Stormzy have been announced as the latest band to perform at the BRIT Awards 2023 in London next month.
This year’s event is scheduled to take place at The O2 in London on Saturday, February 11. The show, hosted by comedian Mo Gilligan, will again be broadcast on ITV 1 for the 30th time.
At the moment, performers such as Wet Leg, Sam Smith and Kim Petras, Harry Styles and Kat Burns have been announced, and earlier this week another participation was confirmed, including Lizzo, David Guetta, Becky Hill and Ella Henderson.
Today (January 26) Stormzy was announced as the last artist to perform at the ceremony, which was his first performance at BRIT since 2020.
The rapper, who released the new album “This Is What I Mean” in November, is nominated for the Album of the Year, Artist of the Year and Hip-hop/Grime/Rap awards.
See the full list of BRITs 2023 nominees here.
Stormzy is back on The BRITs stage 🔥
Catch his performance on Saturday 11 Feb on ITV1 (UK) and https://t.co/QjEmDoO5Pu (International) #BRITs pic.twitter.com/G3GNDeUVTe
— BRIT Awards (@BRITs) January 26, 2023
BRITs recently faced criticism due to the fact that the category “Artist of the Year in the UK” consists of all male artists, and Central Cee, Fred … again, George Ezra, Stormzy and Harry Styles were shortlisted. This happened after the awards reduced the categories of British women and British men in favor of gender-neutral prizes in 2022.
In addition, some artists have encountered a lack of representation of R&B in the Pop/R&B category.
Asked about the Male Artist of the Year category, Sam Smith, who is not binary and has called for the introduction of gender-neutral categories in 2021, said it was “shameful” to see only male nominees, adding in The Sunday Times. : “The case is moving forward, but it is obvious that this is not all. After seeing this list [of the best artists], we still have a long way to go.”
Stormzy’s next UK show will take place in August, where he will headline All Points East for the first time, hosting a day of music called “This Is What We Mean Day” based on his new album.
