The BRIT Awards 2023 revealed their the final live performance for this year’s show and it's none other than Scottish music phenomenon Lewis Capaldi.
19.01.2023 - 03:33 / usmagazine.com
It’s a party in the U.K.! The music industry’s biggest names will brush shoulders at the 2023 Brit Awards, held at The O2 in London.
Comedian Mo Gilligan is set to return as host after a successful debut in 2022.
“Hosting the Brits last year was one of the most phenomenal moments of my life,” the Masked Singer UK judge said in a January 2023 statement. “I’ve been so honored to get to know the incredible team behind the biggest night in music and so proud to bring our amazing audiences even closer to their favorite artists. I promise you, we’re going to go even bigger this year … Let’s go!”
2023 Brit Awards Chair Damian Christian added that having Gilligan back was “a huge priority” for the event: “He is one of the biggest names in UK entertainment right now and he did an amazing job hosting his first Brits last year. We’re looking forward to working with him and watching as he brings his unique humor and style to our stage and screens once again.”
Although the awards show takes place across the pond, plenty of American performers have been honored with nominations in the international categories. Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar, Lizzo and Taylor Swift are all up for the Best International Artist distinction, along with Nigerian singer Burna Boy.
The evening isn’t all about handing out accolades, though; there will also be musical performances from artists including Harry Styles, Wet Leg, Sam Smith and Kim Petras. Smith and Petras received a Song of the Year nomination for their pop duet “Unholy.” Smith — who identifies as non-binary — spoke out against the show’s gendered categories in 2021.
“Music for me has always been about unification not division. I look forward to a time where awards shows can be reflective of the society we
The BRIT Awards 2023 revealed their the final live performance for this year’s show and it's none other than Scottish music phenomenon Lewis Capaldi.
DEALSHipgnosis has acquired the songs catalogue of songwriting and production trio TMS – aka Tom ‘Froe’ Barnes, Benjamin Kohn and Pete ‘Merf’ Kelleher – which includes Lewis Capaldi’s ‘Someone You Loved’ and Jess Glynne’s ‘Don’t Be So Hard On Yourself’. “We’re incredibly proud of this body of work and know Hipgnosis will be excellent custodians of these copyrights in future”, say the trio. “It’s incredible to see what they’ve built in just a few short years and we know they’ll continue to represent these songs with passion and commitment”.Sofi Tukker have renewed their publishing deal with Third Side Music.
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DEALSSparks have announced that they will release their 26th album ‘The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte’ on 26 May. The release sees them return to Universal Music’s Island Records, the label that put out their 1974 breakthrough ‘Kimono My House’. “Here we find ourselves in 2023, almost 50 years later, re-signing with Island Records, again with an album that we all feel is as bold and uncompromising as anything we did back then, or for that matter, anytime throughout our career”, say Ron and Russell Mael.
DEALSWarner Chappell in the Philippines has announced a new worldwide publishing agreement with ABS-CBN Music, which – we are told – has one of the largest music catalogues in the country. Says the Warner music publisher’s MD for ASEAN, Jacqueline Chong: “ABS-CBN Music has been our key partner in the Philippines for many years. I am very excited for this new deal and can’t wait to evolve our partnership to a new level”.————————————————–RELEASESBabymetal have released new single ‘Metal Kingdom’.
The season of rambling acceptance speeches is at hand, prompting that nasty question: Why can’t award winners learn how to edit their gratitude? Or find an editor to help?
APPOINTMENTSSony Music UK has hired DJ and producer Anton Powers as Head Of A&R at Ministry Of Sound Records. “I’m a huge fan of what Ministry Of Sound has done over the years and it’s an honour to come in as Head of A&R, be working with the amazing team and getting stuck in on lots of exciting projects”, he says.————————————————–RELEASESNoel Gallagher and those High Flying Birds of his are going to release a new album called ‘Council Skies’ on 2 Jun. “It’s going back to the beginning”, says Gallagher of the record.
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