Gilligan Goes Gallagher
Followin’ Hill’s Award & Before Cuttin To The Break, Debut Host Mo Gilligan Did An Uncanny Impression of Liam Gallagher of Oasis Complete With Floppy Dog Ears Hat & Faux Fur Parka. Impressions Are One Of His Signature Gifts & He Brought To His Gifts To The Brits.
Spectacularly, After The Break The Man Himself Arrived, And Gave A Classic Gallagher Performance, Not Before Makin’ A Grand Show Biz Entrance Flying Televised To The Event & Touchin’ Down In A Private Jet On The O2 Roof’s Helipad. It Was ‘Gallagher Gone Large! And With Mo’s Impression It Was Great Comedy & Great Rock n’ Roll Rolled Into One.
The Brits Have Tried Music & Comedy Combos Before With James Corden, Ant & Dec, And Most Recently Jack Whitehall Up Untill Last Year For Instance. Suffice To Say They’ve Had Various ‘Hits’ & Misses With Various Combos, Sam Fox & Mick Fleetwood Amongst The Most Notorious. This Year Mo’ Held His Own Out There For An Extended Two & A Half Hour Show. No Easy Gig & It Is Always Tough To Get The Balance Right When It’s Not Just About Your Night. Rock n’ Roll Is A Curious Mix of Insccurities & Egos So Inevitably There Are Highs & Lows. As Sam & Mick Know.
Mo Made The Effort To Look Impeccably Smart. The Red Carpet And A Great Tuxedo Are One of The Most Glamorous Combinations In Show Business And Mo’s Tux Is One of The Best That’s Ever Walked The Line. With Stylin’ By SjrStyles. The Patent Leather Shoes Took The Sharp Super Smooth Look To Another Level (Pictured Above). Perhaps He Should Have Simply Kept It There All Night.
To Present The Show Mo Choose To Change Into A Stunnin’ Green Blue Ozwald Boateng Suit. As Ever With Ozwald It Was A Work of Art In Itself @ozwald_Boateng. Nevertheless, The Same Suit With An Sharp Smart Open Neck Shirt Might Have Been Even More Cordial Clobber Than A Shirt, Tie & Waistcoat, Especially In A Room Full of Boozy Music & Entertainment Creatives. Maybe The All Buttoned Up Look Was More Representative of Music Executives Than Music Creatives And Didn’t Quite Chime With The Rock n’ Roll Vibe, Boozy Night & Larkin’ Around All The Time. A Free Flowin’ Shirt As Per His Free Flowin’ Delivery Style & Antics May Have Read A Bit More Authentic.
Case In Point Bein’ The Dropin’ of The F Bomb. Despite Being Trussed Up He Still Momentarily Messed Up And Let Himself Down. As Well As Bein’ Arguably A Little Overdressed, He Was Demonstrably A Little Over Excited And Committed The Live Broadcast Blooper of Casually Swearin’ On Live TV Pre-Watershed. Perhaps If The Focus Had Been On The Presentation Being More Sharp And The Shirt Being A Little More Smart Casual That Could Have Been Avoided. But There Was Obviously A Private (No Doubt Delicate, But Inevitable) Dressin’ Down In Which He Was Asked To Apologise After The TV Ads.
This He Duly Did And With Lots of Kids Watchin’ From Various Schools, Not Just The Brit School, A Suitable Apology Was Made Before He Completed What Was Overall A Decent Debut On The Brit Awards Stage.
He Managed To Put His Own Stamp On The Event & Connect With The Live Crowd With Another of His Signature Moves, The Call & Response Audience Inclusion – i.e. “When I Say A, You Say B”. Mo: “A!” Crowd: “B!”
He Visited The Brit School Recently & Some of The Students Were In The House & Lovin’ It (Includin’ Havin’ Their Picture Taken With The School’s Most Successful Alumnus, Adele, As Pictured Above).
Acting The Cheeky Chappie With Outrageous Affrontary Is Another Signature Mo Move, And Just As Ant & Dec Called Out Boris When The Gather-Gate Party-Gate Scandal Broke Durin’ The Last Series of ‘I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here’ (December 2021), Mo Invited The Prime Minister To Join The Rock n’ Roll Soriee At The O2 Sayin’ “I Know You like A Party, Come Down Man, I Know You Like A Cheeseboard.”
Ever Keen To Include Others, Another Mo Signature Feature, He Brought Along His Auntie Patrice & Asked That Someone Get Her “A Large Rum & Coke And Two Magnums.” Also On The Drinks Menu Were CosMOpolitans. MOjitos. And Passion Fruit MOtinis. All With Maya Jama Tendin’ Bar.
She Seemed To Be Channelling Her Inner Cher On The Red Carpet Which Takes Us Back To Some Great Music of The 90s And One of Entertainment’s Original Rebels. We’ve Watched A Number of Great Maya Music Interviews & Would Love To See Her Interview Cher. That Would Be Somethin.’ In Fact, Is She Doesn’t, Maybe We Will! @MayaJama
Mo’s Gallagher Makeover Deserves It’s Own Award & Fitted In With The Event So Well Highlightin’ The Mannerisms of The Mercurial Mancunian Musician At This Major Music Event. It Was Seriously, Hilariously, Impossibly Spot On.
We’re Wonderin If Liam Liked It.
“I Said Maybe!“
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