Alex Turner is the leader of which British group, winner of the 2006 Mercury Prize?
"£25,000. The winner also receives an additional winner's trophy. To date, PJ Harvey is the only artist to have won the award on more than one occasion (in 2001 and 2011). She was also the first female solo artist to receive the award. Alex Turner has received five nominations as a member of Arctic Monkeys and The Last Shadow Puppets, winning once. Thom Yorke has 6 nominations, 5 with Radiohead and one for ""The Eraser"", but has never won. The Mercury Prize can have a considerable effect on sales for those artists who are shortlisted. Elbow saw a 700% sales"
"win was notable for Pete Doherty breaking and entering former bandmate Carl Barât's house stealing many of his belongings, including his award. In 2006, Arctic Monkeys won both ""Best New Band"" and ""Best British Band"" in the same year and became the third band in the modern era to win three awards (Best New Band, Best British Band, Best Track). In his speech, lead singer Alex Turner alluded to how the awards reflected who received the most coverage by the magazine; ""Who else was going to be Best British Band? You don't write about something that much and then not"
"heroes"", alongside England's 1966 FIFA World Cup winning captain Bobby Moore, children's author Roald Dahl, novelist Jane Austen, pioneering pilot Amy Johnson, and aviation entrepreneur Sir Freddie Laker. As the first major rock star to die of AIDS, Mercury's death represented an important event in the history of the disease. In April 1992, the remaining members of Queen founded The Mercury Phoenix Trust and organised ""The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness"", to celebrate the life and legacy of Mercury and raise money for AIDS research, which took place on 20 April 1992. The Mercury Phoenix Trust has since"
"winners for 'Cosy In The rocket' - theme to ABC's hit series Gray's Anatomy) during their 2006-2007 European and US tour. As a producer /writer published by EMI, his multi media credits include Willy Russell 'Dancin Thru The Dark', BBC's 'Moving The Mountain' documentary and Channel 4's 'First Sunday'. Other core members of Space UK have performed or recorded with some in the music industry today including Beyoncé, The Kings Of Leon, George Michael, Tina Turner Amy Winehouse; as well as most of the Motown musicians such as Ben E King, Martha Reeves & the Vandellas, The Four Tops, Edwin"
"are: The winners of 1999's Q Awards are: At the 2006 Q Awards, Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner criticised the choice of Take That for the ""Idol"" award. Commenting on the winners of the night, he said: Q Awards The Q Awards are the UK's annual music awards run by the music magazine ""Q"". Since they began in 1990, the Q Awards have become one of Britain's biggest and best publicised music awards. Locations for the awards ceremony include Abbey Road Studios and, more recently, The Park Lane Ballroom. One of the more notable events of the awards was the"
"music industry. The remaining members of Queen form the Mercury Phoenix Trust and the following year, a tribute concert is staged in Wembley Stadium. A sell-out crowd in attendance witness the three surviving members reuniting to play along with performances by the likes of David Bowie, Elton John, Guns N' Roses, Def Leppard, Metallica, Annie Lennox, and George Michael. Queen's ""Bohemian Rhapsody"" goes to number one for the second time in the U.K., which is one of the few times a single has gone to number one in the same version more than once (another example is Chubby Checkers' ""The"
"Music Awards Brit Awards D&AD Awards ECHO Awards Ivor Novello Awards MTV Australia Awards MTV Europe Music Awards MTV Video Music Awards Japan MVPA Awards Mercury Prize Meteor Music Awards NME Awards (USA) NME Awards Nickelodeon's UK Kids Choice Awards Popjustice £20 Music Prize Q Awards Silver Clef Awards TMF Awards UK Music Video Awards Current members Former members Kaiser Chiefs Kaiser Chiefs are an English indie rock band from Leeds who formed in 2000 as Parva, releasing one studio album, ""22"", in 2003, before renaming and establishing themselves in their current name that same year. Since their formation the"
"as Rock Group of the Year. Mike Turner (musician) Michael A. ""Mike"" Turner (born June 5, 1963) is an English musician and producer. He is best known as the former lead guitarist and founding member of the band Our Lady Peace and current member of alternative rock supergroup Crash Karma. Born on June 5, 1963, in Halifax, England, Turner grew up heavily influenced by punk rock. His first guitar was a gift from his mother on his seventeenth birthday. He played in a variety of bands during the 1980s. Turner moved to Ontario, Canada at the age of eighteen. He"
"short live appearance with Brian May, Roger Taylor and Elton John in 1997). The profits from the concert were used to launch The Mercury Phoenix Trust, an AIDS charity organisation. Following Freddie Mercury's death on 24 November 1991 from bronchopneumonia brought on by AIDS, the remaining members of Queen (John Deacon, Brian May and Roger Taylor) came together with their manager Jim Beach to organise a concert to celebrate the life and legacy of Mercury, and to raise money for AIDS research and spread awareness about the disease. In February 1992, at the annual BRIT Awards ceremony, May and Taylor"
