Congratulations to Professor Green, Laura Marling, David Guetta and Emeli Sandé for picking up their BRIT nominations this year!! Not forgetting Emeli Sandé’s Critics Choice win. Click here to see the full list of nominees and be sure not to miss the awards on 21st Feb.
BRITS 2012 Critics Choice Winner Emeli Sandé is excited to announce 9 headline dates across the UK this Spring following her 2011 sold out tour. Tickets are selling fast - these shows are not to be missed! Purchase here
4 Apr UEA, Norwich 5 Apr O2 Academy, Leeds 6 Apr Aberdeen Music Hall 9 Apr Liverpool Academy 10 Apr Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow 12 Apr HMV Ritz, Manchester 13 Apr Solus, Cardiff 14 Apr HMV Institute, Brimingham 16 Apr Shepherds Bush Empire, London
The BRITs can reveal that Emeli Sandé is the winner of this year’s prestigious Critics’ Choice Award. As the winner, Emeli will perform at The BRITs Nominations Launch event on the 12th of January at The Savoy Hotel.
Emeli said of her win, “To win a BRIT Award so early in my career is beyond a dream come true. I am overwhelmed to be the recipient of such a prestigious award. Thank you so much.”
The Critics’ Choice Award is for new British acts that the critics tip for mainstream success in the forthcoming year.
Professor Green announces dates for spring tour 2012, starting at Glasgow’s O2 Academy on April 23 with the final show at London’s Brixton Academy on May 5. Tickets available here.
23 Apr O2 Academy, Glasgow
24 Apr O2 Academy 1, Leicester
25 Apr Pavillions, Plymouth
27 Apr O2 Academy, Leeds
28 Apr Empress Ballroom, Blackpool
29 Apr Civic Hall, Wolverhampton
30 Apr Cliff Pavilion, Southend
2 May Rivermead, Reading
3 May Cardiff Uni, Great Hall
5 May O2 Academy, Brixton
Following on from a sold out 2011 UK cathedrals tour, Laura Marling will play 11 headline dates across the UK in March, including London’s HMV Hammersmith Apollo, her largest ever UK headline show. Click for tickets here
1 Mar Corn Exchange, Cambridge
2 Mar Symphony Hall, Birmingham
3 Mar Colston Hall, Bristol
5 Mar Sage, Gateshead
6 Mar O2 Academy, Leeds
7 Mar Hammersmith Apollo, London
9 Mar O2 Apollo, Manchester
10 Mar O2 Academy, Glasgow
11 Mar Victoria Hall, Stocke
13 Mar Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham
14 Mar Guildhall, Southampton
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AIR will attend the UK premiere of the movie ‘A Trip to the Moon’ by Georges Méliès restored version with original soundtrack by AIR at Ciné Lumière London on Monday 12th December.
Click here to send ‘le voyage dans la lune’ and enter the chance to win a free pair of limited tickets to the premiere!
Do you know ‘Le Voyage Dans La Lune’ (A Trip To The Moon) the classic silent film from 1902 by revered French director Georges Méliès?
This legendary 16-minute film is widely considered one of the most important works in film history. Now fully restored in the original colour version, the new version features an amazing original score by AIR. Their new album of the same name (coming Feb 6) is based on this work http://bit.ly/syn5KC
Never Be a Right Time is taken from Professor Green’s second album ‘At Your Inconvenience’ which is out now!
Sometimes you promise someone forever but it doesn’t work out that way. Watch Katy Perry and Diego Luna star in the sixth chapter of the “Teenage Dream” story. Do you have “The One That Got Away”?
Check out the first of our Spotify playlists - featuring the best of new music and some classic tracks from the Virgin Records archives….. Click here to listen to the playlist on Spotify
Download the official remix package here
Release date 27th November.
Click here to pre-order her debut album ‘Our Version Of Events’
