Ahead of their performance at Bristol’s Forwards Festival, we caught up with frontwoman Lily Fontaine about winning the award, her small-town roots, and her favourite British quiz show
Sep 18, 2025
The Leeds-based group recently became the first act from outside of London to win the prestigious award in almost a decade. What’s next for the communities that nurtured them?
Sep 09, 2024
As the band embarks on its Blue Weekend tour, the singer reflects on gherkins, her first celebrity crush, and plans for a zombie apocalypse
Feb 15, 2022
The new rules will include those who have been a resident of the UK for five years, following outrage at Sawayama’s ineligibility in 2020
Feb 24, 2021
The UK rapper wore a ‘Fuck Boris’ t-shirt and held up a model of the Prime Minister’s head during his performance of ‘Doorman’
Sep 20, 2019
The London grime artist picked up the £25,000 award, despite tough competition from David Bowie, Radiohead and Anohni
Sep 16, 2016
Radiohead, Kano and Bat For Lashes also appear on the longlist for the best British album of the year
Aug 04, 2016
Mercury Prize nominee Eska’s runway performance at the designer’s SS16 show moved the audience to tears – she revisits it here
Nov 20, 2015
The manager of the Mercury-winning band explains why they refuse to speak to newspapers like the Sun
Nov 06, 2014
The Scottish trio take home the award for their debut ‘Dead’
Oct 29, 2014
We're not the gambling type, but even the bookies are favouring her odds
Sep 11, 2014
We were there as winners Godspeed denounce the Canadian Mercurys as "fucking insane"
Sep 25, 2013