"Come To Expect"" (2016) – as the co-frontmen of The Last Shadow Puppets. Turner provided an acoustic soundtrack for the feature film ""Submarine"" (2010). He co-wrote and co-produced Alexandra Savior's debut album, ""Belladonna of Sadness"" (2017). Turner's lyricism, ranging from kitchen sink realism to surrealist wordplay, has been widely praised. Each of his eight studio albums have reached number one on the UK Album Chart. He has won seven Brit Awards, an Ivor Novello Award, and has been nominated for the Mercury Prize five times, winning once. Alexander David Turner was born on 6 January 1986 in High Green, a"
"three with over 500,000 copies sold in what was a very long chart run, Scissor Sisters were fourth and Sandi Thom was fifth in the overall sales list. Between 31 December 2005 and 31 December 2006. Notes: The 2006 BRIT Awards took place on 15 February 2006, at Earl's Court in London The 2006 Mercury Music Prize was awarded to Arctic Monkeys - ""Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not"" The 2006 Popjustice £20 Music Prize was awarded to Girls Aloud for their song ""Biology"" from the album ""Chemistry"". The Record of the Year was awarded to ""Patience"""
"music publications. The last concert featuring their classic line up–the final live performance of Mercury–took place at Knebworth, England, in August 1986. In 1991, Mercury died of bronchopneumonia, a complication of AIDS, and Deacon retired in 1997. May and Taylor have performed under the Queen name with Paul Rodgers and Adam Lambert as vocalists on tours since. Estimates of their record sales range from 170 million to 300 million records, making them one of the world's best-selling music artists. Queen received the Outstanding Contribution to British Music Award from the British Phonographic Industry in 1990. They were inducted into the"
"Week UK Club charts at #17 (Pop Category). Knightingale Entertainment Knightingale Entertainment is an Independent Record Company based in Los Angeles. The label's most prominent artist is The Green Children, a European duo who write and produce atmospheric electro-pop. In December 2006, Knightingale and The Green Children released a fundraising CD/DVD entitled ""Hear Me Now"" throughout Norway. Through sales and donations from around the world they raised $400,000 for one of the first eye hospitals in rural Bangladesh. The hospital was opened on May 12, 2008 by The Green Children and Prof. Muhammad Yunus, the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner."
"outside the UK (there are now 127 groups in 32 countries). On 27 October, he staged the ""Real Turner Prize Show"" at the Dead End Gallery in his home, concurrent with three shows with the same title in England (London, Falmouth and Dartington), and one in Germany, in protest against the Tate Gallery's Turner Prize. Besides Tamanui, the other initial members were Justin Grub, Ben Blanchette, Malcome Mmackie and Dave Freeman Rose. A subsequent line-up was Basil Kouvelis, Justin Grubb, Ben Frost, Nigel Stein, Daniel Gorzadek, Stephen Sperling and Dennis Roper. Stein, an RMIT art student, was prompted to join"
"musicality to back each other up have always inspired us. For us, the exploration of individual vocalists in a band is incredibly important and Queen helped us to see the future of how we want to sing, in addition to how we play our instruments."" A portion of the profits from the ""Killer Queen"" cover will be donated to Mercury Phoenix Trust, which was founded by Queen's Brian May and Roger Taylor (and the group's manager, Jim Beach) after Mercury's death to help fight AIDS worldwide. Brooke Bajgrowicz from ""Billboard"" said ""The four-piece pop rock band launch into the anthemic"
"(2018), as well as one live album, ""At the Apollo"" (2008). Their debut album is the fastest-selling debut album by a band in UK chart history, and in 2013, ""Rolling Stone"" ranked it the 30th-greatest debut album. The band has won seven Brit Awards – winning both Best British Group and Best British Album three times, and have been nominated for three Grammy Awards. They also won the Mercury Prize in 2006 for their debut album, in addition to receiving nominations in 2007, 2013 and 2018. The band have headlined at the Glastonbury Festival twice, in 2007 and again in"
"featured highly in many year-end lists and has been hailed as a modern classic. Many critics and figures in the British media hyped the Arctic Monkeys and their rapid rise to acclaim through unconventional means and some even cited the Arctic Monkeys as revolutionising the way people find music as they built a fanbase on the basis of a few demos shared by fans through the internet. ""NME"" declared the Arctic Monkeys ""Our Generation's Most Important Band"", and Alex Turner's lyrics and depiction of Sheffield, and the night lives of teenagers in particular, were praised, with him being labelled as"
"group The Last Shadow Puppets with the Arctic Monkeys singer Alex Turner. Lord is now in The Black Ghosts, an electronica act with DJ Touche from The Wiseguys. In 2006, the single ""We Are Your Friends"", which is a remix of their song ""Never Be Alone"", was released on a reactivated Virgin Records subsidiary label called Ten Records. This single was credited to ""Justice vs Simian"", and started life as a submission by the French music group Justice in a remix competition. The video for the single won the award for best video at the 2006 MTV Europe Music Awards."
