Welcome to our exclusive live blog, brought to you directly from the floor of the 61st Ivor Novello Awards at Grosvenor House Hotel, London.
We'll be live from 2.30pm on 19 May with winners' news as it breaks plus all the latest insider chat from the UK's biggest songwriting celebration...
4.40
That's all folks, thanks to BASCA for another amazing Ivor Novello Awards.
Check back tomorrow for our exclusive video interviews from the red carpet.
Thanks for joining us.
4.20
Iconic songwriter Ray Davies and PRS Chairman Guy Fletcher step up to present the final award today. The PRS for Music Special International Award. The award goes to Bryan Adams who receives a standing ovation. Bryan says "Great Britain is a great place to be making music."
PRS for Music Special International Award
Bryan Adams
4.05
Graham Coxon takes the stage to present the Lifetime Achievement Award to his "friend and big brother"Damon Albarn. Another standing ovation.
Graham says an Ivor is the most handsome award you can receive.
Accepting the award Damon says, "What is songwriting? True songwriters are able to realise themselves from something that has truly affected them". He thanks everyone.
3.55
Now the PRS for Music Outstanding Contribution Award...
This year's winners are Portishead. Ferdy Unger Hamilton presents the award. Geoff, Adrian and Beth take the stage to a standing ovation. They thank the extended Portishead family.
PRS for Music Outstanding Contribution to British Music
Geoff Barrow, Beth Gibbons and Adrian Utley (Portishead)
3.50
Another award in the gift of the Academy, Outstanding Song Collection.
Cockney Rebel Steve Harley takes the stage and calls up Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill from Simple Minds to collect. Jim Kerr: "what we do is still the same thing... we look for chorus, we look for melody, hooks and we try and take it round the world and that it means something to people."
Outstanding Song Collection
Charlie Burchill, Jim Kerr and Mick MacNeil (Simple Minds)
3.45
Sister bliss from Faithless is presenting The Ivor for Best Contemporary Song. And the winner is Snakehips All My Friends. Written by James Carter, Oliver Lee, Cass Lowe and Chance The Rapper
Best Contemporary Song
All My Friends
Written by James Carter, Oliver Lee, Cass Lowe and Chance The Rapper
Published in the UK by Sony/ATV Music Publishing
3.40
Best Film Score is presented by Spandau Ballet's Gary Kemp - the winning score is Ex-Machina, scored by Portishead's Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury.
Best Original Film Score
Ex_Machina
Composed by Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury
Published in the UK by Universal Music Publishing
3.30
The coveted Songwriter of the Year Award...
Paul Gambaccini presents the award, Adele's manager Jonathan Dickins collects on her behalf. Adele sends a video message as she is touring, to say she is 'very grateful'.
Songwriter of the Year
Adele Adkins
3.20
All Saints Shazney Lewis presents the next award - the Album award. Congratulations to Conor O'Brien - Villagers.
Album Award
Darling Arithmetic
Written by Conor O’Brien (Villagers)
Published in the UK by Domino Publishing Company
3.18
Always an exciting award, it's time for the Inspiration Award.
Alan McGee steps up to present.
Massive cheers for Happy Mondays - Mark Day, Paul Davis, Paul Ryder, Shaun Ryder and Gary Whelan.
We'll be live from 2.30pm on 19 May with winners' news as it breaks plus all the latest insider chat from the UK's biggest songwriting celebration...
4.40
That's all folks, thanks to BASCA for another amazing Ivor Novello Awards.
Check back tomorrow for our exclusive video interviews from the red carpet.
Thanks for joining us.
4.20
Iconic songwriter Ray Davies and PRS Chairman Guy Fletcher step up to present the final award today. The PRS for Music Special International Award. The award goes to Bryan Adams who receives a standing ovation. Bryan says "Great Britain is a great place to be making music."
PRS for Music Special International Award
Bryan Adams
4.05
Graham Coxon takes the stage to present the Lifetime Achievement Award to his "friend and big brother"Damon Albarn. Another standing ovation.
Graham says an Ivor is the most handsome award you can receive.
