Franz Ferdinand Snares Mercury Music Prize
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Scottish alternative rock act Franz Ferdinand has won the 2004 Nationwide Mercury Prize with its eponymous debut album. The annual music-industry award, recognizing the UK or Irish album of the year, was presented last night (Sept.
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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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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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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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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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Organisers of the Brit Awards have to add extra songs to the best single category after a mistake.
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Indie rockers The Zutons become one of the surprise favourites to win this year's Mercury Music Prize.
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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.
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The Mercury Music Prize, the record industry's equivalent of the literary world's Booker prize, was won last night by Franz Ferdinand, a four-piece rock band from Glasgow.
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Belle & Sebastian are named the best Scottish band of all time, beating Brit nominees Franz Ferdinand.
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Rock band Muse win best British band at the NME Awards, while the Arctic Monkeys win two prizes.
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The Klaxons scored a shock upset by winning Britain&#39;s prestigious Mercury Prize on Tuesday, beating out favourites Amy Winehouse and the Arctic Monkeys.
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Scottish art rockers Franz Ferdinand, widely lauded as the band of the moment, scooped the most nominations for the NME Awards to be held next month.
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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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Scottish rockers Franz Ferdinand are 9-4 favourites to win the prestigious Mercury Music Prize on Tuesday.
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FREUDIAN slip by wannabe popster, the &quot;cultured&quot; minister, who, in his press release yesterday, congratulated the well-known Scots singer Frank Ferdinand on his Mercury music prize win.
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The Royal Swedish Academy of Music in Stockholm announced the winners, who each receive one million Swedish Crowns (approximately 110,000), in Stockholm yesterday.