The BRIT Awards have announced new details concerning next year’s event in which confirm the ceremony’s date as well as the new committee chair.
The British Phonographic Industry’s annual awards are set to take place on 8th February 2022 and will return to the landmark venue, London’s O2 Arena. The BRIT awards website has given the following information concerning the date and location, whilst confirming how viewers can watch at home. “We’re very excited to confirm the date of The BRIT Awards 2022 with Mastercard as Tuesday 8 February. Once again taking place live from The O2 Arena and broadcast on ITV.”
The prestigious awards ceremony will also return with a new chair of the BRIT awards committee, Tom March, co-president of award-winning record label Polydor. The event has a longstanding tradition of employing well-respected professionals within the music industry to chair the committee. Last year’s event included Rebecca Allen, EMI president and Selina Webb, Universal Music EVP as the award’s show-runners. In 2020, David Joseph, Universal Music UK CEO and Chairman were charged as the committee’s chair, the 40th edition of the ceremony also saw comedian and actor Jack Whitehall present the event for the third year.
Whitehall recently took to Twitter to announce that he will be stepping down as the BRIT award’s host. After holding hosting responsibilities for four years the comedian has cited his departure due to filming and location conflicts.
Sad to say after 4 brilliant years, I’ll be handing on the baton as I’ll be in the US filming another project at the top of next year. Loved doing it so much. All the best to the new host, I pray they treat Mursy, my mixers and sweet little Nialler with the respect they deserve. https://t.co/rU4Za69wwC
— Jack Whitehall (@jackwhitehall) September 24, 2021
The BRIT award’s website has released the following statement confirming the new chair whilst welcoming back the event’s partner Universal Music UK. “We’re also announcing that that Polydor co-president Tom March is taking over as Chair of the BRIT Committee for 2022 under Universal Music UK’s third year at the helm and following 2021’s extraordinary show which not only heralded the return to live music in the UK following the Covid-19 pandemic, but also included stand-out winner and performance moments from global superstars including Taylor Swift, Elton John, The Weeknd, Coldplay and Dua Lipa.”
The BRIT awards proceed to reassure readers and viewers that next year’s event will uphold the morals and ethics in which the event aims to encompass each year, Such ethics were noticed at this year’s event. A focus of thanks was present at the ceremony for the NHS and the Key Workers tasked with hard work during COVID-19. “The 2022 show will continue to build on that ethos; celebrating British and international artists and their achievements over the past year, in what is set to be an even more innovative and interactive show than ever before.”
An emphasis on the event’s philanthropic element is given within the BRIT award’s statement, the event promises to continue their contribution and involvement within the award’s charity The BRIT Trust. “The long-standing partnerships with ITV (29 years), Mastercard (24 years) and The O2 arena (12 years), will continue to support The BRITs’ mission to continue delivering an evening of live music and entertainment that millions of music fans all over the world annually tune in for, and that has raised much of the £27million distributed to date by The BRIT Trust, the charitable arm of the awards, to charities that promote education and well-being through music.”
Established in 1999, The Brit Trust was formed by UK record labels and various music industry communities. The trust’s focus and mission statement are to use its funds, tools and resources to utilise music and the arts to benefit young people and their lives. The trust’s financial backing is mostly from the money in which is raised from the annual BRIT awards as well as the Music Industry Trust awards dinners. Such causes and institutions with which the trust works include The BRIT school and Nordoff Robbins, a UK independent music therapy charity that uses music to aid in physical and mental health issues.
