Image copyright Reuters The 1975 were the huge winners at the Brits, taking house the awards for finest British group and album of the year.
The band stated they were “humbled” to beat Anne-Marie, Arctic Monkeys and George Ezra to win the leading reward.
Singer Matty Healy likewise utilized the very best group approval speech to attend to misogyny in the music market.
However, some audiences discovered the band’s huge night ahead of time, after a rogue TELEVISION advert revealed their win ahead of the event.
It is uncertain whether the band understood they had actually won ahead of time, and they did not acknowledge the mix-up throughout the awards reveal.
Other winners on the night consisted of George Ezra and Jorja Smith, who won finest male and female respectively.
Ezra, who performed his top single Shotgun at the occasion, stated “There’s a not a day passes where I do not count myself extremely fortunate and this is the icing on the cake.”
Calvin Harris bagged his very first 2 Brit awards – from an overall of 16 profession elections – for music manufacturer of the year and finest single, for One Kiss with Dua Lipa.
He stated on phase at London’s O2: “I’ve been coming here for a couple of years and never ever had the chance to state anything.
“I wish to thank anybody who purchased a tune, streamed a tune, concerned reveal, and even heard a tune by mishap on the radio and believed ‘what’s this?’.
“It implies a lot.”
Image copyright Reuters One Kiss, his partnership with Dua Lipa, invested 8 weeks at top and was the very popular single of 2018, with more than 1.5 million integrated streams, downloads and sales.
The set now have 5 Brit awards in between them – Lipa won finest woman and British advancement act at last year’s program.
Pop star Anne-Marie was this year’s Craig David: Leaving empty-handed after entering into the event with 4 elections.
‘No pity’
The program was loaded with efficiencies from a few of the greatest British artists, consisting of The 1975, Jess Glynne and Jorja Smith.
Hugh Jackman opened the program with the signature tune to the hit movie The Greatest Showman, with his efficiency including numerous dancers, acrobats and fire-breathing bonus.
Image copyright Reuters The film soundtrack, which was not chosen for any awards, was the UK’s very popular album of 2018.
Little Mix won finest video for Woman Like Me, which they carried out on the night, and confessed they had “definitely no embarassment in asking fans to choose it every day”.
This year’s worldwide winners were visibly missing, with finest male and female winners Drake and Ariana Grande sending out in pre-recorded approval speeches.