12th Brit Awards

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The 1992 Brit Awards were the 12th edition of the biggest annual pop music awards in the United Kingdom.^[1] They are run by the British Phonographic Industry and took place on 12 February 1992 at Hammersmith Apollo in London.^[2]

Performances[]

• Beverley Craven – "Promise Me"
• Extreme – "More Than Words"
• The KLF vs Extreme Noise Terror – "3 a.m. Eternal"
• Lisa Stansfield – "All Woman"
• P.M. Dawn – "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss"
• Seal – "Crazy"
• Simply Red – "Stars"

Winners and nominees[]

Multiple nominations and awards[]

The following artists received multiple awards and/or nominations.

Three-time winner Seal as most nominations and awards

KLF controversy[]

The two bands instead performed a live version of the song at the BRIT Awards ceremony in February 1992. The Brits performance included a limping, kilted, cigar-chomping Drummond firing blanks from an automatic weapon over the heads of the crowd. After viewing the rehearsals, the NME writer Danny Kelly said: "Compared to what's preceded it, this is a turbo-powered metallic wolf breaking into a coop full of particularly sick doves... And the noise? Well, the noise is hardcore punk thrash through a disco Techno hit played by crusties. All bases covered, brilliantly. Clever, clever bastards."^[3] At the end of the performance, Scott Piering announced to a stunned crowd that "The KLF have now left the music business". Within a few months, they did just that - their records were deleted and The KLF retired from the industry. Kelly later described the Brits performance as The KLF's "self-destruction in an orgy of punk rock..., mock outrage ... and real bad taste".^[4]

References[]

External links[]

• 1992 Brit Awards at Brits.co.uk