I should state that when I say incredible, I am using it in two different contexts - Incredibly good, and incredibly bad.
The BRITs are a bit of an ordeal pretty much every year and from U2's opening performance tonight, I assumed this year would be the same. I don't know who told Bono that wearing eyeliner and dancing like... well, whatever it was he was dancing like, was a good idea, but you'd think he'd be old and wise enough by now to know when someone is taking the piss.
Thankfully, things moved swiftly on and we were introduced to the hosts for the evening - Kylie Minogue and two men who have only ever been funny in a television series and should not be allowed to speak outside of it: Matthew Horne and James Corden. Things weren't looking good at this point.
Luckily, it seems the awards organisers were using that age old technique of 'start with something terrible to lower expectations, then people will be pleasantly surprised', and I must admit, I was.
Awards were given, nothing terribly surprising happened and there were no major upsets, award wise. There were a couple of good performances by Coldplay and Duffy, some really good performances by Girls Aloud and Kings Of Leon, a frankly bizarre performance by Take That, and then the aforementioned incredible ending.
The Outstanding Contribution to Music award this year went to the Pet Shop Boys, who definately deserved the award and who I must admit I'm a little obsessed with at the moment. Before the final ad break (after which the Pet Shop Boys would take the stage) the always insufferable Fern Cotton announced that PSB would be joined on stage by Lady Gaga (which I already knew and was incredibly disappointed about) and then, to my surprise, Killers singer Brandon Flowers. At this point I almost exploded. However uncool or out of touch it may be to say so, The Killers are still one of my favourite bands (plus Brandon Flowers makes me feel more than a little fangirly).
I don't really know what could be better than a medley of all the best PSB singles, plus an appearance by the singer of one of my favourite bands (who looked so full of joy just to be onstage with his heroes). It could maybe have been improved by taking Lady Gaga out of the whole thing, though she didn't actually prove too awful this evening, so I'll let that slide. (Edit: I've worked out what could have been better: less Gaga, more Being Boring. My favourite PSB song and they only did one line).
It turned out to be one quite possibly one of the greatest moments in BRIT history, and probably would have been even without the guest vocalists.
All-in-all, it was actually quite good. Oh, and Girls Aloud won their first ever BRIT!!!
Full list of winners below, a couple of my predictions/hopes were right, though how they deemed Katy Perry better than Beyonce I'll never know. At least Scouting For Girls didn't win anything, that's something I suppose.
I'll post videos of U2 and PSB as soon as they're up on Youtube.
The BRITs are a bit of an ordeal pretty much every year and from U2's opening performance tonight, I assumed this year would be the same. I don't know who told Bono that wearing eyeliner and dancing like... well, whatever it was he was dancing like, was a good idea, but you'd think he'd be old and wise enough by now to know when someone is taking the piss.
Thankfully, things moved swiftly on and we were introduced to the hosts for the evening - Kylie Minogue and two men who have only ever been funny in a television series and should not be allowed to speak outside of it: Matthew Horne and James Corden. Things weren't looking good at this point.
Luckily, it seems the awards organisers were using that age old technique of 'start with something terrible to lower expectations, then people will be pleasantly surprised', and I must admit, I was.
Awards were given, nothing terribly surprising happened and there were no major upsets, award wise. There were a couple of good performances by Coldplay and Duffy, some really good performances by Girls Aloud and Kings Of Leon, a frankly bizarre performance by Take That, and then the aforementioned incredible ending.
The Outstanding Contribution to Music award this year went to the Pet Shop Boys, who definately deserved the award and who I must admit I'm a little obsessed with at the moment. Before the final ad break (after which the Pet Shop Boys would take the stage) the always insufferable Fern Cotton announced that PSB would be joined on stage by Lady Gaga (which I already knew and was incredibly disappointed about) and then, to my surprise, Killers singer Brandon Flowers. At this point I almost exploded. However uncool or out of touch it may be to say so, The Killers are still one of my favourite bands (plus Brandon Flowers makes me feel more than a little fangirly).
I don't really know what could be better than a medley of all the best PSB singles, plus an appearance by the singer of one of my favourite bands (who looked so full of joy just to be onstage with his heroes). It could maybe have been improved by taking Lady Gaga out of the whole thing, though she didn't actually prove too awful this evening, so I'll let that slide. (Edit: I've worked out what could have been better: less Gaga, more Being Boring. My favourite PSB song and they only did one line).
It turned out to be one quite possibly one of the greatest moments in BRIT history, and probably would have been even without the guest vocalists.
All-in-all, it was actually quite good. Oh, and Girls Aloud won their first ever BRIT!!!
Full list of winners below, a couple of my predictions/hopes were right, though how they deemed Katy Perry better than Beyonce I'll never know. At least Scouting For Girls didn't win anything, that's something I suppose.
I'll post videos of U2 and PSB as soon as they're up on Youtube.
:: Mastercard British Album – Duffy ‘Rockferry’
:: British Group – Elbow
:: British Single – Girls Aloud ‘The Promise’
:: British Male Solo Artist – Paul Weller
:: British Female Solo Artist – Duffy
:: British Breakthrough Act – Duffy
:: British Live Act – Iron Maiden
:: International Album – Kings of Leon ‘Only By The Night’
:: International Group – Kings of Leon
:: International Male Solo Artist – Kanye West
:: International Female Solo Artist – Katy Perry
:: Critics’ Choice Award – Florence & The Machine
:: British Producer of the Year – Bernard Butler
:: Outstanding Contribution to Music – Pet Shop Boys
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