Franz Ferdinand, Basement Jaxx, Jamelia and Amy Winehouse will be playing live sets at next week's Nationwide Mercury Music Prize ceremony where judges will pick the winning album from a shortlist of 12 albums (it'll be Franz Ferdinand surely?)
The final - which takes place next Tuesday at the Grosvenor House Hotel - will be broadcast on Radio 1 between 9-11pm and televised coverage will be shown on BBC4 between 9-10.30pm. There will also be 70-minute show featuring edited highlights from the event on BBC2 on 10 Sep. So don't go saying we didn't tell you.