Fans say they loved seeing live music again, but weren't so keen on the pre-taped performances.
Taylor Swift picked up the global icon award in recognition of her seven number one albums
That's right. After a year of being forced to watch live music on a screen, The Brits is opening by... er, making us watch some live music on a screen.Coldplay launched the show with a waterborne version of their new single Higher Power Host Jack Whitehall delivers his jokes with just enough edge and charm to sneak past the censors - taking aim at Piers Morgan and Laurence Fox, before introducing Olivia Rodrigo to the stage with the memorable line: "In the words of Tiger Woods: 'Driver's License, take it away...'"
Theirs is another pre-taped performance, as is The Weeknd's rains-soaked rendition of Save Your Tears, but to cut the organisers some slack, a normal show is simply not possible in the current circumstances.While the audience are free to mingle without masks and social distancing, the backstage area still has to adhere to strict Covid rules.
"To be back here was a real punctuation mark to the end of this pandemic. Next month, hopefully, things will go back to normal."Rag 'n' Bone Man was backed by the Lewisham and Greenwich NHS choir for his performance of Anywhere Away From Here "We worked so hard during the lockdown without time off," says Crystal Ihenachor, a physioptherapist from Leyton. "Our annual leave was cancelled and we some of us even lost our patients. So the fact that they thought of the keyworkers was amazing."Little Mix made history with their best group win - while Leigh-Ann and Perrie said they were looking forward to becoming new mums
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