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Elbow win the Mercury Music Prize | Elbow win the Mercury Music Prize |
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Alternative Rock band Elbow have won the Nationwide Mercury Prize for the best album of the past year, seven years after first being nominated. | |
The group, who beat Dubstep producer Buria and Radiohead scooped the £20,000 prize for The Seldom Seen Kid, which is their fourth studio album. | |
"This is quite literally the best thing that's ever happened to us," said lead singer Guy Garvey. | "This is quite literally the best thing that's ever happened to us," said lead singer Guy Garvey. |
In 2001 the band were shortlisted for their debut album Asleep in the Back. | |
Musician Jools Hollands presented them with the prize at the ceremony at London's Grosvenor House Hotel. | Musician Jools Hollands presented them with the prize at the ceremony at London's Grosvenor House Hotel. |
"I know I'm supposed to be cool and say something coy, but it's literally the best thing that's ever happened to us," Garvey said. | |
Before leaving the stage he dedicated the award to a friend, saying he was "one of the greatest men who ever lived". |