It wasn't all about the awards last night - as with any ceremony, last night's BRIT Awards at London's O2 featured a number of high-profile performances from the stars in attendance.
Justin Timberlake opened the show with a medley of songs from new album 'Man of the Woods', during which he brought country star Chris Stapleton on to duet on 'Say Something':
"choir, 1, 2, 3..." CHILLS 🔥🔥🔥#JustinTimberlake pic.twitter.com/WKR1viX4aX
— electric lady (@arabellablues) February 21, 2018
There were also performances from Stormzy, who sang 'Blinded by Your Grace Pt. 2' and 'Big for Your Boots', while he also took PM Theresa May to task over the Grenfell tragedy:
I love Stormzy. He takes aim at Theresa May over Grenfell, institutionalised racism and the Daily Fail during his #BRITs2018 performance.
"Yo, Theresa May, where’s that money for Grenfell? You just forgot about Grenfell..." pic.twitter.com/eH3C1TcIVp
— I was a JSA claimant (@imajsaclaimant) February 22, 2018
âÂÂ?ï¸ÂÂ? @Stormzy1 made it rain GREATNESS with his performance of 'Blinded By Your Grace, 2' and 'Big For Your Boots' with a blistering freestyle in the middle! 🔥 #StormzyBRITs pic.twitter.com/qahDE7QLr5
— BRIT Awards (@BRITs) February 21, 2018
Kendrick Lamar also made an appearance playing 'New Freezer', although many were outraged at the fact that his performance was muted numerous times for profanities:
Kendrick Lamar’s full performance at the Brit Awards. #BRITs pic.twitter.com/qBhBnDdF9H
— DUCKWORTH TDE (@DuckworthTDE) February 21, 2018
Other performances included Foo Fighters playing new song 'The Sky is a Neighbourhood':
Rag 'N' Bone man played 'Skin' with Jorja Smith:
Ed Sheeran played 'Divide' track 'Supermarket Flowers':
Ed Sheeran’s beautiful performance of ‘Supermarket Flowers’ one of my favorite songs by Ed, it’s so beautiful I’m crying my eyes out 😠#BRITS #BRITs2018 pic.twitter.com/AEkdcPSG5W
— Rikke (@RikkeS88) February 21, 2018
Sam Smith performed 'Too Good at Goodbyes':
Liam Payne and Rita Ora performed their '50 Shades' duet 'For You':
âÂÂ?ï¸ÂÂ? @LiamPayne took to The #BRITs 2018 stage for the first time as a solo artist joining @RitaOra for a show stopping performance of their duet 'For You' 🙌 #LiamPayneBRITs #RitaOraBRITs pic.twitter.com/XgJKjmh2IN
— BRIT Awards (@BRITs) February 21, 2018
And finally, Liam Gallagher played a moving acoustic version of 'Live Forever' that was dedicated to the victims of last year's Manchester bombing (he reportedly replaced Ariana Grande, who dropped out just hours before):
Effortless. @liamgallagher pays tribute to Manchester bombing victims at @ArianaGrande concert last year with a fitting performance of 'Live Forever' at tonight's #BRITs2018. Go Liam. As you were. pic.twitter.com/DmUvb6l1PM
— Tasmin Lucia-Khan (@Tasmin) February 21, 2018