**UPDATE** Apologies, we were misformed, Prince will not be playing at the BRIT Awards, however himself and 3rdEyeGirl will present the first BRIT Award of 2014.

Prince and his new 3RDEYEGIRL band are to play at next week’s BRIT Awards.

The megastar, who is currently in the midst of a whirlwind guerrilla UK tour, dubbed the ‘Hit & Run’ tour, will take the stage at the annual awards ceremony next Wednesday (19th February).

Prince & 3RDEYEGIRL’s appearance means they will be joining such music royalty onstage, including Arctic Monkeys, Disclosure, Lorde, Bruno Mars and Pharrell Williams, amongst others.

This year marks a new era for the BRIT Awards – aside from its live showing on UK TV station ITV1, the show will also be broadcast live globally on the BRIT Awards YouTube channel.