Yes, that is what it looks like. Someone's tricked up a fake Brits Access All Areas pass for Gordon. I think it's some guy at school's brother who makes them with his computer, and he can do really convincing student ID, too; you can hardly tell the difference. Which is lucky, given that Lady GaGa a...

The Brit awards exist to recognise excellence in British music. Or at least it usually does - last night it couldn’t be bothered and just gave a load of prizes to Duffy instead. That’s right. Duffy. Duffy who your mum likes. Duffy who sings like a baby goat stuck in a cattle grid. Duffy ...

Oh, curse the Brits, and their late finish. What's a Gordon to do? send in three writers to cover the event. Although that does end up with somewhat confused coverage: By CARL STROUD,JESS ROGERSand SOPHIE BARNETT Published: Today SINGING sensation DUFFY last night became Britain’s new Princess of ...

7.15pmOf course, the rest of the entire bloody world will be Twittering their Brits experience, but No Rock is nothing if not a stickler for tradition. Our Brits coverage will be an old style blog. Like in 2008, when they clashed with Torchwood And like in 2007, when the Scissor Sisters were still w...

It's Brits day, the most important day in the year for record company executives and Gordon has published a small guide to everything you need to know. Like Coldplay being involved, for example. That tells you all you need to know. Coldplay are thinking of doing something nice for their fans. Chris ...

Tonight, ITV wipes its entire schedule of supposed entertainment to bring us the Brit Awards 2009. It may not have happened yet, but we can’t see it being edgy, cool or vaguely risky. The show goes out at 8pm, leaving today’s young pop stars with an entire hour to swear before the watershed ...

You've got to love the Pet Shop Boys, choosing Nothing Has Been Proved for their Brits performance - rounding off the 2009 British Music Industry Awards show with a twenty year old song about a scandal in the Macmillan cabinet feels like a tongue has been affixed firmly in cheek. Gordon, of course, ...

It says a lot about the BPI and the Brits organisers that they're foolish enough to hold their nominations bash right at the same time as the inauguration. Even had Ted Kennedy and Robert Byrd made it through to the cheese board, it was always going to be like trying to raise interest in a hand-held...

Much excitement over the announcement that Kylie, James Corden and Matthew Horne will be presenting this year's Brit Awards. And there's no way the excitement of today's announcement was in any way ruined by, erm, Corden having announced it all on the Sunday Night Project eight days ago. Still, it's...

You can see why the organisers of the Brits wouldn't turn down the offer of U2 for their programme this year: in 2008, they were scraping up Mika-and-Beth-Ditto duets to try and fill out the time. They'll be pleased at having someone who most of the ITV audience will have heard of. Naturally, they'r...