Latest Mercury Music Prize News



To No One's Surprise, Alt-j Win The Mercury Prize!

1st November 2012

Congrats to the Scotch quartet, Alt-J! The alternative indie act have pretty much been the favourite for the prize since...

A Brief Run Down Of The Mercury Prize Favourites

31st October 2012

The Mercury Prize is set to be awarded tomorrow (1st Nov. 2012), and true to form and tradition, many of...

U2 Win At Gq Men Of The Year Awards

7th September 2011

U2 were named Band of the Year at the GQ Men of the Year awards last night (06.09.11).The 'Elevation' rockers...

Biffy Clyro To Be Named Best British Band

23rd May 2011

Biffy Clyro are set to be named Royal Albert Hall Best British Band at the Nordoff Robbins O2 Silver Clef...

Brandon Flowers Tops The UK Album Chart

13th September 2010

BRANDON FLOWERS, frontman of rock band THE KILLERS, is set to release his solo album 'Flamingo' in the US tomorrow,...

People's Mercury Favourite Paul Weller

7th September 2010

Paul Weller is favourite to win tonight's (07.09.10) Mercury Music Prize. There have been an unprecedented number of bets at...

Klaxons Initially Unprepared

27th August 2010

Klaxons wasted "a lot of time and money" by going into the studio unprepared. The psychedelic rock band famously had...

Secret Brits Gomez

21st August 2009

Gomez fans don't realise they are British.The 'Whipping Picadilly' rockers - who recently announced plans to tour the UK in...

Elbow Pick Up Two Ivor Novello Awards

22nd May 2009

Elbow have followed up their recent Mercury Music Prize with two Ivor Novello awards.The indie band won the award for...

Pj Harvey Reveals Collaboration Inspiration

14th May 2009

PJ HARVEY'S collaboration with JOHN PARISH happened after she stumbled across an old cassette tape of their previous attempt to...

The Klaxons Go Green

6th May 2009

Nu-rave rockers THE KLAXONS have gone low-carbon for the recording of their new album. The band are currently working on...

Isobel Campbell And Mark Lanegan To Tour Us

14th April 2009

ISOBEL CAMPBELL and MARK LANEGAN are set to play their first US gigs together next month, it has been revealed.The...

Elbow Talk Fifth Album

23rd January 2009

ELBOW have been discussing their forthcoming album, which they say will be a departure from their previous work.The Manchester band...

South Bank Show Award For Mercury Winners Elbow

20th January 2009

Mercury Music prize winners Elbow and theatre impresario Sir Cameron Mackintosh have been honoured at the annual South Bank Show...

Elbow Album Tops Music Critics' Annual Poll Of Polls

30th December 2008

Mancunian quintet Elbow have crowned a successful 2008 by winning the HMV poll of polls survey.The indie five-piece won the...

Elbow Album Tops Music Critics' Annual 'Poll Of Polls'

30th December 2008

Mancunian quintet Elbow have crowned a successful 2008 by winning the HMV 'Poll of Polls' survey.The indie five-piece won the...

Time To Pretend Named Track Of The Year

20th December 2008

MGMT's Time to Pretend has been voted track of the year by readers of music industry staple CMU Daily.It saw...

Dizzee Rascal Arrested Over Baseball Bat Incident

13th December 2008

Rapper Dizzee Rascal has been arrested following an incident with a baseball bat, police have reportedly confirmed.Reports claim that the...

Mercury Winners Elbow Announce 2009 UK Tour

4th November 2008

Elbow have announced a 2009 tour which will conclude with their biggest ever UK show.The Mercury prize winners will take...

Estelle Up For More Awards After Urban Music Nominations

17th September 2008

Estelle has followed her Mobo nominations with five nods for the 2008 UK Urban Music awards (UMAs).It was revealed last...

Roni Size 'May Disband Reprazent'

17th September 2008

RONI SIZE has revealed that his collective REPRAZENT may split after work is completed on their next album.The band won...

Biggest Post-award Sales For Mercury Albums In 17 Years

17th September 2008

The albums nominated for the 2008 Mercury Music Prize have shown the biggest post-ceremony sales increases in the event's history,...

Estelle Leading Pack For 2008 Mobos With Five Nominations

11th September 2008

Estelle has been nominated for five prizes at this year's Music of Black Origin (Mobo) awards.Though she missed out on...

Award Gives Elbow Sales Leap

10th September 2008

Rock band ELBOW have seen sales of their album THE SELDOM SEEN KID soar - just a day after they...

Elbow's Seldom Seen Kid Wins 2008 Mercury Music Prize

9th September 2008

Elbow's fourth album The Seldom Seen Kid has won the 2008 Mercury Music Prize.The northwest quintet had been second favourite...

Mercury Music Prize Nominees Await 2008 Verdict

9th September 2008

Radiohead, the Last Shadow Puppets and Elbow are among acts waiting to discover if they have won the 2008 Mercury...

Gruff Rhys 'Needs Mecury Prize Money'

31st July 2008

SUPER FURRY ANIMALS frontman Gruff Rhys has said he would be glad of the Mercury Music Prize money as he...

Mercury Music Prize Shortlist Revealed

22nd July 2008

The 12 acts competing for this year's Mercury music prize have been unveiled.Adele, Radiohead and the Last Shadow Puppets top...

Arcade Fire And Lcd Soundsystem Named In Shortlist Ten

29th January 2008

Arcade Fire, Feist and LCD Soundsystem have been named among the final ten acts for this year's Shortlist Prize.The award,...

Shortlist Nominees Announced

3rd January 2008

Klaxons, Kings of Leon and Feist have been named among the nominees for the 2007 Shortlist Prize.The award, thought of...

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