The Brit Awards 2017 Winners and Red Carpet

The Brit Awards 2017 Winners and Red Carpet 

List coming soon http://www.brits.co.uk/nominees

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The 2017 British Record Industry Trust (BRIT) Awards were held in London on Wednesday 22^nd February.

Following is a list of the winners at the ceremony:

MASTERCARD BRITISH ALBUM OF THE YEAR

David Bowie, "Blackstar"

BRITISH SINGLE

Little Mix, "Shout Out To My Ex"

BRITISH MALE SOLO ARTIST

David Bowie

BRITISH FEMALE SOLO ARTIST

Emeli Sande

BRITISH GROUP

The 1975

BRITISH BREAKTHROUGH ACT

Rag'n'Bone Man

BRITS GLOBAL SUCCESS AWARD

Adele

BRITISH ARTIST VIDEO OF THE YEAR

One Direction

CRITICS' CHOICE

Rag'n'Bone Man

INTERNATIONAL FEMALE SOLO ARTIST

Beyonce

INTERNATIONAL MALE SOLO ARTIST

Drake

INTERNATIONAL GROUP

A Tribe Called Quest (Reporting By Marie-Louise Gumuchian)

JASON ORANGE QUITS TAKE THAT!

Jason Orange leaves Take That!

Take That's Jason Orange quits; band-mates say it's a huge loss

Jason Orange has announced he's left Take That and will not be recording a new album with the band.

In a statement, he said there had been "no fallings out" and had "spent some of the best years" of his life with them.
However, he did not want to commit to making and promoting a new record.
The band formed in 1990, split up in 1996 and then reformed for a successful comeback in 2005.
Orange's band-mates, Gary Barlow, Howard Donald and Mark Owen, said his departure was "a huge loss".
His statement read: "I want to start by saying how proud I am of what we have achieved together over the years.
"However, at a band meeting last week I confirmed to Mark, Gary and Howard that I do not wish to commit to recording and promoting a new album."
He's also thanked his fans, calling them "beautiful and ever-loyal".


A joint statement from the remaining band-mates said: "We first became aware of Jason's reservations a couple of years ago but had hoped that by giving him the desired time and space he may begin to feel differently.
"This has not been the case and we now have to accept and fully respect his decision which we know hasn't been an easy one."
After they got back together, the band were briefly rejoined by Robbie Williams for the 2010 album Progress.
Orange said: "I know how much Mark, Gary and Howard enjoy writing and making music.
"They know that they have my full support and encouragement to continue on with what is to be another chapter for the band."
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VIDEO: BECKHAM & ZIDANE SHOW OFF THEIR SKILLS AT BECKINGHAM PALACE

Gareth Bale, Zinedine Zidane and David Beckham show off their skills at Beckingham Palace (joined by Lucas Moura)

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/worldcup2014/article-2651173/Gareth-Bale-Zinedine-Zidane-David-Beckham-skills-Beckingham-Palace-joined-Lucas-Moura.html#ixzz340EGvmOZ

Lucas Moura, Gareth Bale and Zizou came over to my place for an afternoon, what a day it was! ‪#‎allin‬ or nothing http://youtu.be/BDUIuzIwwTU

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THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE...100TH ANNIVERSARY

 

 

The Royal Variety Performance 2012...Ashleigh and Pudsey steal the show

The first performance, on 1 July 1912 was called the Royal Command Performance, and this name has persisted informally for the event. This was held in the Palace Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London, in the presence of King George V and Queen Mary. After correspondence with Sir Edward Moss the King said he would command a Royal Variety show in his Coronation Year 1911, provided the profits went to the Variety Artistes' Benevolent Fund, as the EABF was then known. It was planned to be in the Empire Theatre, Edinburgh, part of the vast Moss Empires group, but the building went on fire a month before the show. After the death of Sir Edward Moss, Alfred Butt was chosen as the impresario and it was staged in 1912.[2] This was a lavish occasion, and his London Palace theatre was lavishly decorated, complete with some 3 million rose petals.

