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Performance TitleThe Brit Awards 1988 (British Phonographic Industry (BPI) Awards)
Performance Date8 February 1988
Performance DayMonday
Performance Time19:00
Main PerformersRick Astley,
Terence Trent D'Arby,
Chris Rea - vocals
Orchestra or BandBananarama (Siobhan Fahey, Sara Dallin, Karen Woodward),
Bee Gees (Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb),
Pet Shop Boys (Neil Tennay, Chris Lowe),
T'Pau (Carol Decker - vocal, Ronnie Rogers - guitar, Tim Burgess - drums, Michael Chetwood - keyboards, Paul Jackson - bass guitar, Taj Wyzgowski - Dean Howard - guitars),
Wet Wet Wet (Marti Pellow - vocal, Tommy Cunningham - drums, vocal, Graeme Clark - guitar, vocal, Neil Mitchell - keyboards, vocal, Graeme Duffin - vocal, guitar),
The Who (Roger Daltrey - vocal, Pete Townshend - guitar, keyboards, vocal, Kenney Jones - drums, John Entwistle - bass gitar, vocal),
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
ConductorsVernon Handley
Set ListMusic:
Bee Gees,
'Love in the First Degree' (Bananarama),
'Who Are You' (The Who),
'My Generation' (The Who),
'Substitute' (The Who)

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Awards:
Best British Male Artist Award Nominees: Rick Astley, George Michael (Winner), Chris Rea,
Cliff Richard, Steve Winwood

Best British Female Artist Award Nominees: Kate Bush, Samantha Fox, Alison Moyet (Winner), Sinitta, Kim Wilde

Best British Group Award Nominees: Bee Gees, Def Leppard, Level 42, Pet Shop Boys (Winner), Whitesnake

Best British Producer Award Nominees: Brian Eno, Julian Mendelssohn, Paul O'Duffy,
Stick/Aitken/Waterman (Winner) Alan Tarney

Best British Single Award Nominees:Rick Astley - 'Never Gonna Give You Up' (Winner),
Bananarama - 'Love in the First Degree', MARRS - 'Pump Up the Volume', Pet Shop Boys - 'It's a Sin', T'Pau - 'China in your Hand'

Best British LP Award Nominees:George Michael - 'Faith', Pet Shop Boys - 'Pet Shop Boys, Actually', Sting - 'Nothing Like the Sun' (Winner), Swing Out Sister - 'It's Better to Travel', T'Pau - 'Bridge of Spies'

Best British Classical Recording Award Nominees: Beethoven - 'Symphonies 2 and 8', London Classical Players, Conducted by Roger Norrington; Hummel - 'Piano Concertos 1 and 2 in A Minor and B Minor', Stephen Hough, English Chamber Orchestra, Conducted by Bryden Thomson; Mahler - 'Symphony No.2', City of Birmingham Symphonhy Orchestra and Chorus, Conducted by Simon Rattle; Tippett - 'The Mask of Time', BBC Symphony Orchestra, Singers and Chorus;Condu, ted by Andrew Davis; Vaughan Williams - 'Symphony No.5', Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Conducted by Vernon Handley (Winner)

Best Soundtrack and Original Cast Recording Award Nominees: Dirty Dancing, Follies - London Cast, La Bamba, Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera (Winner)

Best International Solo Artist Award Nominees: Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson (Winner),
Madonna, Prince, Luther Vandross

Best International Group Award Nominees: Bon Jovi, Fleetwood Mac, Heart, Los Lobos, U2 (Winner)

Best International Newcomer Award Nominees: Beastie Boys, Terence Trent D'Arby (Winner), LL Cool J, Los Lobos, Bruce Willis

Best British Newcomer (Voted for by BBC Radio 1 listeners) Award: Wet Wet Wet

Best Music Video (Voted for by the BBC) Award: New Order

Outstanding Contribution Award: The Who
Performance NotesLive performances came from the Bee Gees and Bananarama (together with an unforgettable troupe of scantily clad male dancers) while the “special” duet concept was introduced when The Pet Shop Boys stepped out with Dusty Springfield.

Winners included George Michael, Sting, U2 and new sensation Rick Astley who collected the Best British Single award, a moment missed by TV viewers as it was cut from the show to allow Outstanding Contribution winners The Who to finish their set. This was the last ever performance by The Who with Kenney Jones as a member.

This was the last ever performance of the original line-up members for Bananarama.

U2 attended this event and collected the award for Best International Group.

The BPI Awards began in 1982 as a private party for rival executives to get to know each other but by 1988 had become an international broadcast live event on both BBC television and radio with a global audience of about 200 million. 130 record companies affiliated to the BPI each had one nomination in each category. Votes were counted, a shortlist of five in each section was drawn up and ballot papers sent out for the final voting.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1988/9),
Colour photograph (RAHE/3/1988/1)
B&W negatives and contact sheets (RAHE/3/27/10)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/H8sH0IH77jVd
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1988/9The Brit Awards 1988 (British Record Industry Awards)8 February 1988
RAHE/3/1988/1Photograph of the The Brit Awards 1988 (British Record Industry Awards)8 February 1988
RAHE/3/27/10B&W contact sheets and negatives of the Brit Awards8 February 1988
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Etoz_Feam_L_TThe Brit Awards 1988 (British Phonographic Industry (BPI) Awards)1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/2612The Who (1964-)
DS/UK/1275Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra; 1840-; English orchestra
DS/UK/7126Handley; Vernon (1930-2008); CBE; British conductor
DS/UK/15671The Bee Gees (1958-2012)
DS/UK/15672Bananarama (1980)
DS/UK/15674Pet Shop Boys (1981-)
DS/UK/15685Edmonds; Noel (1948-); English broadcaster and executive
DS/UK/22903D'Arby; Terence Trent (15 March 1962); American singer songwriter
DS/UK/126Rea; Chris (1951-); English singer-songwriter
DS/UK/15194Astley; Rick (6 February 1966); English singer songwriter and radio personality
DS/UK/14063Wet Wet Wet (1982-)
DS/UK/13941Townshend; Pete (19 May 1945); English singer songwriter and musician
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