The BRIT Awards 2015 As They Happen - Live Updates!

The stars are seated, Madonna is glamming up and Kanye West is probably having a rant and practising his next stage invasion all in preparation for the biggest night in British music - The BRIT Awards 2015.

We'll be right here all night bringing you live updates as it happens as Ant & Dec host the show which sees Yeezy, Madge, Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, Sam Smith and more taking to the stage and a whole bunch of coveted statuettes handed out. Let's do this!

8pm: And we're off! Ant & Dec are "in charge" and have made their way through a star-studded kitchen feating chefs Paloma Faith, Tinie Tempah and more before arriving on stage at London's O2 Arena for a exotic banquet. With their heads on a platter ladies and gentlemen it's TAYLOR SWIFT!

8.02pm: Taylor Swift officially opens the BRITs 2015 with Blank Space in a hot suit and hotpant combo. With black and white clad dancers T-Swizzle struts herself on the long catwalk. What a way to open the show!

8.07pm: Ant & Dec celebrate British music going global and get everyone excited by teasing Yeezy is in the building.

8:11pm: Orlando Bloom and Rita Ora are here to present the first award of the night - British Male Solo Artist. Rita and Orlando get very cosy on stage. Just saying. Anyway the winner is..........ED SHEERAN!

8:14pm: Ed dedicates his award to Deidre!

8:20pm: Jimmy Page is here to award British Group award. Who's the winner? It's previous MTV Brand New nominees Royal Blood! Nice one guys! Could this be the first of many tonight? We hope so? They say "this is a huge surprise for us..more of a surprise for everyone here as you may not know who we are." Not any more!

8.23pm: Oh hello Sam Smith. He's performing Lay Me Down. Accompanied by a huge orchestra clad in white, Sam delivers once again a stunning, heartfelt vocal performance. He HAS to take some BRITs home tonight right?

8.33pm: Ant & Dec introduce Lewis Hamilton and Ellie Goulding who are presenting the award for Best International Female Solo Artist. And the winner is.......TAYLOR SWIFT! Her first ever BRIT award. Can you believe that?! She dedicates it to her British bezzie Ed Sheeran and also Cara D and Ellie Goulding and Sam Smith from the Brit pack.

8.39pm: British Group winners Royal Blood are on stage making a whole lotta noise with Figure It Out.

8.43pm: Ant & Dec check in with Ellie Goulding and Rita Ora. Ellie thinks she's wearing a wedding dress and Rita tips Jessie Ware for an award tonight.

8.49pm: Ant & Dec make fun of Simon Cowell's interpretation of 'black tie'. They give him an H&M tie and wish Ella Henderson luck for her nomination tonight.

8.51pm: Mark Ronson takes to the stage to present the award for British Female Solo Artist to........Paloma Faith! It's third time lucky for her and she says she's "so moved" and how "it's been a long time coming." We called it. Just saying! After a long acceptance speech she dedicates it to "all the underdogs and all the grafters."

8.56pm: Ed Sheeran time. Shhhh. It's just Ed and his guitar for Bloodstream.

9.06pm: "What's up London?!" Kim Kardashian presents this year's Global Success Award to... Sam Smith, his first BRIT of the night!

9.10pm: Ant & Dec keep Kim on stage for a selfie before she introduces hubby Kanye West to the stage.

9.11pm: Yeezy and a huge crew are on stage and...is that....a flamethrower???

9.16pm: Cara Delevingne would love to "be the meat" in between Ant & Dec but she has other duties to attend to - awarding the International Males Solo Artist award to....Pharrell Williams! He couldn't be there but he did provide a video message. Bet he's happy...

9:25pm: Take That have hit the stage to sing new single Let In The Sun... just check out Howard in his waistcoat (hello arms!) banging that drum!

9:30pm: Lisa Snowdon and Lionel Richie have arrived and it's time to find out who has won Best British Single. The champ is... Mark Ronson and Uptown Funk.

9:35pm: John Bishop is on hand to present the gong for Best International Group which went to Foo Fighters.

9:39pm: It's time for George Ezra to bring a bit of Budapest to The BRITs! Excuse us why we have a little sing-a-long!

9:47pm: Here comes Fearne Cotton and Charli XCX to announce the British Breakthrough Act and it goes to... Sam Smith! Who else!

9:51pm: Best British Female winner Paloma Faith forgot her umbrella as she hit the stage to perform Only Love Can Hurt Like This.

9:55pm: Here's Jimmy Carr and Karlie Kloss, who congratulated pal T-Swizzle on winning the Best International Female gong!

9:58pm: British Artist Video of the Year goes to One Direction for You And I, with Simon Cowell on hand to collect it for them.

10:06pm: Russell Crowe hits the stage to present the Mastercard British Album of the Year award.

10:08pm: And the winner is... Ed Sheeran with x! Well deserved if we do say so ourselves...

10:11pm: It's time for Madonna and her new single Living For Love... SCREAM!!!!

10:13pm: Oops! Even the Queen of Pop makes mistakes - she just took a tumble on stage but recovered like a true PRO.

That's your lot folks, keep it MTV UK for more!