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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A Scottish tsunami benefit concert featuring Franz Ferdinand and Travis sells out in 36 hours.
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The Arctic Monkeys are favourites to win this year's Mercury Prize at a London ceremony.
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David Bowie and Coldplay make a list of 25 artists in the running for the best song award at the Brits.
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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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Scottish rockers Franz Ferdinand are 9-4 favourites to win the prestigious Mercury Music Prize on Tuesday.
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LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Bookmakers were betting on a champagne-fuelled stunt hitting the Brit Awards when music industry moguls gather for their big night of the year on Wednesday.
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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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Organisers of the Brit Awards have to add extra songs to best single category after a mistake.
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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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The Americans stole the show at this year&#39;s MTV Europe Awards wining 11 of the top 12 titles. Britains only success were rockers Muse who were named best alternative act.
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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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It's the weekend after the week before. On the previous Tuesday, on a September morning exactly one year to the day after they released their first-ever single "Darts Of Pleasure", Franz Ferdinand were named ...
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Dance punk group the Klaxons beat out British pop powerhouse Arctic Monkeys and troubled diva Amy Winehouse to win Britain's Mercury Prize on Tuesday for their debut album, "Myths of the Near Future."
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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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(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.
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SCOTTISH rockers Franz Ferdinand celebrate after scooping the prestigious Mercury music prize with their debut album. The Glasgow-based four-piece were firm favourites with the bookies to win the honour and walked away with a Â£20,000 cheque last night.