Will Tinie Tempah sweep the board? Will the British music industry be saved? And will James Corden behave himself? Rosie Swash will have the answers as she reports live as the Brits unfold
I should say that if you fancy swotting up on who's nominated this year, the full list is here. On face value it reads much like any other Brits nominations list from the last few years: Paul Weller is nominated for something or another, Take That are up for best British group, again, and Kings of Leon are up for best American band more popular in the UK than their home country. The only aberration appears to be in the best female solo artist category; what, no Annie Lennox this year? #britssacrilege.
So here we are, on the eve of the Brits 2011. Otherwise known as the biggest night in the UK's pop calendar. Excited?! Thought so. If you're planning on watching tonight's ceremony from the comfort of your sofa (or, in my case, the comfort of one of the Guardian's ergonomic chairs) then the fun officially begins at 8pm on ITV. If you are, however, affiliated in any way with the music industry, chances are you'll have spent the afternoon on a boat, circling the Thames with, perhaps, Ellie Goulding to one side and Goldierocks to the other, literally waiting for your ship to come in outside the O2 Arena in Greenwich. Lucky you.
It's the first time the Brits have been held at the O2 (until recently Earls Court was its regular home) so organisers have chosen to celebrate this break from the past by organising a series of boat parties. Yes, boat parties. You know, the kind that were popular in the 1980s. Perhaps there'll be a flashmob congregated outside the Dome to remind us what was in fashion in 2004. Or, even better, something truly cutting edge such as breakdancing! Oh no, wait, the Baftas got there first.
Oh well. Perhaps someone will be so kind as to tweet a picture of the assemblage of popstars, showbiz reporters and A&R men huddled together for warmth, blue lips wrapped around a glass of champagne, as they wait to disembark and enter the theatre of pop dreams that is the O2 Arena.
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