Brit Awards honours Bowie
The Brit Awards ceremony paid tribute yesterday to David Bowie and George Michael. Bowie’s son, Duncan Jones (above), accepted the best album award for his father.
THE BRIT Awards recognised big international stars, including Drake and Beyonce, and a cross-section of home-grown talent yesterday – but the ceremony was overshadowed by the much-missed David Bowie and George Michael.
Bowie, who died in January last year at 69, was crowned British male artist of the year and won British album of the year for Blackstar, released days before his death.
Bowie’s son, filmmaker Duncan Jones, accepted the best album award on behalf of his father, who he said had “always been there supporting people who think they’re a little bit weird or a little bit strange, a little bit different”.
“This award is for all the kooks and all the people who make the kooks,” Jones said.
Kooks is the song Bowie wrote for his son when he was born.
The show also paid tribute to one of the music industry’s many losses last year – George Michael, who died on Christmas Day aged 53.
Wham! bandmate Andrew Ridgeley said with Michael’s death, “a supernova in a firmament of shining stars has been extinguished”.
Coldplay singer Chris Martin performed a moving rendition of Michael’s A Different Corner – dueting with a recording of Michael and backed by a group of violins.