Pulp on their full circle moment with the Mercury Prize and Brian Eno nearly throwing their prize money away

Pulp have spoken to NME about the full circle moment of celebrating War Child at the Mercury Prize, and recalled how Brian Eno nearly threw their prize money away when they won back in 1996. READ MORE: James Ford talks us through the huge new War Child ‘Help(2)’ album – track-by-track The indie veterans were in attendance at the ceremony in Newcastle on Thursday (October 22) to perform their track ‘Begging For Change’ to represent the shortlisted charity album ‘Help(2)‘ in aid of War Child. The compilation LP was a follow-up to and was inspired by the landmark 1995 ‘Help’ record. The original and legendary Brian Eno-led compilation featured the likes of Oasis, Blur, Radiohead, Orbital, Portishead, Massive Attack, Suede, Sinéad O’Connor, and Manic Street Preachers. The acclaimed 2026 follow-up was led by contributions from Arctic Monkeys, Fontaines D.C., Wet Leg, Young Fathers, English Teacher, Damon Albarn, Geese frontman Cameron Winter, Olivia Rodrigo and many more. While their comeback album ‘More‘ was nominated for last year’s prize, Pulp’s last Mercury win was in 1996 for their iconic ‘Different Class’, beating ‘Help’ but with the band still giving the £25,000 prize money to th...