The Global Awards 2018: all the highlights from an incredible night

Where else would you get Andrea Bocelli, Kasabian and Sam Smith sharing a stage? The first-ever Global Awards honoured the very best in musical talent - here's how it happened.

Sam Smith, Andrea Bocelli and Rita Ora were among the artists who performed at the very first Global Awards on Thursday (March 1), which brought together all of Global's radio stations including Gold, Capital, Capital XTRA, Heart, Classic FM, Radio X, Smooth and LBC.

Gary Barlow on whether Take That could team up with the Spice Girls:

Andrea Bocelli performs 'Time To Say Goodbye':

Andrea Bocelli performs 'Nessun Dorma':

Sam Smith backstage after his performance:

Sam Smith performs 'Stay With Me':

Smooth's Margherita Taylor chats with Andrea Bocelli: 

Kate Garraway presents the award for Best News Moment:

Ed Sheeran wins Most Played Song:

Andrea Bocelli wins Best Classical Artist:

Sam Smith wins Mass Appeal Award: