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By Mark Savage
image captionTaylor Swift picked up the global icon award in recognition of her seven number one albums Everybody get up out of the seats! shouts Chris, the warm-up man at The Brits, as he cues up Rihanna s We Found Love and encourages everyone to dance.
We don t need asking twice. For the 4,000-strong audience, this is the first chance we ve had to see live music in more than a year.
As it s a pilot event for the post-Covid era, masks have been removed and drinks have been drunk. The air is feverish with anticipation but no-one s anticipating a fever: we ve all had negative Covid tests.
BRIT Awards 2021: Two fingers up to the man! Little Mix s Jade Thirlwall makes up for her pregnant bandmates with wild display after blasting white male dominance . as she leads partying stars
Tuesday saw the band, who are the most nominated girl band in BRIT Award history, bag the title of Best British Group and made history as the first-ever girl band to win - which they marked with a poignant speech
In their speech, the trio said: It s not easy being a female in the U.K. pop industry. We ve seen white male dominance, misogyny, sexism and lack of diversity. We re proud of how we ve stuck together
Published: Wed 12 May 2021
The BRIT Awards 2021 with Mastercard - WINNERS LIST
Broadcast exclusively on ITV and ITV Hub and streamed worldwide on YouTube
UK leads the world on the return of live music - first major indoor music event - with a special audience of invited key workers
Britain’s biggest night in music dominated by female success with eight of the eleven trophies presented to women
Elton John and Years & Years collaborate for exclusive ‘It’s A Sin’ moment
Dua Lipa wins the prestigious Mastercard Album award along with Female Solo Artist
Taylor Swift crowned BRITs Global Icon
Arlo Parks wins Breakthrough Artist whilst Little Mix crowned British Group
Taylor Swift and Maisie Williams ensured all eyes were on them as they posed together on the red carpet at the BRIT Awards on Tuesday.
The newly blonde Game of Thrones actress, 24, presented the singer, 31, with the coveted Global Icon award, becoming the first woman to ever win the trophy.
While accepting her award, Taylor admitted to being a huge fan of the fantasy series where Maisie starred as Arya Stark.
A-list: Taylor Swift and Maisie Williams ensured all eyes were on them as they posed together on the red carpet at the BRIT Awards on Tuesday
She said: Anyone who knows me knows Game of Thrones is my life. The fact that Maisie was here to present this. I want to grab you, I can t, we re social distancing but thank you so much for coming here to do this.