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Pulp performs at Mercury Prize in Newcastle
Pulp performed Begging For Change at the Mercury Prize ceremony in Newcastle on Thursday, representing the charity album Help(2), while Raye won the 2026 prize.
Pulp performed Begging For Change at the Mercury Prize ceremony in Newcastle on Thursday to represent the charity album Help(2). The band last won the Mercury Prize in 1996 for Different Class and gave the £25,000 prize money to the cause. Cocker said the original 1995 Help album was recorded at Abbey Road in one day.
The Mercury Prize 2026 was won by Raye with This Music May Contain Hope. Candida Doyle gave the prize cheque to Brian Eno, who nearly threw the envelope away.
Pulp's first album in 24 years was More. The band's new live film What Do You Do For An Encore?, directed by Garth Jennings, is out now on MUBI.
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