Mercury to be shrouded in Darkness
Published September 09, 2003
Although in theory the final decision with regards the Mercury Music Prize
isn't taken before tonight's award event, some bookmakers reckon it's a
forgone conclusion that the Darkness will take the prize after a sudden rise
in the number of people trying to place bets on the album to win in their
Camden and West London stores - ie near the record labels. Unfortunately for
said insiders bets on the Award closed before the weekend. However the
sudden interest has caused William Hill to put The Darkness as favourites to
win over former faves Coldplay.
Commenting on the sudden interest in The Darkness a Ladbrokes spokesman told reporters: "We are inclined to believe there are dark forces at work. We'vehad a lot of people coming in, mainly in west London and Camden trying to back The Darkness - music industry places are based there."
From: CMU
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Bah! The Darkness didn't win. One of the rules of the Mercury Music Prize is that the favourites never win. The award went to Hip Hop singer Dizzee Rascal.
I never expected The Darkness to win, they might have been the best band, but they were never going to be 'cool' enough.