Arctic Monkeys bag the Mercury Prize
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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.
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The Glastonbury Festival kicked off Friday with Arctic Monkeys and Bjork headlining as rain began to turn the vast site into the traditional mudbath.
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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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08.2004. Last night, Scotland&#39;s Franz Ferdinand picked up the prestigious 2004 Nationwide Mercury Prize for its debut self-titled LP in a ceremony held at the Grosvenor House hotel in Central London.
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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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The Mobo Awards take place in London on Thursday night after being hit with a number of hitches.
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Irish boy band Westlife were the surprise winners of a high-profile battle to top the album charts on Sunday, beating Oasis, the Beatles and U2 to the top spot.
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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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Trapped half a world away by the place she promised to never go, go, go a vibrant, exuberant Amy Winehouse dominated the Grammys on Sunday night, winning five awards and delivering a defiant performance of her autobiographical hit Rehab via satellite from London.
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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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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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Scottish art pop triumphed over female soul as Franz Ferdinand won the Mercury music prize last night for their debut album. The Glaswegian four-piece, who guest-edited G2 earlier this year, were the clear
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The Arctic Monkeys, Muse and the Kaiser Chiefs will battle it out for the glory at Q magazine's annual award ceremony.
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It&#39;s time to finally put the Big Country jokes to rest--Scottish rock is officially back. Glasgow&#39;s own Franz Ferdinand captured the UK&#39;s top music prize, the Mercury Music Prize, Tuesday
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A look at some of the top performances so far at this weekend's typically soggy British festival, from Arctic Monkeys and Amy Winehouse to Super Furry Animals and Arcade Fire
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Art-rockers Franz Ferdinand from the Scottish city of Glasgow have won Britain's prestigious Mercury Music Prize with their eponymous debut album.
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(andPOP) - Last year all they had to their credit was a lot of buzz, but now the members of Franz Ferdinand are legitimate rock stars, after they won the Mercury Music Prize yesterday.