20 July 2005
News & Bits
The Mercury Prize shortlist was announced yesterday. The Nationwide Mercury Prize provides a snapshot of the year in UK music. The 2005 shortlist will be chosen from an entry of around 170 albums released by British and Irish artists. Last year Franz Ferdinand walked away with best album of the year by a British or Irish act. On September 6, Nationwide Mercury Prize Award winners will be announced. Visit www.nationwidemercurys.com
The shortlist in full:
Antony and the Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now Bloc Party - Silent Alarm Coldplay - X&Y The Go! Team - Thunder, Lightning, Strike Hard-Fi - Stars of CCTV KT Tunstall - Eye to the Telescope Kaiser Chiefs - Employment The Magic Numbers - The Magic Numbers Maximo Park - A Certain Trigger MIA - Arular Polar Bear - Held on the Tips of Fingers Seth Lakeman - Kitty Jay
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The Mercury Prize shortlist was announced yesterday. The Nationwide Mercury Prize provides a snapshot of the year in UK music. The 2005 shortlist will be chosen from an entry of around 170 albums released by British and Irish artists. Last year Franz Ferdinand walked away with best album of the year by a British or Irish act. On September 6, Nationwide Mercury Prize Award winners will be announced. Visit www.nationwidemercurys.com
The shortlist in full:
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