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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. | 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 Burial 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. | 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. | "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". | Before leaving the stage he dedicated the award to a friend, saying he was "one of the greatest men who ever lived". |
| One of the judges Charles Hazelwood said: "We were just so passionate about them from the start actually. We just couldn't talk enough about what they'd done." | |
| Jude Rogers, another judge, added: It's such a passionate record, it's from the heart, it's from the gut. | |
| "It's beautiful, it's romantic, it's dark, it's gorgeous, it's just a really, really wonderful record." |