Mercury music prize awards ceremony - in pictures

Alt-J members Joe Newman, Gwil Sainsbury, Thom Green and Gus Unger-Hamilton pose with their award after winning the Mercury prize at the Roundhouse in London Photograph: Ben Pruchnie/Getty Images

Django Django, nominated for their eponymous album, were a little bit too co-ordinated Photograph: Brian Rasic/Rex Features

Lianne La Havas was nominated for her album Is Your Love Big Enough Photograph: Brian Rasic/Rex Features

Jessie Ware, nominated for her album Devotion Photograph: Brian Rasic/Rex Features

The Maccabees were nominated for Given To The Wild Photograph: Olivia Harris/Reuters

Richard Hawley, controversially overlooked six years ago, was nominated again for Standing At The Sky’s Edge Photograph: Ben Pruchnie/Getty Images

David and Peter Brewis of Field Music, seen here with touring members Andrew Lowther and Kev Dosdale, were nominated for their fourth album, Plumb Photograph: Dave J Hogan/Getty Images

Ben Drew of Plan B poses for photographers. He was nominated for his album Ill Manors Photograph: Andy Sheppard/WireImage

James Mainwaring, Luke Reddin-Williams and Luke Wynter of Roller Trio, nominated for their eponymous album Photograph: Dave J Hogan/Getty Images

Michael Kiwanuka, who was nominated for Home Again Photograph: Yui Mok/PA

Folk artist Sam Lee, nominated for Ground Of Its Own Photograph: Yui Mok/PA

Corinne Bailey Rae was not nominated, but went along to the ceremony anyway Photograph: Andy Sheppard/WireImage