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Florence and The Machine And Dizzee Rascal Release BRITs Collaboration

• 15th Feb 2010

As the most thrilling night in music looms, UK record labels’ body, the BPI can reveal that Dizzee Rascal and Florence & The Machine performance at the BRIT Awards 2010 with MasterCard will be made available for download on the iTunes Store (link>

For the first time in BRITs history, audience members and viewers watching LIVE on ITV1 will have the chance to download their very own souvenir of the 30th anniversary show, and a donation will be made to the BRIT Trust from every sale of the single until 18 March 2010.

Exclusively with iTunes, Dizzee Rascal and Florence & The Machine along with their record companies have generously agreed to master the exclusive performance of “You Got The Dirtee Love” – a mash up of “You Got The Love” and “Dirtee Cash” – into a downloadable single, to help raise money for The BRIT Trust. The single will be available the next day – Wednesday 17 February on the iTunes Store.

The BRIT Trust is the UK music industry charity which benefits from proceeds from The BRIT Awards. It is most renowned for its contributions to The BRIT School and Nordoff Robbins Music Therapy with its mission ‘to support young people in music and education’. This year will also encompass the BRITs nominated charities which include War Child and the Haiti Earthquake Appeal.

You can watch the performance LIVE on ITV1 between 8pm-10pm on Tuesday 16 February.