Mercury prize and Mobo awards: music's judgment week begins

Amid all the debate and criticism, let's not forget that music awards are supposed to be funIt's judgment day, or rather judgment week, in the world of music. Both the Mercury prize and the Mobo (Music of Black Origin) awards gear up for their annual bash over the next seven days, hot on the heels of last week's Q awards.Of course, it's not just the music being judged at these events – the shows themselves come under scrutiny as the public cast opinion as to how each event has handled itself t...

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