"wide range of talent that includes David and Victoria Beckham, Annie Lennox, S Club 7, Sir Bradley Wiggins, Steven Tyler, Lewis Hamilton, Andy Murray, Amy Winehouse, Carrie Underwood, Kelly Clarkson, Will Young, Emma Bunton, Lisa Marie Presley, Gary Barlow, Cathy Dennis, Aloe Blacc, Steve McManaman and others. He is in partnership with the duo Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony. In 2007, ""Time"" magazine named Fuller one of the 100 most influential people in the world. In 2008, Fuller was certified as the most successful British music manager of all time by ""Billboard"" magazine. Fuller received the 2,441st star on the"
"Alex Turner for the band's fifth album, ""AM"", released on 9 September 2013. On 13 January 2018 Clarke appeared as a contestant on an academic version of BBC One's ""Pointless Celebrities"" partnered with historian Suzannah Lipscomb; they reached the head-to-head round. Clarke has lived, for nearly 20 years, in Colchester, Essex, with his second wife, Evie, who is French. They have one daughter, Stella. John Cooper Clarke John Cooper Clarke (born 25 January 1949) is an English performance poet who first became famous during the punk rock era of the late 1970s when he became known as a ""punk poet""."
"Mainline"" appears on a compilation CD that accompanied the book ""British Black Gospel"" by Steve Alexander Smith. On 28 October 2009 Turner was presented with a BASCA Gold Badge Award in recognition of her unique contribution to music. On 4 June 2012, Turner was one of the performers at the Diamond Jubilee Concert outside Buckingham Palace in London, where she joined Jools Holland on stage. Turner was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to music. As an actress, Turner has appeared in productions of ""A Streetcar Named Desire"", ""Carmen"
"Mercury and raise money for AIDS research. The tribute concert, which took place at Wembley Stadium for an audience of 72,000, featured a wide variety of guests including Robert Plant (of Led Zeppelin), Roger Daltrey (of The Who), Extreme, Elton John, Metallica, David Bowie, Annie Lennox, Tony Iommi (of Black Sabbath), Guns N' Roses, Elizabeth Taylor, George Michael, Def Leppard, Seal and Liza Minnelli. It was broadcast live to 76 countries and had an estimated viewing audience of 1 billion people. In 2002, he traveled with the Scorpions, working together with the german lighting designer , on the most extensive"
"an expanding universe and the inevitable demise of the Earth, once it is engulfed by the Sun as it turns into a Red Giant. He then urges mankind to care for the planet and maintain a peaceful existence as, even in the face of the grim future, it is the only planet we have. ! Year !! Awards !! Work !! Category !! Result Orbital (band) Orbital are an English electronic dance music duo from Sevenoaks, Kent, England, consisting of brothers Phil and Paul Hartnoll. The band's name is taken from Greater London's orbital motorway, the M25, which was central"
"The Last Shadow Puppets The Last Shadow Puppets are an English supergroup consisting of Alex Turner (Arctic Monkeys), Miles Kane (The Rascals, solo artist), James Ford (Simian, Simian Mobile Disco, music producer), and Zach Dawes (Mini Mansions). They are joined live by Loren Humphrey (Guards, music producer, session musician) and Tyler Parkford (Mini Mansions). The band released their debut album ""The Age of the Understatement"" in 2008. Following a lengthy hiatus, they returned, releasing second album ""Everything You've Come to Expect"" in 2016. In August 2007 ""NME"" magazine reported that Arctic Monkeys lead singer Alex Turner and lead singer of"
"raised millions of pounds for various AIDS charities. The tribute concert, which took place at London's Wembley Stadium for an audience of 72,000, featured a wide variety of guests including Robert Plant (of Led Zeppelin), Roger Daltrey (of the Who), Extreme, Elton John, Metallica, David Bowie, Annie Lennox, Tony Iommi (of Black Sabbath), Guns N' Roses, Elizabeth Taylor, George Michael, Def Leppard, Seal, Liza Minnelli, and U2 (via satellite). Elizabeth Taylor spoke of Mercury as ""an extraordinary rock star who rushed across our cultural landscape like a comet shooting across the sky"". The concert was broadcast live to 76 countries"
"Townshend, Imogen Heap, David Gilmour, George Michael, Alex Turner, Benson Taylor, Chris Martin, Lynsey de Paul, Cathy Dennis, Kate Bush, Mika, Evelyn Glennie, Gary Barlow, Chrissie Hynde, Sharleen Spiteri, and Thom Yorke. BASCA is a member of UK Music, an umbrella organisation which represents the collective interests of the production side of UK's commercial music industry: artists, musicians, songwriters, composers, record labels, artist managers, music publishers, studio producers and music collecting societies. Songwriter Crispin Hunt became the chairman of BASCA in July 2016. In 1955 The Songwriters' Guild of Great Britain established the Ivor Novello Awards to honour excellence in"
