Brit awards 2016
Brit awards overhaul won’t help musical diversity | letter
Letter: The fact that ‘for music to be nominated for a Brit award, it must have charted in the top 40 that year’ means not a lot will really change
Letter
07, Nov, 2016 @6:32 PM
Brit awards announce voting shakeup after #BritsSoWhite outrage
Organisers say academy is more gender-balanced and diverse after last year’s failure to nominate black artists
Hannah Ellis-Petersen
07, Nov, 2016 @12:00 AM
David Bowie saw Lorde as 'the future of music'
Bowie’s pianist Mike Garson shares his old boss’s assessment of the young singer, who performed an acclaimed tribute to the late star at the Brits
Guardian music
22, Mar, 2016 @9:33 AM
Brit awards to be less white next year, pledges chairman
Ged Doherty pledges overhaul for Brits after widespread criticism of event for ignoring black British artists
Guardian music
04, Mar, 2016 @11:57 AM
Brit awards chairman on diversity: ‘It was not reflected at this year’s ceremony’
Much like the Oscars, this year’s Brits nominations were criticised for being unrepresentative. Creative industries need to change in order to truly reflect modern British music
Ged Doherty
02, Mar, 2016 @4:02 PM
Leave Aid: Grassroots Out’s anti-EU festival is the hottest music event of the year
The Brexit campaign group is keeping quiet about which top acts will headline Bpoplive in May. Fingers crossed for Nigel Farage, George Galloway and Mandy Boylett
Marina Hyde
26, Feb, 2016 @7:03 AM
Suited and booted: The politics of wearing Chelsea boots with a suit – Stylewatch
Last night Labrinth combined the two on the red carpet, but did he get the look right?
Priya Elan
25, Feb, 2016 @2:02 PM
Brit awards beats Great Sport Relief Bake Off to TV ratings cake
Average audience of 5.8m watches music awards ceremony, pipping 5.4m for charity baking final and whipping up 7.5m tweets
Mark Sweney
25, Feb, 2016 @12:10 PM
David Bowie's son thanks Brits for 'beautiful' tribute by Lorde
The awards show’s Bowie segment won the approval of Duncan Jones – unlike Lady Gaga’s performance at the Grammys
Guardian music
25, Feb, 2016 @10:20 AM
Those Bowie tributes rated – from the Brits to Springsteen, Madonna to Iggy
The Brits kept it classy; Springsteen threw in an organ; Iggy added a concert hall – and a harp; Lady Gaga went to Pontins and Rick Wakeman did breakfast Bowie
Michael Hann
25, Feb, 2016 @8:00 AM
10 things we learned from the 2016 Brit awards
The music industry’s annual celebration of itself took place in London last night – but what were the talking points?
Michael Hann
25, Feb, 2016 @7:30 AM
Brits 2016: Coldplay, Adele, the Weeknd and more – every performance reviewed
Here’s your handy roundup of every performance at this year’s Brits, reviewed as they happened
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
25, Feb, 2016 @7:15 AM
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