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Indie rave trio Klaxons have managed to win the British annual 2007 Mercury Prize, for their revolutionary debut album “Myths of the Near Future“. The competition was far from easy, with such contenders as: Amy Winehouse’s “Back to Black“, Arctic Monkeys’s “Favourite Worst Nightmare“, Dizzee Rascal’s “Maths + English” and loads of other great brit bands. The award came as a complete surprise for the Klaxons, as they were ravished by emotions, bursting in tears, before triumphantly taking over the stage by storm. Upon receiving the award the band said:

“This really is too much! It means so much to us. A year ago we were in a studio watching the Arctic Monkeys on TV and thinking we need to make a great album. The Mercurys is about pushing music forward and we think that’s what we did with this album .”

The band were also awarded a prize money of 20.000 pounds (aprox. $40,250), that the band intend to donate to charity, willing to “inject a spark somewhere”, as the band members implied. Check out Mercury Prize nominee Amy Winehouse dazzling performance of “Love Is A Losing Game” bellow at the award ceremony.