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Mercury Music Prize shortlist announced

Jul 21, 2009, 7:02am

The twelve names for the Mercury Music Prize 2009 has been announced today and the list includes Ireland's Lisa Hannigan. The full list is: Bat For Lashes - Two Suns Florence and The Machine - Lungs Friendly Fires - Friendly Fires The Horrors - Primary Colours Glasvegas - Glasvegas The Invisible - The Invisible Kasabian - West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum La Roux - La Roux Led Bib - Sensible Shoes Lisa Hannigan - See Sew Speech Debelle - Speech Therapy [...]

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