Dave, Lewis Capaldi, Stormzy, Billie Eilish win at 2020 Brit Awards

Billie Eilish playing Leeds Festival 2019 (Gary Mather for Live4ever)

There were no great surprises at the 2020 Brit Awards ceremony last night as Lewis Capaldi, Stormzy and Billie Eilish all went home from the O2 in London with prizes.

Perhaps the only touch of unpredictability came when Dave backed up his Mercury Prize triumph by getting more industry recognition for his essential debut album Psychodrama, beating the more commercial successes of Stormzy’s Heavy Is The Head and Capaldi’s Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent.

“Psychodrama hides behind nothing, musically, lyrically or conceptually. It’s a beautifully simple and honest record that says precisely what it means,” we said of the album in our 9/10 review.