Music legend David Bowie became the oldest ever BRIT award winner after he picked up the Best British Male honour 30 years after he last won it.
Bowie stole the show with this surprise win at the glittering ceremony without even being there.
Kate Moss accepted the 67-year-old's award dressed in Bowie's original Ziggy Stardust stage outfit from 1972.
And in true Ziggy style the super model gave a cryptic speech saying: "In Japanese myth the rabbits from my old costume which Kate is wearing live on the moon. Kate comes from Venus and I from Mars."
London-born Bowie also had a message for Scotland ahead of the independence vote, urging Scots to "stay with us" as a plead regarding the current independence debate.
The controversial message caused a stir on Twitter but his fans were quick to take to the social media site in support of the 70's pop icon.
One fan tweeted: "I'm so excited that Bowie knows I'm Scottish and got Kate to read out that coded message for me. I'm staying with YOU, David."
The star's son, English film directo, Duncan Jones, was also delighted, tweeting: "Dad done good! A Brit! Not quite a Bafta but... proud as punch!"
Bowie's newest album, The Next Day was also nominated for the Mercury Prize in 2013 but lost out to electronic music producer and singer-songwriter, James Blake.
The surprise album was released just weeks after his 66th birthday, when the effectively retired star sprung back into action with the release of a new single, Where Are We Now?
This was not the first time Bowie had confounded the public as he constantly changed his image from glam rocker, to soul singer, to hippie songwriter, sometimes to the dismay of many fans and critics.
Another star to shine was Beyonce, who took to the stage to perform her latest single XO and New Zealand singer-songwriter Lorde, who won the International Female Solo Artist award.
The annual ceremony was presented by actor and comedian James Corden for a record fifth time as twitter revealed that the show had officially became the most tweeted television programme to hit UK screens, with a staggering 2.17 million posts.
The greatest support came from fans of One Direction, as the group claimed the title of Global Success and Best Video with their most recent single, Best Song Ever.
Band member Harry Styles, tweeted: "Thank you to every one who's voting... We love you until it almost hurts in special places." The message was retweeted more than 130,000 times.
Four-piece pop band Bastille won British Breakthrough Act, Daft Punk the International group award and Flood & Alan Moulder the British Producer of the Year prize for their work on British band Foals' album, Holy Fire.ANNA HARRISON
