The Barclaycard Mercury Prize - winner to be announced on 7th September 2010

The Barclaycard Mercury Prize was originally established in 1992 (as the Mercury Prize) to support British and Irish music and is an annual award for the best album from any genre. The shortlist is decided by a group of panellists, who are all involved in the music industry, and only the music itself is taken into account in the judging. Last year's winner, scooping the £20,000 prize, was Speech Debelle with their album "Speech Therapy". This year's nominations were announced on 20th July 2010 at the Hospital Club in Covent Garden by Lauren Laverne and the overall winner will be chosen and awarded the prize at the Awards show, hosted by Jools Holland, on Tuesday 7th September 2010. The show will be broadcast live on BBC2 and ... Read More

Arcade Fire, Mumford and Sons, and Libertines line up with Guns at Leeds Festival

Chart toping Arcade Fire head the billing for this weekend's festival in Leeds supported by an amazing line up of bands which includes; Mercury Prize ... Read More

David Gray new album Foundling up the album charts

Award winning singer songwriter has gone straight into the top 10 best selling albums this week with his alternative rock/folk album Foundling, which ... Read More