She said to Kylie: "I feel like a drag queen next to you, I've got high heels on!"

"That's one hell of a successful tranny" commented James.

Jessie J and James Whitehall proved to be the best looking couple giving an award whilst announcing the International Male Solo Artist, which went to Bruno Mars.
Bruno promised his fans that his 2nd album was on its way before skipping off stage.

Olly Murs began his performance by hopping out of the top of a giant union jack painted heart. Before the awards he had been quoted as saying 'This will be the biggest performance I've ever done'.
A number of dancers were on stage with Olly, including plenty that stood in a heart formation at the front of the stage, hiding the Rizzle Kicks, ready for them to appear in time for their verse in Olly's song My Heart Skips a Beat.

James Corden then spoke to Jessie about her upcoming coaching role on BBC1's The Voice alongside Tom Jones, Will.I.Am and Danny from The Script.

Ed Sheeran finished Part Two with his stripped back rendition of Lego House using just his acoustic guitar for accompaniment. He had also changed out of his suit into a simple green t-shirt and jeans. Casual but amazing, Ed in every way.