Overview
- The ceremony is set for Saturday, February 28, 2026, at Manchester’s Co‑op Live, the first BRITs held outside London since the awards began in 1977.
- Manchester‑born Matthew Williamson designed an amber‑toned resin Britannia that nods to the city’s worker bee and sits on a globe symbolizing the global reach of British music.
- Williamson says the statuette is moulded from a 3D render in honey‑pigmented resin, oven‑cured, then polished and finished with a high‑gloss lacquer.
- The trophy project was led by Williamson with BRITs chair and RCA co‑president Stacey Tang and RCA Records co‑president Glyn Aikins.
- Organisers say the relocation celebrates Manchester while the show remains for national and international audiences, with the 2026 event airing on ITV in partnership with Mastercard.