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Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, Lana Del Rey Star at U.K.’s Ivor Novello Awards

Among those giving speeches at the U.K.'s Ivor Novello Awards were Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, Lana Del Rey and Raye.

It was the sort of moment only the Ivors can deliver: two legendary figures supremely relaxed not only in each other’s company, but in front of a crowd happy to provide a safe space where, for one day at least, the art of songwriting can take center stage. When Del Rey took her own moment in the spotlight, she was keen to direct it elsewhere, asking her British managers, Ben Mawson and Ed Millett of Tap Music, to stand and be acknowledged as she showed the crowd the “500 quid” advert they’d taken out for her in the event program. But there was also plenty of no-nonsense Britishness on display as host Lauren Laverne breezed through proceedings, even taking the Ivors’ own Oscars moment in her stride, when Bat For Lashes, handed the wrong envelope, read out the incorrect winner of the Best Original Film Score award (“Poor Things” was swiftly instated as the rightful victor).

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