Radiohead and Plant Make Mercury Shortlist.

23-07-2008 06:21

Radiohead & Plant Make Mercury Shortlist....

Radiohead, Robert Plant and Estelle have made it to the shortlist for the 2008 Mercury Music Prize.Rockers Radiohead's album In Rainbows joins Led Zeppelin frontman Plant's duets LP with Alison Krauss, titled Raising Sand, and singer/rapper Estelle's Shine in the final 12 acts who will battle it out for the coveted British accolade.Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner has scored his third nomination in as many years, after being named alongside his other band The Last Shadow Puppets for their latest release The Age Of The Understatement.

Last year's (07) award was handed to The Klaxons for their debut album Myths Of The Near Future.The winner of 2008's gong will be announced at a ceremony in London on 9 September (08).The full list of nominees is as follows: Adele - 19 British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?Burial - Untrue Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid Estelle - Shine The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age Of The Understatement Laura Marling - Alas I Cannot Swim Neon Neon - Stainless Style Portico Quartet - Knee-Deep In The North Sea Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - Raising Sand Radiohead - In Rainbows Rachel Unthank And The Winterset - The Bairns.