Jack Whitehall vows to return the Brits to their best ahead of presenting the 2025 awards

Jack Whitehall is returning to host the Brits because he had unfinished business after last fronting the awards as we emerged from lockdown. The comedian is taking the reins for a fifth time after first doing so in 2018. He felt that his run ended with a “whimper” because it was a socially distanced evening with no raucous behaviour. Jack said: “The last show I did was in 2021, which had a fair few restrictions due to Covid.

“So it always felt like, due to circumstances beyond my control, I’d maybe gone out with a little bit of a whimper. “I think the Brits 2025 is going to make up for that and be a really big night. “When I first started out I was just like ‘Jack, don’t mess this up. This is such a big opportunity’. You don’t want to say the wrong thing and insult someone and then get taken off air. “Then I got to a point where I was like, ‘It’s probably best now to not outstay my welcome’.

“And now, here I am, back again.”. It doesn’t sound like he will be knocking back many shots with Sam Fender or getting lairy with Sabrina Carpenter before showtime on March 1, though. Jack added: “It’s quite zen backstage when I’m trying to get ready. "I will probably be in there, just doing a sound bath or humming and trying to do some breath work to keep myself nice and calm. “But then I go off like a coiled spring and bounce on to the stage.”.

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“Because High, well, what do you f***ing think it’s about? There was an acid trip in Devon.”. The world’s No1 DJ Martin Garrix is returning to Ibiza this summer to mark ten years of entertaining crowds at megaclub Ushuaia. He will perform every Thursday from June 19 to September 25. Martin said: “The first time I came to the island was back in 2012 and it’s felt like home ever since. This summer will mark ten years of my residency at Ushuaia Ibiza.

“A full decade, and I couldn’t be more grateful for it. Counting down the days now for the season to start, and I’ll bring some fun surprises.”. Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy has broken the record for the best opening weekend for a romcom in the UK and Ireland, beating 2004’s Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason. It made £11.8million in its first four days of release. That surpassed the £10million the second movie made in the same period.

Zoe Ball has announced her return to Radio 2 a couple of months after leaving the breakfast show. The presenter is coming back to the airwaves from 1pm to 3pm on Saturday afternoons as part of a shake-up for the station’s weekend schedule, which will happen in May. Mark Goodier’s Pick Of The Pops moves to 5pm to 7pm on Sundays, a slot that had been held by Rob Beckett, who has decided to step down.