Ellie Goulding is taking her mother to the BRIT Awards.
The 27-year-old singer – who is nominated for British Female Solo Artist and British Single of the Year for both ‘Burn’ and ‘I Need Your Love’ – wants to make her mum Tracey "proud" and has invited her to attend the prestigious music ceremony on February 19 at London’s O2 Arena, where she will also be performing.
She said: "My mum’s coming to the ceremony so I want to make her proud. It’s the first time she’s been to anything in all the years I’ve been doing this. And my brother’s coming too."
Ellie first won the Critics Choice trophy at the Brit Awards 2010 and confessed she didn’t "acknowledge" the accolade because she was preoccupied worrying about gigs she had lined up.
Talking about her pre-Brits career, she told Radio Times magazine: "Things were trundling along for me. I was doing sporadic shows. I remember finding out about the Brit Award but being so stressed about rehearsing for this little tour I was doing. I was too anxious to even acknowledge I had won it."
Ellie Goulding taking mum as BRITs date
