Brit Awards

Ed Sheeran makes most of an opening

Entertainment / Music Supporting Snow Patrol a career stepping-stone for red-hot Brit singer. Nick Krewen Special to the Star Published on Fri Apr 13 2012 Ed Sheeran, opening a pair of shows for Snow Patrol at Massey Hall next week in what’s destined to be a contemporary role as a warmup act, isn’t afraid to apply a little elbow grease in working his way to the top. In a seemingly short period…

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Emeli Sandé plays The Drake

Emeli Sande plays The Drake | Toronto Star Singer Emeli Sandé topped U.K. charts with her debut, Version of Our Events, and received the Critics’ Choice Brit Award.  HANDOUT PHOTO Emeli Sandé, who plays The Drake on Wednesday, is the next big thing from the U.K. Nick Krewen  Special to the Star Published on Tue Mar 06 2012 Looking for the Next Big Thing? You can find her Wednesday night onstage at…


Laura Marling winning folk over

Entertainment / Music Star of the U.K. scene back in Toronto for shows at Camera.  KRISTIN WILSON Laura Marling. By: Nick Krewen Special to the Star, Published on Wed Dec 07 2011 Can she make it three in a row? Considering that U.K. folk darling Laura Marling‘s excellent first pair of albums — 2008’s Alas I Cannot Swim and 2010’s I Speak Because I Can — earned prestigious Mercury Music Prize nominations (and helped bag her a Brit Award…