Mercury Prize

“That’s always a very beautiful and very moving thing to experience”

“This is he best day of my life, including my wedding and my funeral," Lily Fontaine told NME after they scooped the prize for 'This Could Be Texas'

"This was absolutely the right choice. This is an amazing debut album. Well deserved!"

The Leeds four-piece beat off competition from the likes of Charli XCX and The Last Dinner Party

Check out new single 'Streets Is Calling' as Femi Koleoso tells NME about why you shouldn't count on Keir Starmer to mend neighbourhoods, working with his "hero" Damon Albarn, winning last year's Mercury Prize, and what to expect from new album 'Dance, No One's Watching' (featuring an Ian Wright cameo)

This year's winner will be announced live from Abbey Road Studios on Thursday (September 5)

The ceremony takes place next week (September 5)

This year's final will be broadcast live from Abbey Road Studios

Backstage at Lollapalooza, The Last Dinner Party told NME about the inspiration and shifting aesthetic for their second LP, and what they'd do with the Mercury Prize cash

The Yorkshire DJ, producer and rave star told NME about what went into her Mercury-nominated album 'Silence Is Loud', and what she'll be bringing to R&L's new Chevron stage