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Guests hit by logistical hiccups in dinner and after-show party. (Brits News).
While the staging of the Brits show received general acclaim, criticism centred on the organisation of the main dinner and after-show party.
Holders of tickets costing either 600 [pounds sterling] or 1,000 [pounds sterling] per person faced the offer of being charged 10 [pounds sterling] for a mini-bottle of champagne on arrival at the event. And, with an informal buffet dinner replacing the traditional sit-down dinner of previous years, visitors to the aftershow faced long queues for food.
"It is not a very civilised environment to eat and drink in, with people pushing to get to the trays of food," said one advertising executive, who uses the Brits annually as a opportunity to entertain key clients.
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