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| Klaxons scoop top Mercury prize | Klaxons scoop top Mercury prize |
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| The band Klaxons have won this year's Mercury Prize for the album Myths of the Near Future. | |
| The group, which is fronted by singer Jamie Reynolds, have only been together for two years after meeting at Glastonbury Festival. | |
| The Mercury judges said the group took them on an "ecstatic musical adventure". | |
| The band ran onto the stage to receive the £20,000 cash prize and told the audience they were "very happy". | The band ran onto the stage to receive the £20,000 cash prize and told the audience they were "very happy". |
| They revealed they had been recording the album in the studio as they watched last year's winners, the Arctic Monkeys take the award. | |
| Legendary musician and the show's host Jools Holland presented them with the award and the prize money. |