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Sep
Scottish art-rockers Franz Ferdinand tonight scooped the prestigious Mercury music prize with their debut album.
The Glasgow-based four-piece band were firm favourites with the bookies to win the honour and walked away with a £20,000 cheque.
Their debut album has sold over a million copies worldwide since its release in February this year and has also been heavily praised by the music critics.
Franz Ferdinand stormed the charts with a manifesto to make girls dance using guitar riffs last heard amid the death throes of punk. [more @ www.guardian.co.uk]
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