In 2003 they won the Audience poll for the BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music, but were denied the award because of their stance on the war in Iraq – members of the band responded by protesting at the award ceremony and with the slogans 'Peace Not War' written on their bodies climbed naked onto the stage as the final encore of the night.
In 2003, they won an audience poll for the BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music but were not awarded due to their stance against the Iraq War. Band members demonstrated their protest by writing 'Peace Not War' on their bodies and climbing onto the stage naked during the final encore.