The winner of this year’s Mercury Prize will be announced in less than three weeks, and today organisers have confirmed the acts who’ll be playing at the ceremony on the 14th of September.
First, a bit of a recap. Who’s nominated for the prize this year? That’ll be The Big Moon, The xx, alt-j, Glass Animals, Sampha, Loyle Carner, Blossoms, J Hus, Ed Sheeran, Kate Tempest, Stormzy, and Dinosaur. So, who’s playing? Well, almost all of the acts up for the prize are performing at the ceremony. We can expect sets from The Big Moon, Stormzy, alt-j, Glass Animals, The xx, Sampha, Loyle Carner, Blossoms, Kate Tempest, J Hus, and Dinosaur.
Who’s the odd one out here, then? It’s Ed Sheeran, naturally. What’s the deal with that, Ed?
The Mercury Prize ceremony will be on the telly, too, so you don’t have to worry about missing the action.
We gonna be performing live on telly on 14th sept for the #hyundai @MercuryPrize ?get tickets here: https://t.co/fNrdXks6cf pic.twitter.com/8515DJhTHH
— The Big Moon (@commoonicate) August 23, 2017