BandLab NME Awards 2022: Griff to receive Radar Award and be joined by Sigrid for live performance

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Griff will be the recipient of this year’s Radar Award at the BandLab NME Awards 2022 – where she’ll also be joined live on stage by Sigrid to perform their huge joint single ‘Head On Fire’.The wildest night in music will return to London’s O2 Academy Brixton on Wednesday, March 2 to celebrate the best in music and entertainment from around the globe.

Tickets to the event are on sale now and available here.Following in the footsteps of the likes of Beabadoobee, Pale Waves, Fat White Family and many more, Griff will be honoured with this year’s Radar Award – which recognises emerging acts who are destined to become legends for the next generation of musician.As one of the UK’s youngest and brightest pop stars, Griff was aged just 11 when she taught herself to record and produce her own songs.

After securing a management deal aged just 13, she signed to Warner Records in 2019 and her acclaimed debut mixtape ‘One Foot In Front Of The Other’ was released in June 2021.

She was featured in BBC’s Sound Of 2021 poll and the NME 100, won a BRIT, was nominated for a Rising Star Award at the Ivor Novello Awards in 2020, and hailed by Taylor Swift on social media.After the previous announcement that Griff will be performing, NME can now confirm that she’ll also be joined on stage by Sigrid to deliver their massive joint collaborative single ‘Head On Fire‘.“NME have been there from day one supporting what I do and what I have to say and that’s always meant so so much,” said Griff. “A big thank you to everyone at NME for your support and for this award.