BRIT AND MISS
The BRIT Awards’ most chaotic moments – from swearing Adele to Jarvis Cocker stage storm
Which star was famously branded 'difficult' after an on-stage accident?
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)
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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.
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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)
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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.
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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."
Geri steals the show with cheeky dress (1997)
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There are few moments more iconic in Brits history than Geri Halliwell's show-stopping Union Jack dress.
The outfit - which she famously had made from a tea towel stitched onto a Gucci frock - is arguably the most talked about look of all time from the ceremony.
Geri wore it back in 1997 as the Spice Girls opened the gong show with their track Who Do You Think You Are?The dress was so short, it even gave a flash of the cheeky redhead's black knickers.
The dress was so short it even gave fans a flash of the pop star's black knickers.
The back of the dress featured a huge peace symbol after Geri's stylist at the time flagged that her wearing the UK flag could be seen as 'racist' because of its association with right wing political party, the National Front.
Sharon Vs Vic (2008)
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Always one for a bit of controversy, Sharon Osbourne delivered in spades when she took to the stage with daughter Kelly and comic Vic Reeves.
When Vic struggled to read the autocue, the famously fiery X Factor judge lost it at him.
She branded him a "p***head" and a "drunk b***ard" in a moment that drew gasps from the audience.
Despite Shazza's memorable outburst, however, Vic later insisted he hadn't been on the beers.
Lewis runs his potty mouth (2020)
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Good old Lewis Capaldi caused a stir before the watershed with his acceptance speech four years ago.
The Scottish singer took to the stage to receive his gong for his first ever Brit - and he excitedly had a can of beer in his hand.
In the middle of his speech, he panicked the censors as he told fans: "Thank you very f***ing much."
Lewis clearly wasn't that fussed by the furore however.
The following year he took to the stage again and dropped some more F bombs.
Sadie causes a stir (2016)
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Model and music artist Sadie Pinn might not be a household name but she made sure she was the name of everyone's lips back in 2016.
Sporting an eye-catching outfit that left very little to the imagination, she gatecrashed host Ant and Dec's segment as they introduced Jess Glynne's performance.
Waltzing out of the audience, she squeezed her way in between the two shocked Geordies and posed in her provocative look before wandering off again.
"Just stay there!" Ant warned as she turned and flashed her g-stringed behind at the millions watching at home.
Kanye gets the bleep treatment (2015)
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Kanye West performed his new track All Day at the 2015 ceremony - not that you could hear much of it as the five-minute performance was mostly bleeped out.
The explicit track was littered with the N-word (it was uttered 29 times), so censors had a field day trying to keep the broadcast family friendly.
Despite ITV heavily editing the audio, more than 150 viewers complained to Ofcom, saying the performance was "racially offensive".
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A spokesperson for Ofcom said: “We received a number of complaints that Kanye West’s language, shortly after the watershed, was offensive but we will not be taking the matter forward for investigation.
“Having carefully assessed these complaints, we noted that before the programme ITV took steps to ensure that offensive language was not used, and during the programme to mute the majority of it.”
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