Franz win 'good for rock music'
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Glasgow band Franz Ferdinand's Mercury Prize in will bring rock music to a new audience, critics say.
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"It's great. We've seen all the nations, united nations, 'rocking on the free world' and that's good, that's great"  Ochi Yosuke received the highest score from a panel of judges in the final late Friday at the Teatria rock club in Oulu, near the Arctic Circle. via SF Gate
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Munching fishbrain bread from Finland,  chewing bull's testicles in Buenos Aires -- touring with the  rock band Franz Ferdinand can be a real culinary adventure.
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Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos will discuss music as part of the Edinburgh Lectures series.
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In opera, singing well is the best revenge. Neil Shicoff, savaged by the local media this summer for his bid to become director of the Vienna State Opera, celebrated a triumph Sunday on the stage of the same establishment. And no wonder. While there may be doubt about his managerial abilities, he is among the world's top tenors on a good night Â and this was one of them.
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Scottish rockers Franz Ferdinand have won the prestigious British Mercury Music Prize, which just happens to come with a cash award of $35,000 USD.
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Franz Ferdinand and Keane are expected to be among the acts shortlisted for Brit Awards on Monday.
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For perhaps the first time, two Las Vegas-raised bands have been nominated for Grammy awards on the same day. On Tuesday, &quot;Hot Fuss,&quot; the debut album by the Las Vegas group the Killers, was nominated for best rock album.
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Rock band Franz Ferdinand lead the nominations for the 2005 Brit Awards, to be held next month.
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Franz Ferdinand scooped this year's Mercury Prize, the most prestigious musical award in the United Kingdom.
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Franz Ferdinand  and The Streets are among UK acts waiting to hear if they have won a top US album prize.
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The four member band won the Â£20,000 pop music prize, which brings with it prestige, ahead of 11 other acts including one-man rap band The Streets for A Grand Don&#39;t Come For Free and Liverpool group The Zutons and their debut album Who Killed .
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FRANZ Ferdinand, the achingly fashionable Glasgow foursome, last night confirmed their position as one of Britainâs brightest new talents by taking the Mercury music prize ahead of a strong list of contenders.
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Scottish art-rockers Franz Ferdinand capped an astonishing 2004 in which they sold two million copies of their debut album by leading the field in nominations for the Brit Awards, announced.
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The Mercury Music Prize, the record industry&#39;s equivalent of the literary world&#39;s Booker prize, was won last night by Franz Ferdinand, a four-piece rock band from Glasgow.
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British rock band the Arctic Monkeys and their Las Vegas counterparts The Killers triumphed on Wednesday at the Brit Awards, the UK music industry's biggest night of the year.
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Arctic Monkeys, the band that attracted a massive following on the Internet before they had even released a single, have won the prestigious Mercury Prize for their debut album.