The BRIT Awards’ most chaotic moments – from swearing Adele to Jarvis Cocker stage storm
THE BRIT Awards are back again tonight, and music fans are on the edge of their seats waiting to see which pop stars bag the bronze trophies.
While the focus of the award ceremony is obviously on the music of the year, the event is also known for being host to an array of shocking celeb moments.
As we gear up for the glitz and glamour later this evening, we can’t help but remember some of the most chaotic moments that took place at the BRITs over the years.
Adele flipping the bird after being cut off (2012)
The soulful pop singer received a BRIT Award for British Album of the year in 2012, with her beloved record 21.
She appeared to be holding back tears of joy as she got up on stage to accept the trophy.
Although her music had just started to take off and she was becoming a global phenomenon at the time, Adele remained the no-nonsense London girl fans knew and loved.
She demonstrated this in one simple moment when producers cut her off midway through her acceptance speech, and she responded by giving them the middle finger.
While making the rude gesture she made the confident statement: “Can I just say then, goodbye and I’ll see you you next time round.”
Spice Girls fuel feud with Oasis (1997)
Ahead of the 1997 BRIT Awards the lead vocalist of Oasis made his feelings on the Spice Girls known – and they didn’t take it sitting down.
Liam Gallagher told press the reason he wasn’t attending the ceremony was because if he ran into the Spice Girls he would smack them.
When the girl band won British Single of the year, Sporty Spice snapped back.
After her co-stars finished thanking radio stations for playing their music and fans for listening to it, Mel C flounced up to the mic and hit out: “I just want to say, Liam, come and have a go if you think you’re hard enough!”
Sam Fox and Mick Fleetwood (1989)
Arguably one of the most disastrous pairing of presenters the BRITs has ever seen, Sam and Mick were welcomed to the stage with no former experience.
The glamour model and Fleetwood Mac band member were both put in charge of the award ceremony in 1989 because of their star power – a move that backfired almost immediately.
To start off with they had an incredible height difference, meaning the camera had to be aimed at Mick’s torso to get Sam’s head in frame.
On top of that neither of them had much experience with ad-libbing in front of a live audience, which was a big problem when their auto-cue broke.
The pair repeatedly minced their lines, awards were given to the wrong people, and several guests’ appearances were mixed up.
The show was so badly panned that the BRITs changed format and was pre-recorded instead for the next 18 years.
Jarvis Cocker’s stage storm (1996)
Michael Jackson got more than he bargained for as he tried to perform Earth Song at the 1996 BRIT Awards.
Midway through the spectacular performance, which featured light displays and smoke machines, Pulp singer Jarvis Cocker jumped on stage.
He pulled his trousers partially down and pretended to moon the audience.
Jarvis was quickly escorted off the stage by security, but not before managing to yank his top up and show the audience his belly too.
Madonna takes a tumble (2015)
While performing her song Living For Love at the BRITS in 2015, Madonna had a mishap with her cape and fell down a whole flight of stairs.
The accident happened near the beginning of the performance, when she attempted to untie her cape so a dancer could yank it off with flair.
Unfortunately the wrap was still fastened when the moment came, and she got dragged along with it.
Despite landing on her backside, the pop icon got back up immediately and carried on with her performance as if nothing had happened.
Now that’s what makes her Madonna!
She later blamed the fall on the design of the cape she had been wearing.
But designer Giorgio Armani claimed that the cape was originally designed with a hook – before Madonna requested a tie instead.
He told AP: “Madonna, as we all know, is very difficult. That’s all there was to it.”