{"id":390865,"date":"2026-10-23T19:00:59","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T18:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/mercury-prize-2026-held-in-newcastle-this-is-the-northern-renaissance\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T19:00:59","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T18:00:59","slug":"mercury-prize-2026-held-in-newcastle-this-is-the-northern-renaissance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/mercury-prize-2026-held-in-newcastle-this-is-the-northern-renaissance\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercury prize 2026 held in Newcastle: &#8216;This is the northern renaissance&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/Xa_b41hcUd0\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Mercury prize 2026 held in Newcastle: &apos;This is the northern renaissance&apos;\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Xa_b41hcUd0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere&#8217;s talent everywhere,\u201d said Kojey Radical, a Mercury prize finalist, on the red carpet at this year\u2019s awards at Newcastle\u2019s Utilita Arena.<br \/>\nSubscribe to Guardian News on YouTube \u25ba https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/guardianwires?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMoving awards like this gives opportunity not just to the music artists, but the local journalists, and everyone that\u2019s near here like restaurants and hotels.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is the second year the Mercury prize ceremony has been held in the city in England\u2019s north-east. \u201cIt gives [artists] more of a chance &#8230; This is the northern renaissance,\u201d said King David-Ike Elechi of the jazz band Knats.<\/p>\n<p>The award, handed out annually to the best British or Irish album as voted for by a panel of music industry figures, comes with a \u00a325,000 prize. This year\u2019s shortlist also featured Paul McCartney, Florence + the Machine, Olivia Dean, Raye, Dove Ellis, Dave, Nia Archives, Suede and War Child. Raye took home the prize for her second studio album, This Music May Contain Hope. Accepting the award at the ceremony, she said: \u201cHope is a very cheesy word, especially for us British people, we don\u2019t do that king of deep stuff like that. But hope is just something that we all need, and I think music is that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>#mercuryprize #mercurymusicprize #music #newcastle #uk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThere&#8217;s talent everywhere,\u201d said Kojey Radical, a Mercury prize finalist, on the red carpet at this year\u2019s awards at Newcastle\u2019s Utilita Arena. 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