Raye brings her grandparents on stage at her Royal Albert Hall show a day after winning the Mercury Prize

From the Newshound archive · first published 22 October 2026 · last updated 24 October 2026.

Agatha Dawson-Amoah, the grandmother heard saying 'your husband is coming' on Raye's hit Where Is My Husband!, walked out during the encore to deliver her line live. Asked by her granddaughter whether she was nervous, she shot back: 'I'm fine.' When the confetti from the ceiling stalled, she had to say her line a second time. Her grandfather later duetted with the 28-year-old on Fields.

Raye's album This Music May Contain Hope beat Sir Paul McCartney to Thursday's Mercury Prize.

Raye once heard 'no-one would care if I released an album', she wrote afterwards.