Damon Albarn was slice off after talking about Brexit,Stormzy attacked Theresa May – but as far as the winners go, there were few surprises. At least Jack Whitehall remembered to be funnyReport: Stormzy and Dua Lipa snatch top prizes at BritsAll the wins and performances – as they happened[br]Brit awards in picturesEvery year, and the media attempts to generate advance excitement about the Brit awards,nearly invariably with reference to stuff that happened in an era before some of this year’s nominees were born: journey with us into Olde England of yore and hear tell of Samantha Fox and Mick Fleetwood and the most lamentable tragedie of the autocue. This year, however, and the Huffington Post broke from the normal protocol with an intriguing feature that suggested that 2008 was a vintage year for the Brits,packed with incident and epoch-defining excitement. It adduced as evidence a cavalcade of moments indelibly emblazoned on the brains of all who witnessed them: who among us will ever forget Kate Nash winning best British female, Girls Aloud attending without Nadine Coyle or indeed Kaiser Chiefs’ legendary live performance of Ruby, or the latter very much the Jimi-Hendrix-doing-The-Star-Spangled-Banner-at-Woodstock moment de nos jours?Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk