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Presenting The 2022 Laurence Olivier Awards Winners

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Last night the winners of the 2022 Laurence Olivier Awards were handed our for excellence in professional theatre in London. They are also referred to as simply “The Olivier Awards” and since we just love the stuff going on in New York City’s own Broadway, we happily add these awards to our string of broadcasts that help celebrate these things. Here now are your winners of the 2022 Oliviers. Enjoy.

Best New Play:
WINNER – Life of Pi by Lolita Chakrabarti (based on original text by Yann Martel) – Wyndham’s Theatre
2:22 A Ghost Story by Danny Robins – Noël Coward Theatre
Best of Enemies by James Graham – Young Vic
Cruise by Jack Holden – Duchess Theatre

Best New Musical:
WINNER – Back to the Future – Adelphi Theatre
Frozen – Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
Get Up, Stand Up – Lyric Theatre
Moulin Rouge – Piccadilly Theatre
The Drifters Girl – Garrick Theatre
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The 2022 Billboard Music Awards Nominees Are…

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So the Billboard Music Awards nominations were delivered over their Twitter feed earlier today and I’ve embedded their announcement “Tweet” and the full rundown below it for those who are interested in these awards. As is my common practice I will likely dissect any Rock and Metal that I might find for a quick summary to post on the PiercingMetal.com website. Here now are your nominations for the 2022 Billboard Music Awards.

Top Artist:
Drake
Doja Cat
Olivia Rodrigo
Taylor Swift
The Weeknd
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Presenting The 64th Annual Grammy Awards Winners

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Last night, the Recording Academy handed out the trophies during the 64th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony and no, I didn’t manage to watch or even DVR the program. I worked all day and then spent the night rocking out with Dragonforce for the PiercingMetal site. I did cull the winners into the list that you will find below and this time around I’ve decided to leave off the other nominees in most of the categories since the original list was a lengthy and ponderous read. You can compare notes on the Nominations post found HERE if you like. Here now are your winners for the 64th Annual Grammy Awards. Enjoy.

** GENERAL FIELD **

Record Of The Year:
Leave The Door Open – Silk Sonic – Dernst “D’Mile” Emile II & Bruno Mars, producers; Serban Ghenea, John Hanes & Charles Moniz, engineers/mixers; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer

Album Of The Year:
We Are – Jon Batiste – Craig Adams, David Gauthier, Braedon Gautier, Brennon Gautier, Gospel Soul Children Choir, Hot 8 Brass Band, PJ Morton, Autumn Rowe, Zadie Smith, St. Augustine High School Marching 100 & Trombone Shorty, featured artists; Jon Batiste, Mickey Freedom Hart, King Garbage, Kizzo, Sunny Levine, Nate Mercereau, David Pimentel, Ricky Reed, Autumn Rowe, Jahaan Sweet & Nick Waterhouse, producers; Jon Batiste, Russ Elevado, Mischa Kachkachishvili, Kizzo, Joseph Lorge, Manny Marroquin, David Pimentel, Ricky Reed, Jaclyn Sanchez, Matt Vertere, Marc Whitmore & Alex Williams, engineers/mixers; Andrae Alexander, Troy Andrews, Jon Batiste, Zach Cooper, Vic Dimotsis, Eric Frederic, Kizzo, Sunny Levine, Steve McEwan, PJ Morton, Autumn Rowe & Mavis Staples, songwriters; Michelle Mancini, mastering engineer
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Presenting The 2022 Juno Awards Nominees

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Readers of these awards show posts on “The Chronicles” know that I like to feature as many as come across my radar because its good content and helps spark some water cooler discussion. In Canada, they have their own version of The Grammys which are called The Junos and I present to you the full list of nominees for this years ceremony. Enjoy.

Artist of the Year:
Justin Bieber
Charlotte Cardin
Shawn Mendes
JP Saxe
The Weeknd

Group of the Year:
Arkells
Loud Luxury
Mother Mother
The Reklaws
Valley
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Presenting The 42nd Brit Awards Winners

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Hey my friends I’m back to disclose the winners of the previously discussed Brit Awards that focus on the very best in British Music. I shared the nominations back in December but you won’t need to refer to that posting since I’ve kept all the nominated in the winner’s circle post. Remember that this one is curated by the British Phonographic Industry and has changed some categories for this year’s finalists. They no longer use gendered categories and have brought back some others. Check it out.

British Album of the Year:
WINNER – Adele – 30
Dave – We’re All Alone in This Together
Ed Sheeran – =
Little Simz – Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
Sam Fender – Seventeen Going Under

British Artist Of The Year:
WINNER – Adele
Dave
Ed Sheeran
Little Simz
Sam Fender
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