COCKER INVADES JACKO’S STAGE
FEBRUARY19
At Earl’s Court, the 16th Brit Awards hands out gongs to acts including Oasis, Annie Lennox and Take That, who announced their split a week earlier (the Samaritans set up a phone line for fans in despair). But greater even than David Bowie and Pet Shop Boys uniting to play Hallo Spaceboy is Jarvis Cocker’s stage invasion during Michael Jackson’s pompous, messianic performance of Earth Song. As seen on YouTube, Cocker shook his bottom, pulled up his top, and ran across the stage while being pursued by security; claims that he jostled a child actor are proved baseless. “The hypocrisy of the whole thing was really getting me down,” Jarvis told the BBC in 2005. “When in doubt, wiggle your bum about.”