Pop stars, key workers gather for BRIT Awards in London live music return

LONDON: Singers Dua Lipa and Arlo Parks will perform in front of 4,000 people at the BRIT Awards on Tuesday, in the first major indoor music event with a live audience held in London in over a year.

Britain's pop music honours, for which the audience will not have to wear masks or socially distance, are taking place at the 02 arena on the River Thames as the country emerges from COVID-19 lockdown. The ceremony is part of the British government's Events Research Programme aimed at establishing whether big events can be held in closed environments without social distancing.