It was organised by the British Phonographic Industry and took place on 20 February 2008 at the Earls Court in London.

The ceremony attracted 6.1 million viewers, 800,000 more than the previous live broadcast.

After Vic Reeves appeared to forget which award he was presenting, Sharon Osbourne attempted to wrestle the microphone from him, insisted he was drunk and called him a "pissed bastard".

The next day it was reported that Reeves was not intoxicated and was hurt by Osbourne's behaviour.

During the acceptance speech, they made a derogatory joke about the Brits School which forced producers to pull it from the television broadcast.