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This year's paid a touching tribute to music legends lost over the past year during Saturday's ceremony.
Host introduced Tim Burgess to the stage who started off the In memoriam segment with a tribute speech to English bassist Mani.
Gary 'Mani' Mounfield
After Tim's touching speech, a VT package then played with some of the other music legends lost this year, including .
However, for viewers watching at home, they were left less than impressed at what was supposed to be a touching moment as they flooded social media with comments.
One said: 'What a touching tribute with some people's names in bigger font while others are tiny and barely stay on screen more than half a second';
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Host Jack Whitehall introduced Tim Burgess to the stage who started off the In memoriam segment with a tribute speech to English bassist Mani
'Possibly the worst tribute segment I’ve seen at the Brits. Also is that all they’re doing for Ozzy Osbourne?! He got way more at the Grammy’s! Very poor';
'This is the worst tribute ever. a load of random names on a screen with about 5 clips shown through out ahahahahahhahaa wtffffff';
'Ouch that tribute to Mani was …. er lost for words He really deserved better';
'Nice tribute to Mani by Tim Burgess, before a shockingly long list of names cycle past for a sombre In Memoriam section. Sometimes it seems like the great first era of pop is fading before our very eyes. Congrats to the #BRITs for bringing this home so sensitively'
The 46th edition of the launch at Manchester's Co-op Live Arena for the first time tonight.
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Since removing gendered categories, such as Best Male and Best Female, the ceremony has faced backlash for the low number of female artists nominated, particularly in 2023 when the Artist Of The Year shortlist was entirely male.
But 2026 will ring in the changes, with 70 percent of this year's nominations being female or non-binary.
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