Simon Cowell was honoured at the MITS on Monday night and boy did the music industry turn out in force to show its support. Just about all of Sony Music’s top brass attended, from Iley to Stringer to Berger to Mr. Doug Morris himself. No wonder, not only were they celebrating Cowell’s career but a new six-year deal with Syco as well.

Simon said that he was “hammered” by the time he took to the stage but, with barely a ...