OMM and the Brits

Just back from the launch do for the Brit awards, which took place at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith in London. No great surprises: the usual confection of industry lags, mysteriously young women, tabloid hacks.. and then the likes of OMM. The canapes were so so, and the bar wasn't free, although waitresses were trotting round with trays with halves of lager. Hmmmm.. Oh, and then everyone was ushered into the big studio space for the launch, which involved the Kaiser Chiefs, the Magic Numbers and KT Tunstall playing a couple of numbers each. All perfectly... pleasant.... And good news for us, as our next issue involves a portfolio of photos celebrating the British music industry. We'd tried to anticipate who'd be nominated, so the fact that the Kaisers and James Blunt (with four noms each), KT T, Kano and Gorillaz all featured was great.. because we've taken handsome portraits of them all. I am now at home, breathing a long sigh of relief. All will be revealed on 22 January, when the Observer Music Monthly is published. But more before then to come...