Get the latest gossip

Legendary Manchester band 'set to receive special award' at next year's BRITs as ceremony relocates to Northern city


For the first time, the BRIT Awards will be moving away from London. And to celebrate its relocation to Manchester next year, a huge band are rumoured to be lined up to receive a special award.

Past venues include Earl's Court, the London Arena, Alexandra Palace, Hammersmith Apollo, the Dominion Theatre, the Royal Albert Hall, the Grosvenor Hotel and its original location, Wembley Conference Centre. Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker 'mooning' Michael Jackson's performance of Earth song in 1996 sparked huge controversy, as did Adele giving the middle finger after host James Corden cut her off mid-speech to end the show back in 2012. But the most notorious were arguably the worst, the iconic 1989 pairing of Page 3 legend Samantha Fox and Mick Fleetwood whose stint as hosts was marred with technical issues so bad the show was televised twice, the second time with the shambolic errors edited out.

Get the Android app

Or read this on Daily Mail

Read more on:

Photo of Northern city

Northern city

Photo of Legendary Manchester

Legendary Manchester