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Winehouse wins and Lily loses
15.02.07
Party time: after failing to win a Brit award, Lily Allen was consoled by Liam Gallagher and Nicole Appleton
Amy Winehouse was named best female solo artist
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Lily Allen turned losing out at the Brits into a celebration - by drowning her sorrows over her disappointment with hellraiser Liam Gallagher.
Meanwhile, fellow Londoner Amy Winehouse toasted her success at being crowned best British female.
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Lily, 21, walked away empty-handed despite being nominated for three awards last night. She was beaten to best female by Winehouse, best album by the Arctic Monkeys and best breakthrough act by the Fratellis.
So she put on her best yellow hair ribbon and joined notorious Brits hellraisers Oasis for their own private afterparty. The band, celebrating the outstanding contribution trophy, took over members-lounge The Cuckoo Club - and ordered so much alcohol that extra ice had to be specially brought in by van.
By the time she left just before 4am, Lily - all smiles during the ceremony despite her failure to win - had acquired some of the infamous fighting Gallagher spirit. Leaving the club with the Oasis frontman and his girlfriend Nicole Appleton, there were riotous scenes as Allen brandished a Christian Louboutin stiletto at the throng of photographers, while a surly Liam refused to sign autographs for fans - but scrawled in marker pen on paparazzi's camera lenses.
One onlooker said: "The police had to be called because cars were getting scratched, people were getting squashed. Liam was just being his usual cocky self, which riled some fans who'd been waiting for autographs and started chanting, 'who are you?' And Lily seemed to have the Liam snarl down to a tee."
Her similarly hellraising father Keith Allen left earlier, snarling: "No, I didn't have a good time tonight. My daughter-Lily didn't win a f***ing thing."
Meanwhile, Winehouse marked her victory with four costume changes - from canary yellow to scarlet, then black and white during the ceremony, to jeans and trainers afterwards.
The Rehab star reined in her celebrations because she was accompanied by her mother and father. But she confessed her proudest moment of the night was "coming off the red carpet and seeing my Dad already pissed - and he doesn't even drink".
The Kooks, Kasabian, Killers and Aerosmith's Steven Tyler ignored official parties to join Oasis at the Cuckoo Club. The Arctic Monkeys even turned up after snubbing the ceremony and recording acceptance videos for their best album and best British group awards.
Later, Take That spoke about former bandmate Robbie Williams, who checked into a clinic this week. Gary Barlow said: "The boys and I hope that he is okay."
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"Oasis?
No one celebrates mediocrity better than the British."
Says the man from the Falkland Islands!
- John, UK
Why on earth should they pay 'tribute' to Robbie? He did everything he could to ridicule and discredit Take That after he left and refused to join them on their reunion tour. So what if he's feeling sorry for himself now they've made a success of themselves despite his best efforts. He's a pathetic, childish egotist.
- Elle, London
Was it just me, or was last night's BRITS as dull as dishwater? Am not a huge Russell Brand fan, but if it wasn't for him the show would have been totally pointless! I even fell asleep during Oasis's set! And as for Joss Stone, has she suddenly become an American?!?! How funny was that!
- Scott, London
Well Robbie had his 10 years while they languished in full on obscurity, the tables will turn yet again I think. Ultimately Robbie has the star quality, the rest of them are just too dull.
- Ellie, London
Oasis?
No one celebrates mediocrity better than the British.
- Sam Mcknight, Falkland Islands
Take That's win will further annoy Robbie - with an ego that big, watching it burst could be spectacular!
- Anthony Smales, Beverley
