Franz Ferdinand win Mercury Prize
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The Glasgow-based four-piece band were firm favourites with the bookies to win the honour and walked away with a Â£20,000 cheque. Their debut album has sold over a million copies worldwide since its release
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The Scottish rock band beat rapper Ty, Amy Winehouse and The Zutons to take the prestigious music award. &quot;This is coming in a year when we&#39;re surrounded by such fantastic bands,&quot; frontman Alex Kapranos said.
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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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Scottish art rockers Franz Ferdinand, widely lauded as Britain's band of the moment, scooped the most nominations for the NME Awards to be held next month.
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Franz Ferdinand have said their success in the Mercury Music Prize represents a resurgence of &quot;real&quot; rock music over &quot;despicable&quot; reality pop.
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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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Rock band Muse win best British band at the NME Awards, while the Arctic Monkeys win two prizes.
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The Arctic Monkeys are the favourites to become the first artists to win the prestigious Mercury Prize twice after the rockers made the 12-strong shortlist Tuesday.
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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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Led Zeppelin, Janis Joplin and Jerry Lee Lewis will be honoured with Grammys for their contribution to music.
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Glasgow rockers Franz Ferdinand lead the list of nominees for the NME Awards,  voted for by the public.
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Scottish rock band Franz Ferdinand have won one of Britain&#39;s most prestigious music awards with their self-titled debut album.
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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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Connie Talbot wins through to the final of ITV's Britain's Got Talent after wowing judge Simon Cowell.
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Belle & Sebastian are named the best Scottish band of all time, beating Brit nominees Franz Ferdinand.
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Scottish rockers Franz Ferdinand, whose debut album has been hailed by critics as a masterpiece of pop, won the prestigious Mercury Music Prize.
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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.