Bring your vitamins and cold remedies, gents.

Not an underdog anymore.

Performing among lines of sound.

Next up is Muse and Kool Moe Dee!

Always collecting what is, and never what isn’t.

From the Dan the Automator-produced Velociraptor.

Glastonbury too?

Plus, Kasabian, Vampire Weekend, Hot Chip, John Mayer, and more!

Kasabian, Editors, Bullet For My Valentine, and Rise Against also confirmed.

But no Bowie… so far.

The Mercury Prize is an annual award for the “best British album,” and unlike the Teen Choice Awards where surfboards are given as trophies, winning it is actually a pretty big deal. So is the fact that £20,000 is given …

Five years later, Kasabian return with its third album proper, the ludicrously titled West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum (a local lunatic asylum, for those interested). In case the title didn’t give things away, it’s a concept album. Still not convinced? Take a closer look at the art work — it’s clear to see how far they have come.