Sam Fender, Wet Leg, Self Esteem and more are all set to perform at next month’s 2022 Mercury Prize ceremony in London.Last month (July 26), the 12 albums that have been shortlisted for the Album Of The Year award were announced, including Harry Styles’ ‘Harry’s House’, Little Simz’s ‘Sometimes I Might be Introvert’, Sam Fender’s ‘Seventeen Going Under’, Wet Leg’s self-titled album and Yard Act’s ‘The Overload’.Also on the shortlist are Self Esteem (‘Prioritise Pleasure’), Joy Crookes (‘Skin’), Kojey Radical (‘Reason To Smile’), Nova Twins (‘Supernova’), Fergus McCreadie (‘Forest Floor’), Gwenno (‘Tresor’) and Jessie Buckley & Bernard Butler (‘For All Our Days That Tear The Heart’).11 of the 12 nominees have now been confirmed to perform live at the September 8 ceremony at London’s Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith.

Only Harry Styles is unable to attend, and will instead pre-record a special performance that will be broadcast at the ceremony.The 2022 Mercury Prize ceremony will be hosted by Lauren Laverne and broadcast on BBC Four from 9pm-10.15pm BST.

Radio coverage will be available on BBC Radio 6 Music from 7pm-midnight.Tickets for the ceremony are available here.Each of the artists will perform one track from their shortlisted album.

Harry Styles will be on a major US tour in September and will be unable to attend the Awards Show. #MercuryPrize— Mercury Prize (@MercuryPrize) August 19, 2022At the red carpet on 2022 Mercury Prize nominations day, NME spoke to a host of the nominated artists about their albums and what being nominated for the prestigious prize means.“I’m not being coy, but I can’t believe what’s happened,” Self Esteem told NME. ‘I’d really made my peace with being consistently underground and under-dogged..

Sam Fender, Wet Leg, Self Esteem and more to perform at 2022 Mercury Prize ceremony

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