Elbow Win Mercury Prize
The Seldom Seen Kid beats Estelle, Adele and others to the award
Elbow have won the Mercury Prize with their latest LP The Seldom Seen Kid.
The Manc band picked up the award (and a cheque for 20,000) - which recognises the best album of the year- after 18 years together as a group.
They beat 12 other records from acts including Estelle, Adele, The Last Shadow Puppets and Radiohead.
Elbow were announced as winners at a ceremony in London where all the nominees attended " except secretive dubstep king Burial.
Collecting the award singer Guy Garvey said: "This is probably the best thing that has ever happened to us."
The Seldom Seen Kid is the five-pieces fourth album, their first Asleep In The back was also Mercury nominated.
Performing at the ceremony- attended by the great and the good of the music industry- were The Last Shadow Puppets who played the title track of their album and Estelle who played Pretty Please.
