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And the Mercury Music Prize winner is... ELBOW
sean by Sean Adams September 9th, 2008

Elbow have won the 2008 Mercury Music Prize..

The winner is the much-loved Elbow for their fourth album The Seldom Seen Kid. They're worthy winners, and so say all of DiS. Read our 9/10 review here.

When accepting the award from Jools Holland, the unofficial nicest man in music, Guy Garvey, said:

"This is quite literally the best thing that's ever happened to us. I know I'm supposed to say something cool, but it's literally the best thing that has happened."

You can watch highlights via this BBC player (which should update at some point):

DiScuss: HURRAH! More discussion about the Mercury Music prize over on our boards here.



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