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Ed Sheeran's Brits Performance Got The Heavy Metal Treatment And No-One Knew Quite What To Make Of It

The singer teamed up with rockers Bring Me The Horizon to open the show with a version of Bad Habits we'd definitely never heard before.
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Ed Sheeran opened this year's Brit Awards
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Over the course of the Brit Awards’ history, we’ve had some absolutely iconic duets. 

Who could forget Kylie Minogue and Justin Timberlake teaming up? And then there was Rihanna with The Klaxons? A stone-cold classic. 

But one thing we definitely were not expecting to see this year was Ed Sheeran getting his heavy metal on with Bring Me The Horizon. 

The singer teamed up with the rockers to open the Brits on Tuesday night, with a version of his hit Bad Habits like no other he’d done before. 

It’s fair to say that no one knew quite what to make of it all, with the performance splitting fan reaction right down the middle. 

Here are some of our favourite tweets...

Ed and Bring Me’s collaboration was not the only one of the night, though, as Anne-Marie, KSI and Digital Farm Animals also came together for a special mash-up. 

However, things went a little less smoothly as Anne-Marie suffered an on-stage fall right at the start of their performance. 

The spirit of Madonna truly lives on. 

Brit Awards 2022 Red Carpet
Adele(01 of53)
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Anne-Marie and Ed Sheeran(02 of53)
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Mo Gilligan(03 of53)
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Clara Amfo(04 of53)
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Johnny McDaid and Courteney Cox(05 of53)
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AJ Odudu(06 of53)
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Maneskin(07 of53)
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Graziano Di Prima and Oti Mabuse(08 of53)
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Maya Jama(09 of53)
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Little Simz(10 of53)
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Dave(11 of53)
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Vicky McClure(12 of53)
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Tom Grennan and his mum(13 of53)
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KSI(14 of53)
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Tom Daley(15 of53)
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Ian Wright and Bukayo Saka(16 of53)
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David Guetta(17 of53)
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Bree Runway(18 of53)
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Emily Atack(19 of53)
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Ashley Roberts(20 of53)
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Mollie King(21 of53)
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Jaime Winstone(22 of53)
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Holly Humberstone(23 of53)
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Sam Fender and guests(24 of53)
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Griff(25 of53)
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Ed Sheeran(26 of53)
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Oti Mabuse(27 of53)
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Anne-Marie(28 of53)
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Joel Corry(29 of53)
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Nick Gale of Digital Farm Animals(30 of53)
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Olivia Rodrigo(31 of53)
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Sir Mo Farah(32 of53)
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Adele(33 of53)
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Jodie Whittaker(34 of53)
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Raye(35 of53)
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Iain Stirling and Laura Whitmore(36 of53)
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Alex Scott(37 of53)
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Vick Hope(38 of53)
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Munya Chawawa(39 of53)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 08: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Munya Chawawa attends The BRIT Awards 2022 at The O2 Arena on February 08, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by JMEnternational/Getty Images) (credit:JMEnternational via Getty Images)
Nella Rose(40 of53)
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Glass Animals(41 of53)
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Molly Rainford(42 of53)
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Gemma Atkinson(43 of53)
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Nathan Evans(44 of53)
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Becky Hill(45 of53)
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Nightcrawlers(46 of53)
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Gracey(47 of53)
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Lola Young(48 of53)
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Leigh Francis(49 of53)
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220 Kid(50 of53)
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Aitch(51 of53)
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ATB and Topic(52 of53)
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Hannah Waddingham(53 of53)
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