Indie singer Sam Fender won the U.K.'s prestigious Mercury Prize on Thursday with his chart-topping album "People Watching," as the award ceremony moved out of London for the first time.
The crowd in the northeastern city of Newcastle erupted in joy as Fender, from nearby North Shields, accepted the award in the Utilita Arena.
The judges said Fender's third album "felt like a classic album, one that will take pride of place in record collections for years to come."
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