A diferencia de lo sucedido hace una semana en la entrega de los Grammy Awards, esta noche U2 no pudo llevarse ningún galardón en la entrega de los BRIT Awards 2006, celebrada en Earl's Court de la ciudad de Londres.
U2 se encontraba nominado en las siguientes categorías:
· GRUPO INTERNACIONAL
Arcade Fire
Black Eyed Peas
Green Day
U2
White Stripes
· ÁLBUM INTERNACIONAL
Arcade Fire - Funeral
Green Day - American Idiot
Kanye West - Late Registration
Madonna - Confessions On A Dancefloor
U2 - How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
En ambos casos los ganadores de los premios fueron la gente de Green Day:
[...] Winner of the International Group Award is… Green Day
Presented by Kelly Osbourne
Winner of the International Group Award is presented by the first daughter of rock, Kelly Osbourne. The deserving winners are last year’s BRITs performers, American pop-punks Green Day. They can’t be here this year, but join us by video to tell us they can’t thank us enough. What nice polite young men they are. Even if they do wear a lot of eyeliner [...]
[...] Winner of the International Album Award is… Green Day, American Idiot
Presented by Paris Hilton
Green day’s acceptance speech is short and sweet - and includesthe phrase “thank you to everyone in Milton Keynes!” Cool! [...]
U2 se encontraba nominado en las siguientes categorías:
· GRUPO INTERNACIONALArcade Fire
Black Eyed Peas
Green Day
U2
White Stripes
· ÁLBUM INTERNACIONAL
Arcade Fire - Funeral
Green Day - American Idiot
Kanye West - Late Registration
Madonna - Confessions On A Dancefloor
U2 - How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
En ambos casos los ganadores de los premios fueron la gente de Green Day:
[...] Winner of the International Group Award is… Green Day
Presented by Kelly Osbourne
Winner of the International Group Award is presented by the first daughter of rock, Kelly Osbourne. The deserving winners are last year’s BRITs performers, American pop-punks Green Day. They can’t be here this year, but join us by video to tell us they can’t thank us enough. What nice polite young men they are. Even if they do wear a lot of eyeliner [...]
[...] Winner of the International Album Award is… Green Day, American Idiot
Presented by Paris Hilton
Green day’s acceptance speech is short and sweet - and includesthe phrase “thank you to everyone in Milton Keynes!” Cool! [...]
Fuente: BRIT Awards Blog