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.

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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.…