The Courier & Advertiser (Perth and Perthshire Edition)
Pop awards A good night for Adele at the Brits.
Simply out of this world as even astronaut gets in on the act
Major Tim Peake made a surprise appearance at the Brit Awards from space via video to present the award for global success to Adele.
An emotional Adele had to be bleeped out as she swore on live TV during her acceptance speech.
“Thank you, I can’t work out if I’m crying because of the video or because Tim Peake did it. My kid is going to think I’m so cool,” she said.
“That was really amazing. You’re getting ... bored of me. I honestly can’t tell you, I said it earlier, to come back, I got really lost for a while and I didn’t know if I’d ever come back and for you all to be so kind to me,” she said.
“Not bad for a girl from Tottenham that don’t like flying, getting global success. And Tim Peake, I love you, I hope you’re OK and not too hungry. Bye.”
She was the night’s big winner at the ceremony held at London’s O2 Arena, having already scooped British female solo artist, her song Hello named Best British single and later winning best album for 25.
Brit nominee James Bay joined Canadian pop star Justin Bieber as he performed his hit Love Yourself, before Bieber launched into an energetic performance of his chart-topping song Sorry.
Bay was later named British male solo artist and thanked his record labels and family.
Award hosts Ant and Dec were taken by surprise when a model wearing a mostly see-through all-in-one outfit came and stood between them as they announced singer Jess Glynne’s performance. Following an advert break, they also apologised for Adele’s on-screen swearing, explaining that the “bleep man” had not caught her swear word fast enough.
Coldplay were named Best British group and dedicated their award to male and female musicians in refugee camps around the world.
Lead singer Chris Martin referenced the members of boyband One Direction as he pointed to his fellow Coldplay members, saying: “What a treat from Harry, Zayn, Liam and me, Niall.”
He added: “We’d like to dedicate this to all the young men and women musicians in refugee camps around the world. They could be us and we could be them.”
Bieber was named Best international male solo artist. He said: “This just shows life is a journey, everybody has their own journey, everyone has their ups and downs. I want to take this moment to thank all of my fans.”
Superstar Rihanna was joined by singer Drake, who made a surprise appearance as she performed her new song Work.
Annie Lennox paid tribute to the late David Bowie before his friend Gary Oldman accepted his icon award.
The Blackstar singer died from cancer unexpectedly in January this year.
Lennox said: “David Bowie is deeply embedded in the heart of British culture ... The legend of his extraordinary sound shall be revered for as long as the Earth shall spin.”