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MERCURY RISERS
Irish Daily Mirror
|September 11, 2025
CMAT & Fontaines DC on music prize shortlist
IRISH artists CMAT and Fontaines DC are among the contenders for the 2025 Mercury Prize.
Pulp, Sam Fender, Wolf Alice, FKA Twigs, PinkPantheress, Pa Salieu, Emma-Jean Thackray, Jacob Alon, Joe Webb, and Martin Carthy complete the 12-artist shortlist, with the winner to be announced at the awards ceremony in Newcastle, UK, on October 16.
The prize, which has been running since 1992, champions the album format as well as new music in the UK and Ireland across a range of genres.
This story is from the September 11, 2025 edition of Irish Daily Mirror.
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