Franz Ferdinand Snares UK&#39;s Mercury Music Prize
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Scottish alternative rock act Franz Ferdinand has won Britain&#39;s coveted Mercury Prize for its eponymous debut album. The annual music-industry award, recognizing the UK
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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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Tim Henman overcame a slow start to edge ahead of Jurgen Melzer in Great Britain&#39;s Davis Cup tie with Austria. Henman needed to win to keep the world group play-off alive after Great Britain&#39;s earlier doubles
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The four-piece group picked up the Mercury Music Prize for Best British Album Of The Year, just after being awarded GQ magazineâs Band Of The Year.
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Glasgow band Franz Ferdinand have revealed they want to record the official song for Scotland&#39;s World Cup campaign in 2006. Following their Mercury Music Prize win, frontman Alex Kapranos said the band had written a song for the team.
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Alex Kapranos from band de jour, Franz Ferdinand, has been talking exclusively to Xfm Online about how it feels to win the 2004 Mercury Music Prize, and giving away the prize money.
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The Killers and the Arctic Monkeys, indie rockers from opposite sides of the Atlantic, took two trophies apiece Wednesday at Britain's prestigious music-industry awards, the Brits.
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British bands swept the NME music awards  on Thursday, with last year's champions the Arctic Monkeys  doing it again in 2007 with two more prizes.
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Arts & entertainment: How can you possibly choose just one winner from 233 albums? Mercury prize panellist Jude Rogers lifts the lid on the judging process.
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Hopefuls including Amy Winehouse are set to find out the winner of the Mercury  Prize in London.
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Despite having to perform via satellite, British singer wins five of her six nominations
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Belle & Sebastian are named the best Scottish band of all time, beating Brit nominees Franz Ferdinand.
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Mercury Prize winners Klaxons top NME magazine's poll to find the best album and single of the year.
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The Arctic Monkeys are once again nominated for the Mercury Music Prize, a year after winning the award.
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Brit Award winners Franz Ferdinand and Keane are to perform at Teenage Cancer Trust concerts.
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Sheffield band the Arctic Monkeys was  nominated in a record seven categories for the NME music awards  on Tuesday, while Amy Winehouse, critically acclaimed but in  rehab for drug problems, was largely frozen out.
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Indie rockers The Zutons could spring a surprise at Tuesday's Mercury Music Prize awards, having risen from little-known outsiders to become one of the surprise favorites.