Mercury Music Prize 2014: Young Fathers win the prestigious award as favourite FKA Twigs misses out | Hollywood news

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://kalikantzaros.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Young-Fathers-win-the-prestigious-award-as-favourite-FKA-Twigs-misses-out.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img height="480" src="http://kalikantzaros.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Young-Fathers-win-the-prestigious-award-as-favourite-FKA-Twigs-misses-out.jpg" width="760"/></a></div><br/><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://kalikantzaros.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Young-Fathers-win-the-prestigious-award-as-favourite-FKA-Twigs-misses-out.jpg"><img alt="Young Fathers win the prestigious award as favourite FKA Twigs misses out" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-51155" height="409" src="http://kalikantzaros.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Young-Fathers-win-the-prestigious-award-as-favourite-FKA-Twigs-misses-out.jpg" width="615"/></a>The Scottish band took home the £20,000 prize, beating the likes of FKA Twigs, Damon Albarn and Bombay Bicycle Club</p><br/><br/><div style="text-align: justify;"><br/><br/>Hip-hop group Young Fathers have scooped the prestigious Mercury Music Prize.<br/><br/>The trio, made up of Alloysious Massaquoi, "G" Hastings and Kayus Bankole, beat the likes of FKA Twigs, Damon Albarn and Bombay Bicycle Club to the £20,000 award.<br/><br/>DJ Nick Grimshaw announced the band as the winners at the Roundhouse in Camden, north London this evening.<br/><br/>Young Fathers" record Dead beat 11 other shortlisted acts, which also included Jungle, Kate Tempest, Anna Calvi, East India Youth, GoGo Penguin, Jungle, Royal Blood, Polar Bear and Nick Mulvey.<br/><br/>Band member G Hastings, from Edinburgh, said afterwards: "We"ll take it in our stride. We always wanted to make something bigger than the city we were living in."<br/><div class="image-credit-wrapper">PA<br/><img alt="FKA twigs arriving for the Mercury Music Prize 2014 ceremony at the Roundhouse in Camden" class="captify aligncenter" height="409" src="http://i2.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article4531409.ece/alternates/s615/FKA-twigs-arriving-for-the-Mercury-Music-Prize-2014-ceremony-at-the-Roundhouse-in-Camden.jpg" title="FKA Twigs with her shortlist prize" width="615"/></div><br/>FKA Twigs with her shortlist prize<br/><br/> <br/><br/>Young Father"s EP, Tape Two, was also named best Scottish album in June this year, beating Biffy Clyro and Edywn Collins, but they were not tipped to win tonight.<br/><br/>FKA Twigs, who was nominated for her album LP1, was among the favourites, as well as Blur frontman Damon for his debut solo record Everyday Robots.<br/><br/>The prize is judged by a panel of 12 critics, musicians, top DJs and other music industry figures who often use the shortlist to champion new artists and underdogs, so it"s no surprise a fairly unknown band have been named this year"s winners.<br/><div class="image-credit-wrapper">PA<br/><img alt="" class="aligncenter" height="923" src="http://i4.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article4531477.ece/alternates/s615b/Damon-Albarn-arriving-for-the-Mercury-Music-Prize-2014-ceremony-at-the-Roundhouse-in-Camden.jpg" title="Damon Albarn also missed out" width="615"/></div><br/>Damon Albarn also missed out<br/><br/> <br/><br/>The reaction was unsurprisingly mixed on Twitter and Facebook after the announcement, with one viewer simply writing "R.I.P Mercury Music Prize" and others asking, "Who???"<br/><br/>But there were plenty of music fans heaping praise on the group, with one posting: "Congrats to Young Fathers. Deserved winners of the Mercury Music Prize tonight."<br/><br/>Another wrote on the site: "Yas. I bought that when it came out. Great album #MercuryMusicPrize."<br/><br/><img alt="FKA twigs arriving for the Mercury Music Prize 2014 ceremony at the Roundhouse in Camden" class="aligncenter" height="681" src="http://i4.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article4531409.ece/alternates/s1023/FKA-twigs-arriving-for-the-Mercury-Music-Prize-2014-ceremony-at-the-Roundhouse-in-Camden.jpg" width="1023"/><br/><br/>VIEW GALLERY at the  <a href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/mercury-music-prize-2014-young-4533010">Source link</a><br/><br/></div></span></div><br/><a href="http://kalikantzaros.net/mercury-music-prize-2014-young-fathers-win-the-prestigious-award-as-favourite-fka-twigs-misses-out-hollywood-news/">Mercury Music Prize 2014: Young Fathers win the prestigious award as favourite FKA Twigs misses out | Hollywood news </a>

Mercury Music Prize 2014: Young Fathers win the prestigious award as favourite FKA Twigs misses out | Hollywood news

The Scottish band took home the £20,000 prize, beating the likes of FKA Twigs, Damon Albarn and Bombay Bicycle Club Hip-hop group Young Fath...

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