Asyia Iftikhar
Published February 28, 2026 9:51pm
Updated February 28, 2026 11:01pm
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Previous Page Next PageITV cut out the end of Noel Gallagher’s speech from the Brit Awards 2026 live broadcast after he dropped the F-bomb.
Jack Whitehall, 37, is once more hosting the major music awards that, for the first time ever, are taking place outside of London, in Manchester.
Harry Styles put on his first stage performance in almost three years with his single Apeture from his new album, Kiss All the Time, Disco Occasionally.
Oasis icon Noel Gallagher also attended to receive the honour of songwriter of the year, and rising stars Olivia Dean and Lola Young have scooped up major awards tonight.
Noel accepted his songwriter of the year award by first thanking his brother, Liam.
He was then hit with a bleeping out at the explicit end of his speech, when he said: ‘Up the f**ing Blues’ in support of Manchester City and received a mixed response by the rest of the room.
Noel Gallagher was bleeped out of the live ITV broadcast at the Brits 2026 (Picture: REUTERS)
ElsewhereJack Whitehall’s joke about Peter Mandelson and Jeffrey Epstein didn’t make it into homes (Picture: Getty/2026 JMEnternational)
What else was bleeped including the Peter Mandelson Epstein list joke
The national broadcaster also cut Whitehall’s joke about Peter Mandelson’s involvement in the Jeffrey Epstein list from the Brit Awards 2026 live broadcast.
At one point in the evening, Whitehall circled a table of politicians on which sat Lisa Nandy and Andy Burnham.
As he spoke, he delivered the joke: This must be the politician’s table. I wonder who else is here? I think I saw Peter Mandelson on the list. Oh no, sorry, that was another list my bad,’ as the crowd let out a combination of groans, cheers and laughs.
He quickly moved the evening along but ITV made sure to censor the risky joke from the broadcast.
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Peter Mandelson was arrested recently (Picture: James Manning/PA Wire)
It comes just days after Mandelson, whose name appears in the Epstein files, was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office and later released on bail.
He was accused of passing on information to paedophile financier Epstein when he was business secretary.
Another notable moment occurred during Sharon Osbourne’s touching speech in memory of Ozzy Osbourne, who was posthumously awarded the lifetime achievement award.
She signed her portion of the speech off with: ‘There will never be another Ozzy f***ing Ozbourne’.
Earlier that evening, the Bad Education star had joked about having the ‘best in the business’ here tonight to bleep out any swearing, before quipping it was the guy ‘from the Baftas’.
Angry Ginge and Luke Littler’s award presentation was also bleeped (Picture: EPA)
Drummer Max Bessin of Geese was also bleeped out (Picture: 2026 JMEnternational/ Getty)
The joke was a pointed nod to the controversy that has embroiled the Bafta film awards for the past week after the BBC failed to bleep out Tourette’s campaigner John Davidson’s N-word outburst from the delayed broadcast.
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Whitehall’s Mandelson joke was not the only moment cut from the broadcast for viewers at home. Geese, who won international group of the year also got bleeped out while accepting the award.
Drummer Max Bassin’s speech entirely consisted of the phrase: ‘Free Palestine, f**k ICE. RIP Mani’.
The decision to bleep the speech comes after the BBC came under fire for cutting My Father’s Shadow director Akinola Davies Jr’s speech in which he called to ‘Free Palestine’.
At another point, Luke Littler and Angry Ginge declared ‘London is a s**thole’, which also didn’t make the final cut.
Full list of Brit Awards 2026 winners
British Album Of The Year
Olivia Dean - The Art of Loving
Song of the Year
Sam Fender with Olivia Dean - Rein Me In
British Artist of the Year
Olivia Dean
British Group
Wolf Alice
Breakthrough Artist
Lola Young
International Artist
Rosalia
International Group
Geese
International Song
Rose and Bruno Mars – Apt
Alternative/Rock
Sam Fender
Pop
Olivia Dean
Hip-Hop, Grime and Rap
Dave
R&B
Sault
Dance
Fred Again.., Skepta, PlaqueBoyMax
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