“We are pleased that The BRIT Awards 2021 with Mastercard recorded zero positive COVID cases as part of the Government's Events Research Programme,based on a substantial sample of more than 1000 people who completed tests both before and after the event. We'd like to thank everyone that helped to make this possible – the artists and their crews, the fans who attended, DCMS and the brilliant team at The O2 arena and AEG. We took the decision to stage the BRITs with an audience to try to help the quick return of live music, so we very much hope this data will help venues big and small to open up at scale across the country in the weeks and months ahead.”

Geoff Taylor, Chief Executive BPI & BRIT Awards.