Music stars are wearing white roses on the Brit Awards red carpet to support campaigns against sexual harassment and assault.
Celebrities including Ed Sheeran, Ellie Goulding, Rita Ora and Caroline Flack all showed their support by either wearing white rose pins or holding the flowers as they arrived at the prestigious event.
Guests at Britain’s biggest music awards show were all given the pins to wear in solidarity with the ‘Time’s Up’ movement.
Calls for change have swept through the entertainment industry since women began coming forward to accuse Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein last year.
Music stars Ed Sheeran (left) and Ellie Goulding (right) both arrived with white roses to support the campaign at the Brit Awards on Wednesday
Rita Ora (left) and Caroline Flack (right) also arrived holding a white rose and joined a number of celebrities who are supporting the campaign against sexual harassment and gender inequality
Gogglebox star Scarlett Moffatt (left) and Strictly Come Dancing star Gemma Atkinson (right) were both wearing white rose pins on the red carpet
Musicians Jessie Ware (left) and singer Fleur East (right) both wore white rose pins to show their support
Cheryl and Liam Payne made a step towards putting such speculation of the demise of their relationship to bed on Wednesday and both showed their support by wearing and holding white roses
Holly Willoughby also wore a white outfit and held a white rose to show her support for the Time’s Up protest which has been backed by more than 1,000 women
There was a similar gesture at Sunday’s British Academy Film Awards, where women wore black to oppose sexual misconduct and bullying.
The Time’s Up campaign was backed by more than 1,000 women who work in the entertainment business to campaign against gender inequality and sexual misconduct.
Rising star Dua Lipa, grime artist Stormzy and ubiquitous singer-songwriter Sheeran are among nominees for the awards at London’s O2 Arena, hosted by comedian Jack Whitehall.
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All three are also set to perform, along with Justin Timberlake, Rita Ora and Foo Fighters.
Organisers said Ariana Grande was forced to pull out of performing at the awards because of illness.
Model Clara Paget (left) and singer Dua Lipa (right) were both holding white roses as they walked down the red carpet on Wednesday
Phillip Schofield (left) and Stephanie Lowe (right) were wearing white roses along with a host of other celebrities on Wednesday
Actor Luke Evans (left) was wearing a white rose pin on his suit jacket while Myleene Klass (right) was wearing stripy trousers and held a white rose
England and Tottenham footballer Harry Kane and his fiance Katie Goodland both showed their support of the campaign today (left) Catherine Ward Thomas and Lizzy Ward Thomas (right)
Paloma Faith was wearing a sliver dress and held a white rose when she posed on the red carpet
Radio DJ Jo Whiley was also one of the first stars to grace the red carpet wearing a white rose pin
She had been due to make a surprise appearance in tribute to 22 people killed when a bomber blew himself up at a Grande concert in Manchester in May.
Brit Awards chief executive Geoff Taylor said Grande ‘was not able to travel on doctor’s orders.’
He said the show would still feature a ‘fitting remembrance and recognition’ of the Manchester attack.