"of ""The Charles Hazlewood Show"" on BBC Radio 2 and a place on the judging panel of the popular music industry's creativity awards, the Mercury Music prize. Charles Hazlewood’s All Star Collective, described as ""A sort of avant-garde super group"" in ""The Idler"", is an ensemble dedicated to improvisation which features artists from across the musical spectrum, such as Portishead's Adrian Utley, former Jazz Warriors saxophonist Jason Yarde, Goldfrapp's Will Gregory, saxophonist Andy Sheppard, composer Graham Fitkin, drum and bass performer Squarepusher. Hazlewood first assembled the band to play at the Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, the largest of"
"new bands known as Whistlejacket and Shackleton respectively. The Tribe's parent organisation, The Message Trust, has since created three bands, BlushUK (a girl band), LZ7, a hip hop band fronted by ex-Tribe member Lindz West and Twelve24 another hip hop band. ""Genetik"", the tribe academy has been set up with the vision to train up young evangelists in an Urban or Creative course at its Manchester base. Mark Pennells and Zarc Porter have also continued to develop evangelistic bands and projects as part of the Innervation Trust including Shinemk, V*enna, thebandwithnoname, tbc, BeBe Vox, iSingPOP and iSingWorship. The group won"
"of a touring circus type event. Space Ritual (band) Space Ritual are a British space rock band, formed in 2000 fronted by Nik Turner, and composed principally of former Hawkwind members. They play a mix of early Hawkwind material and their own compositions. The Hawkestra event took place on 21 October 2000 at the Brixton Academy which featured nearly all past members of Hawkwind, but disagreements between various participants led to any restaging of the event being unlikely. Chris Hewitt who had worked with Nik Turner back at Deeply Vale in the late 70s put on two gigs in 2001"
"with ""NME"", it's ""like a Dr. Dre beat, but we've given it an Ike Turner bowl-cut and sent it galloping across the desert on a Stratocaster"". He also cited Outkast, Aaliyah and Black Sabbath as influences for the album on the song ""Arabella"". Arctic Monkeys Arctic Monkeys are an English rock band formed in 2002 in High Green, a suburb of Sheffield. The band consists of Alex Turner (lead vocals, guitar, piano), Matt Helders (drums, vocals), Jamie Cook (guitar, keyboards) and Nick O'Malley (bass guitar, backing vocals). Former band member Andy Nicholson (bass guitar, backing vocals) left the band in"
"Space Ritual (band) Space Ritual are a British space rock band, formed in 2000 fronted by Nik Turner, and composed principally of former Hawkwind members. They play a mix of early Hawkwind material and their own compositions. The Hawkestra event took place on 21 October 2000 at the Brixton Academy which featured nearly all past members of Hawkwind, but disagreements between various participants led to any restaging of the event being unlikely. Chris Hewitt who had worked with Nik Turner back at Deeply Vale in the late 70s put on two gigs in 2001 with Nik's chosen name ""The Isle"
"That, Justin Timberlake, Robbie Williams, You Me at Six, Halsey and many others. Eminem and Justin Timberlake helped raise over $2 million for the victims. Liam Gallagher announced a solo gig at Manchester's O2 Ritz, the proceeds of which would be donated to a fund established by the families of the victims. Some artists, such as Blondie, Kiss, and Take That, cancelled upcoming gigs to show respect for the victims. Other artists chose to go ahead with planned concerts as a sign of defiance against terrorism. On 27 May, Manchester indie group The Courteeners played a gig at Old Trafford"
"working in Belgrade. In 2000 he was picked as one of the New Contemporaries and in the same year won the Absolute Prize. In 2001 he won a Paul Hamlyn Award for visual arts. He was nominated for the 2006 Turner Prize for solo shows at Milton Keynes Gallery, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, and also for his work in the British Art Show 6. The Tate Gallery describes his work as ""engaging photographic and video installations involving diverse social groups. Acting as a catalyst, he encourages people to reveal their individuality, making the personal public with sensitivity and generosity."""