FEATURE: Are the BRITs even patriotic? [Video]

AS the glitz of the annual BRIT awards ceremony looms, industry professionals and music fans alike are beginning to raise the familiar issue that recurs year upon year: do they truly represent the British music industry, or are they simply the face of a repetitive record label façade? Quays News entertainment reporter Emily Ingram investigates…

During the run up to the latest edition of the awards, there’s been a hefty amount of social media buzz and casual name-dropping. With 2016 nominations ranging from hugely prevalent acts like Justin Bieber and Adele to the more alternative Bjӧrk and Wolf Alice, the majority of music fans seem to have been catered for.

But despite the persistent buzz of coverage received across Twitter, it appears that some disregard the ceremony as a celebration for the select few, rather than a wider scope of the popular music industry, as it was originally intended.

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