Accepting the award Damon says, "What is songwriting? True songwriters are able to realise themselves from something that has truly affected them". He thanks everyone.
3.55
Now the PRS for Music Outstanding Contribution Award...
This year's winners are Portishead. Ferdy Unger Hamilton presents the award. Geoff, Adrian and Beth take the stage to a standing ovation. They thank the extended Portishead family.
PRS for Music Outstanding Contribution to British Music
Geoff Barrow, Beth Gibbons and Adrian Utley (Portishead)
3.50
Another award in the gift of the Academy, Outstanding Song Collection.
Cockney Rebel Steve Harley takes the stage and calls up Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill from Simple Minds to collect. Jim Kerr: "what we do is still the same thing... we look for chorus, we look for melody, hooks and we try and take it round the world and that it means something to people."
Outstanding Song Collection
Charlie Burchill, Jim Kerr and Mick MacNeil (Simple Minds)
3.45
Sister bliss from Faithless is presenting The Ivor for Best Contemporary Song. And the winner is Snakehips All My Friends. Written by James Carter, Oliver Lee, Cass Lowe and Chance The Rapper
Best Contemporary Song
All My Friends
Written by James Carter, Oliver Lee, Cass Lowe and Chance The Rapper
Published in the UK by Sony/ATV Music Publishing
3.40
Best Film Score is presented by Spandau Ballet's Gary Kemp - the winning score is Ex-Machina, scored by Portishead's Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury.
Best Original Film Score
Ex_Machina
Composed by Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury
Published in the UK by Universal Music Publishing
3.30
The coveted Songwriter of the Year Award...
Paul Gambaccini presents the award, Adele's manager Jonathan Dickins collects on her behalf. Adele sends a video message as she is touring, to say she is 'very grateful'.
Songwriter of the Year
Adele Adkins
3.20
All Saints Shazney Lewis presents the next award - the Album award. Congratulations to Conor O'Brien - Villagers.
Album Award
Darling Arithmetic
Written by Conor O’Brien (Villagers)
Published in the UK by Domino Publishing Company
3.18
Always an exciting award, it's time for the Inspiration Award.
Alan McGee steps up to present.
Massive cheers for Happy Mondays - Mark Day, Paul Davis, Paul Ryder, Shaun Ryder and Gary Whelan.
3.10
Craig David takes the stage to present the next award to Jamie Lawson for Wasn’t Expecting That. Jamie thanks Ed Sheeran for all his support.
Best Song Musically and Lyrically
Wasn’t Expecting That
Written by Jamie Lawson
Published in the UK by Imagem Music
3.00
Sunny Thakkar presents the International Acheivement Award to the prolific songwriter Wayne Hector.
Sunny says Wayne has helped artists sell in excess of 100 million records, and that he really is the nicest guy in the business.
Wayne thanks BASCA , then his mum who is in the audience. Lovely.
2.50
Now time for the Classical Ivor as Stephen Newbould presents the award to Oliver Knussen.
Oliver accepts his award and says "as composers we write what we believe in and we write to communicate a vision". He then stands up for the BBC.
2.40
Next up is Myleene Klass to present the Best TV Soundtrack - congratulations to Keefus Ciancia and David Holmes - another Ivor for David, he collected the Film Score Award last year.
Talking about the rules of writing a television soundtrack, David says never let any sexual tension ruin a partnership
Best Television Soundtrack
London Spy
Composed by Keefus Ciancia and David Holmes
Published in the UK by Sony/ATV Music Publishing and Kobalt Music Publishing
2.36
PRS for Music's Chief Executive Robert Ashcroft presents the first award to James Bay and Iain Archer for Hold Back The River.
PRS for Music Most Performed Work
Hold Back The River
Written by Iain Archer and James Bay
Published in the UK by Kobalt Music Publishing and Spirit B-Unique Music
2.30pm
Everyone is seated, the Great Room is buzzing and The Ivors have started. BASCA’s Stephen McNeff welcomes everyone. He discusses the rise of music streaming services and continuing fight against piracy. losing some of the greats in our industry. He pays tribute to British songwriters and laments the loss of some unique talent this year, including David Bowie and Prince.
