The
Friendly Fires drummer Jack Savidge was admitted to the hospital yesterday (Sept. 7th), on the eve of the
Barclaycard Mercury Prize. The drummer tweeted:
"Admitted to the hospital with a fever and darkside purple rash on my leg. No idea whether I'm gonna be able to play at the Mercurys tomorrow."
Fortunately Savidge pulled through and rolled up on the red carpet this evening with band mates Ed Macfarlane and Edd Gibson ready to perform.
Friendly Fires are nominated this year alongside
Florence And The Machine,
La Roux,
The Horrors, and
Kasbian for the 20,000 cash prize. Some past winners of the Mercury include
Portishead,
Pulp,
Antony and the Johnsons, and
Artic Monkeys.
Check out the complete list of this year's nominees:
Bat for Lashes Two Suns
Florence and the Machine Lungs
Friendly Fires Friendly Fires
Glasvegas Glasvegas
Kasabian West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
La Roux La Roux
Led Bib Sensible Shoes
Lisa Hannigan Sea Sew
Speech Debelle Speech Therapy
Sweet Billy Pilgrim Twice Born Men
The Horrors Primary Colours
The Invisible The Invisible
The winner of the 2009
Barclaycard Mercury Prize will be announced tonight (Sept. 8th) at the Grosvenor Hotel in London.-
Amelia Trask
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