Pharrell presented the award to Bey
A little like root beer, or pledging one’s allegiance to a flag, or dressing up like a hooker for Hallowe’en, John Mayer is something better understood in America than Britain. Over here, the 32-year-old from Connecticut is famous only with those who read celebrity mags and see his boyish good looks papped alongside a montage of famous girlfriends, including Jennifer Aniston, Jessica Simpson and Cameron Diaz. But in the US he’s also revered as something of a virtuoso guitar player; a singer-songwriter who has won seven Grammys, sold 13 million copies of his first three albums and just released a fourth. That’s quite some continental drift, which is why Mayer has made this album so unchallenging and catchy that it might just be a universal hit. And these are not adjectives designed to offend him.
Kym Marsh will reportedly appear on ITV's new reality show Pop Star To Opera Star.
The former Hear'Say singer and Coronation Street star will compete against Blur's Alex James, Bernie Nolan of the Nolan sisters, McFly's Danny Jones, ex-Pop Idol star Darius Campbell (formerly Danesh), Jimmy Osmond and Vanessa White from girl band The Saturdays, reports The Daily Mail.
Marsh, who was previously linked to Celebrity Big Brother, will be mentored by Welsh singer Katherine Jenkins as well as tenor Rolando Villazon.
The show will be hosted by Myleene Klass and Alan Titchmarsh, with Meat Loaf and Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen apparently appearing as judges. Susan Boyle is rumoured to be in preparations for an appearance alongside Andrea Bocelli.