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Speech Debelle Scoops Barclaycard Mercury Prize
As you will be aware by now Speech Debelle scooped the Barclaycard Mercury Prize last night. Below Big Dada share thier excitement with us:
“Big Dada are enormously proud, pleased and cat-that-got-the-cream-faced to announce that last night Speech Debelle won the 2009 Barclaycard Mercury Prize for Album of the Year for her record “Speech Therapy”. With stiff competition from the likes of Florence + The Machine, Friendly Fires and Bat For Lashes, Speech's confidence never wavered and she came through with the kind of aplomb which made it seem like she'd been walking red carpets for years. We, meanwhile, jumped on the tables, spilt drinks and partied with little thought for the feelings of the great and the grey of the UK music industry gathered around us. So today, nursing gigantic hangovers, we raise a glass of alkaseltzer to the Mercury Prize organisers, the panel of judges, all our supporters out there and most of all the Speech herself! Salut!”
Watch the '2009 Barclaycard Mercury Prize' 11.40pm on Friday, 11 September 2009 On BBC Two Television.
SPEECH DEBELLE – UK TOUR DATES
Fri 25 Sep UK Bristol Colston Hall support to Roni Size orchestra show
Sat 26 Sep UK Sheffield Plug
Sun 27 Sep UK Manchester Night & Day
Mon 28 Sep UK Leeds Uni – Mine
Thu 1 Oct UK Glasgow Arches
Fri 2 Oct UK Belfast Stiff Kitten
Sat 3 Oct Ireland Dublin Academy 2
Sun 4 Oct UK Liverpool Masque
Mon 5 Oct UK Morecambe Library
Wed 7 Oct UK London The Scala
Thu 8 Oct UK Brighton Coalition