The broadcast details for this year’s Mercury Prize have been confirmed.
The annual prize toasts the best albums from Britain and Ireland, with previous winners ranging from Skepta to Franz Ferdinand, from Ezra Collective to Arlo Parks.
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This year’s Mercury Prize will be a little different, with the full broadcast details being confirmed a few moments ago.
The Mercury Prize 2024 winner will be unveiled during a special live broadcast from Abbey Road Studios in London, and it will take place on September 5th.
The programme will be shown on BBC Four, kicking off at 9.15pm. Presented by Tom Ravenscroft and Deb Grant, the genial Matt Everitt will interview the artists behind each of the 12 Albums of The Year.
The show will include the announcement of the overall winner of the 2024 Mercury Prize, which will then be played out in full on air.
But wait! That’s not all. BBC Sounds will host a Mercury Prize 2024 collection, with Matt Everitt’s Pocket Guides (3 x 60 mins) offering an intro to all 12 albums, alongside two playlists – one celebrating this year’s Albums of The Year and another celebrating previous Mercury Prize winners.
The 2024 Mercury Prize 12 ‘Albums of the Year’ are:
Barry Can’t Swim ‘When Will We Land?’
BERWYN ‘Who Am I’
Beth Gibbons ‘Lives Outgrown’
Cat Burns ‘early twenties’
Charli xcx ‘BRAT’
CMAT ‘Crazymad, for Me’
Corinne Bailey Rae ‘Black Rainbows’
corto.alto ‘Bad with Names’
English Teacher ‘This Could Be Texas’
Ghetts ‘On Purpose, With Purpose’
Nia Archives ‘Silence Is Loud’
The Last Dinner Party ‘Prelude to Ecstasy’
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