Mercury Prize have announced details of their plans for the 2021 ceremony.Last year’s ceremony, which saw the prestigious music prize being awarded to Michael Kiwanuka for his 2019 album ‘Kiwanuka’, was dramatically scaled back due to the coronavirus pandemic.The Hyundai Mercury Prize will return in 2021, with a 12-strong ‘Albums of the Year’ shortlist set to be announced on July 22.The 2021 Hyundai Mercury Prize Awards Show will then be held at the Eventim Apollo in London on September 9 – subject to government guidelines in regards to the pandemic.BBC Music will provide TV and radio coverage of this year’s Mercury Prize.This year’s ceremony will be the first to be held since the successful Rina Sawayama-led campaign to change the.
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