With the annual Barclaycard Mercury Prize taking place next week (September 6), organisers have confirmed that all acts shortlisted this year will perform at the ceremony.
This will be the first year that all shortlisted acts will play the show.
BBC will provide coverage of the event on all their platforms, with coverage on both BBC Two and BBC HD from 22:00 on the day, whilst BBC 6 Music will be broadcasting live from the event from 20:00. The live performances will be available on BBC HD from 22:30 and on the Red Button for the following 7 days, after the event.
The 2011 Albums of the Year are:
Adele 21
Anna Calvi Anna Calvi
Elbow Build a Rocket Boys!
Everything Everything Man Alive
Ghostpoet Peanut Butter Blues & Melancholy Jam
Gwilym Simcock Good Days at Schloss Elmau
James Blake James Blake
Katy B On a Mission
King Creosote & Jon Hopkins Diamond Mine
Metronomy The English Riviera
PJ Harvey Let England Shake
Tinie Tempah Disc-Overy