Bring Me The Horizon pay tribute to Spice Girls at BRIT Awards

By Scott Munro
( Metal Hammer )
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Oli Sykes and co. base their wardrobe at BRIT awards show in London on Spice Girls’ look from 1997

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Bring Me The Horizon at last night's BRIT awards (Image credit: Joe Maher - Getty)

Bring Me The Horizon (opens in new tab) were guests at last night’s BRIT awards ceremony at The O2 in London.

The band were shortlisted in the Best Group category – and although Foals took home the trophy, the Sheffield heroes set tongues wagging because of what they were wearing.

Oli Sykes and co. decided to pay tribute to the Spice Girls by matching their fashion choices with what Scary, Sporty, Baby, Ginger and Posh were wearing at the BRIT awards back in 1997 when they clinched victory in the Best Video and Best Single categories.

In a nod to the lack of women on the shortlist, Bring Me The Horizon tweeted a picture of themselves and Spice Girls with the caption: “Girl power.”

Last year, Bring Me The Horizon recorded the track Ludens for Video Kojima’s hit PlayStation 4 video game Death Stranding.

The song also appeared on the official soundtrack Death Stranding - Timefall: Original Music From The World Of Death Stranding which also feartured artists including Chvrches, The Neighbourhood, Flora Cash and Major Lazer & Khalid.

Bring Me The Horizon have several live shows planned over the coming months, kicking off with an appearance at the Sonic Temple Festival in Columbus, Ohio, on May 15.

The Spice Girls at the BRIT awards in 1997

The Spice Girls at the BRIT awards in 1997 (Image credit: Dave Benett - Getty)
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Scott Munro
Scott Munro
Louder e-commerce editor

Scott has spent more than 30 years in newspapers and magazines as an editor, production editor, sub-editor, designer, writer and reviewer. After initially joining our news desk in the summer of 2014, he moved to the e-commerce team full-time in 2020. He maintains Louder’s buyer’s guides, scouts out the best deals for music fans and reviews headphones, speakers, books and more. He's written more than 11,000 articles across Louder, Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and Prog and has previous written for publications including IGN, the Sunday Mirror, Daily Record and The Herald covering everything from daily news and weekly features, to video games, travel and whisky. Scott grew up listening to rock and prog, cutting his teeth on bands such as Marillion and Magnum before his focus shifted to alternative and post-punk in the late 80s. His favourite bands are Fields Of The Nephilim, The Cure, New Model Army, All About Eve, The Mission, Ned's Atomic Dustbin and Drab Majesty, but he also still has a deep love of Rush.