First BRITs performers announced

16 December 2014 - Press release

Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran and Sam Smith announced as first performers 

 Wednesday 25th February at The O2 and exclusively broadcast on ITV

The BRIT Awards with MasterCard announce that Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran and Sam Smith are the first performers to be confirmed for what is the UK’s most prestigious music event, taking place on Wednesday 25th February at The O2 in London, broadcast exclusively on ITV.

Multi-million selling global superstar Taylor Swift is the only artist in history to have three albums sell a million or more copies in their debut week in the US. Her critically-acclaimed No.1 selling fifth studio album '1989' debuted at No. 1 in over 97 countries including the UK, and is currently the top selling album in the U.S. '1989' has sold over four million albums worldwide in a little over six weeks. Taylor will be bringing The 1989 World Tour to British shores next summer for a series of UK and Ireland shows including the headline slot at British Summer Time at Hyde Park on Saturday 27th June. 

Double BRIT Award-winning British music phenomenon Ed Sheeran has had a great 2014, with his second album 'X' going straight to the top of the charts and becoming this year’s biggest selling album. As well as being named Spotify’s most streamed artist of 2014, it was recently announced that ‘X’ is the first album since 2012 to reach the 1 million UK sales mark. He is currently on a world tour which will end at London’s Wembley Stadium in June 2015. Ed was recently named the act the British public would most like to see perform live at The BRIT Awards 2015 in a survey by MasterCard.

After winning the 2014 BRITs Critics’ Choice Award, Sam Smith has gone from strength to strength with his debut album ‘In The Lonely Hour’. Hitting the No. 1 spot in the UK Album Chart earlier this year, plus a stream of hit singles including ‘Stay With Me’ and ‘I’m Not The Only One’, he returns to perform on the main awards show in 2015.

MasterCard cardholders have two more days of exclusive first access to BRIT Awards 2015 tickets, helping to get them closer to their favourite live acts. Tickets are available at https://pricelesssurprises.co.uk. 

The BRIT Awards 2015 with MasterCard take place Wednesday 25 February at The O2 and will be exclusively broadcast on ITV.