Girls Aloud meet the Queen

Top performers included Vesta Tilley, George Robey, David Devant, Anna Pavlova (ballerina), Harry Lauder and Cecilia Loftus. The organisers did not invite Marie Lloyd, because of a professional dispute. Her act was deemed too risqué and her three public, unsuccessful marriages made her unfit to perform in front of royalty. She held a rival performance in a nearby theatre, which she advertised was "by command of the British public". The name of the event was changed to prevent possible royal embarrassment. The Royal Variety became an annual event at the suggestion of King George V from 1921 and the British Broadcasting Corporation began to broadcast it on radio.

From 1960 to 1975, ITV broadcast a recorded version of the show, switching to live broadcasts in 1976. From 1986 until 2010, production and broadcast of the show alternated each year between the BBC and ITV, with the BBC usually staging the show in a West End theatre, and ITV in regional theatres outside London. From 2011, ITV have exclusive rights to televise the show.[1] The show has been frequently staged in the London Palladium theatre, and in the 1950s and 1960s a television show based on the same idea, called Sunday Night at the London Palladium and hosted by many entertainers, including Bruce Forsyth, ran for over 20 years.

Almost every conceivable sort of act has at one time or another been presented to the monarch at the Royal Command Performance, including The Beatles in 1963, The Supremes in 1968 and The Blue Man Group in 2005. At the Beatles' show on 4 November 1963, John Lennon delivered a line to the well-heeled audience which has passed into legend: "For our last number I'd like to ask your help: Will the people in the cheaper seats clap your hands? And the rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewellery ..."

The money raised by the Royal Variety Performance provides most of the funding for the Entertainment Artiste’s Benevolent Fund and it’s home Brinsworth House.

Kylie Minogue meets the Queen

 

The Performances

After the first Royal Variety Performance on 1 July 1912 presented by Sir Alfred Butt, it was seven years before the next show, on 28 July 1919 held at the Coliseum Theatre presented this time by Sir Oswald Stoll. The orchestra was conducted by Edward Elgar. In 1921 it moved to The Hippodrome, and was held in November. It was the first time that the Royal Variety Performance became an annual event. In 1923 it moved to the Coliseum Theatre. Then after a gap in 1924, moved to the Alhambra Theatre in February 1925, where it remained in 1926, held on 27 May. It was the first Royal Variety Performance to broadcast, with the BBC providing live radio coverage.

In 1927 there was another move, this time to the Victoria Palace Theatre, with J. A. Webb the compère. Then 1928 show, on 13 December, was held at the Coliseum Theatre. The next show, on 22 May 1930, moved to the London Palladium with George Black and Val Parnell compèring. It was a start of seven successive years at the venue.

In 1935 the Royal Variety Performance was held in the Silver Jubilee year of King George V and Queen Mary. This was the last time King George V attended – he died three months later in January 1936.

There have been two Royal Scottish Variety Performances, both attended by Queen Elizabeth, and presented by Howard & Wyndham Ltd in Glasgow`s Alhambra Theatre, which Sir Alfred Butt had opened, in 1958 and 1963.

Ashleigh & Pudsey BGT Winners 2012

Britain’s Got Talent Acts

Since 2007, one act of the Royal Variety show has been selected by the British public through the ITV1 television talent show Britain's Got Talent.

A public telephone vote decides the most popular act in each semi-final, which then progresses to the final, along with a second act chosen by the judges. The grand final is then broadcast live and all the acts perform again for the public vote.

Winners

• 2007: Paul Potts – pop opera tenor
• 2008: George Sampson – street dancer
• 2009: Diversity – street dance group
• 2010: Spelbound - gymnastics squad
• 2011: Jai McDowall - singer
• 2012: Ashleigh and Pudsey - musical canine freestyle