I just thought I’d do a quick post about this year’s BRITs winners, after seeing a tweet from old uni-mate / housemate Robin asking why Liam Gallagher was on it, and I got into a little chat on there about it (I actually don’t mind LG’s newer stuff, but not to the extent that I’d buy it!), and I guess he does have a bit of a point!

Anyway, as part of the conversation, I thought I’d take a quick look at who this year’s winners are, and more importantly, how many whose music I’m aware of!

The full list is here, and out of the 13 individual winners, I’m actually quite pleased that I actually know the music of 7 of them – Adele, Wolf Alice, Billie Eilish, Sam Fender, Dua Lipa, Dave and Ed Sheeran, and there are only 3 that I’ve never heard of!

It also led me to think about the wide range of artists I’ve seen live over the last 5 years (obviously taking 2 years of Covid into account, plus a few still to come this year!), and that’s quite an eclectic mix: Army Of Bones, Blossoms, Deacon Blue, Dido, Elbow, Emili Sande, Foo Fighters (June ’22), Frank Turner, Freya Ridings, James Morrison, Mumford and Sons, Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott, Rend Collective, Rod Stewart, Shed Seven, Snow Patrol, Stereophonics, Supergrass, The Coral, The Killers (June ’22), The Pet Shop Boys (May ’22), Travis and U2!