2009 Meteor Awards

Irish music awards ceremony 2009 Meteor Awards Meteor Music Awards 2009 logo.jpg 150px Meteor Awards 2009 logo 2009 03 17 y RDS Simmonscourt Amanda Byram http://meteormusicawards.meteor.ie/index.aspx RTÉ Two 2008 Meteor Music Awards 2010 The 2009 Meteor Music Awards ceremony took place on 17 March 2009 in the RDS Simmonscourt, Dublin.http://www.hotpress.com/news/5230224.html Meteor Awards 2009 - Presenter & Nominees Revealed 2009-01-28 2009-01-28 Hot Press https://web.archive.org/web/20090201031613/http://www.hotpress.com/news/5230224.html 1 February 2009 live It was the ninth edition of Ireland's national music awards. The event was recorded and it aired on RTÉ Two on 18 March 2009. The awards show was hosted by television presenter Amanda Byram.http://www.rte.ie/arts/2009/0130/thecafe.html Celebrity BB star set to appear on The Café 2009-01-30 2009-01-30 RTÉ https://web.archive.org/web/20090210183406/http://www.rte.ie/arts/2009/0130/thecafe.html 10 February 2009 livehttp://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breaking-news/ireland/2009-meteor-awards-to-be-held-st-patricks-day-at-rds-14160560.html 2009 Meteor Awards to be held St Patrick's Day at RDS 2009-01-28 2009-01-28 The Belfast Telegraph The general public were eligible to vote in eight categories - Best Irish Band, Best Irish Male, Best Irish Female, Best Irish Pop Act, Best Irish Album, Best Irish Live Performance, Best National DJ and Best Regional DJ.http://www.rte.ie/arts/2009/0129/meteors.html Meteor Music Awards nominees revealed 2009-01-29 2009-01-30 RTÉ https://web.archive.org/web/20090227101412/http://www.rte.ie/arts/2009/0129/meteors.html 27 February 2009 live AC/DC, Coldplay, Elbow, The Killers and Kings of Leon were nominated for Best International Band, whilst Boyzone, The Blizzards, The Coronas, The Script and Westlife were the nominees for Best Irish Pop Act.http://www.tribune.ie/breakingnews/article/2009/jan/28/2009-meteor-awards-to-be-held-st-patricks-day-at-r/ 2009 Meteor Awards to be held St Patrick's Day at RDS 2009-01-28 2009-01-31 Sunday Tribune https://web.archive.org/web/20090305063724/http://www.tribune.ie/breakingnews/article/2009/jan/28/2009-meteor-awards-to-be-held-st-patricks-day-at-r/ 2009-03-05 usurped Mick Flannery, Damien Dempsey, Duke Special, David Holmes and Richard Egan of Jape were nominated in the Best Irish Male category, whilst Enya, Lisa Hannigan, Gemma Hayes, Imelda May, Tara Blaise and Camille O'Sullivan were nominated in the Best Irish Female category.http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0128/breaking55.html Sharon Shannon to receive major award 2009-01-28 2009-02-03 The Irish Times The Hope for 2009 nominees were announced on 18 February, with public voting commencing on 23 February.http://www.hotpress.com/news/5267432.html 2fm Hope For 2009 shortlist announced 2009-02-18 2009-02-18 Hot Press Hot Press editor Niall Stokes received an industry award, whilst Father Shay Cullen's PREDA Foundation received €100,000.http://www.hotpress.com/news/5296785.html Guest presenters join Meteors line-up 2009-03-11 2009-03-11 Hot Press https://web.archive.org/web/20090313183636/http://www.hotpress.com/news/5296785.html 13 March 2009 live The Lifetime Achievement Award was given to traditional folk musician Sharon Shannon.http://www.breakingnews.ie/entertainment/mhsngbgbidsn/ Shannon to get lifetime achievement gong 2009-01-28 2009-01-28 breakingnews.ie 2009-03-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20090316085439/http://www.breakingnews.ie/entertainment/mhsngbgbidsn/ dead Performances Boyzone, The Blizzards, Sharon Shannon, Stereophonics and Imelda May performed on the night.http://www.rte.ie/arts/2009/0206/meteors.html Boyzone & Blizzards to play the Meteors 2009-02-06 2009-02-06 RTÉ https://web.archive.org/web/20090218150417/http://www.rte.ie/arts/2009/0206/meteors.html 18 February 2009 livehttp://www.hotpress.com/news/5313491.html UPDATED: Imelda May plans Dublin return 2009-03-13 2009-03-13 Hot Press https://web.archive.org/web/20090317170209/http://www.hotpress.com/news/5313491.html 17 March 2009 live Artist Performance Stereophonics Medley James Morrison "Broken Strings" Duke Special "Sweet Sweet Kisses" Gabriella Cilmi "Sweet About Me" Enrique Iglesias and Gabriella Cilmi "Takin' Back My Love" The Blizzards "Trust Me, I'm a Doctor" Imelda May "Johnny Got a Boom Boom" Elbow "Grounds For Divorce" Boyzone "Love You Anyway" Mundy and Sharon Shannon "Galway Girl" Nominations The nominees were officially announced on 28 January 2009, having initially been published on the official site the night before only to be quickly removed.http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/ontherecord/2009/01/27/meteor-music-awards-folks-wake-up-and-shut-down-website/#comment-25989 Meteor Music Awards folks wake up and shut down website 2009-01-27 2009-01-30 The Irish Times And the winners are...http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0317/breaking45.htm Top accolade for The Script 2009-03-17 2009-03-17 The Irish Times Public Voting Categories Best National DJ Alison Curtis – Today FM Dave Fanning – RTÉ 2fm Tony Fenton – Today FM Ray Foley – Today FM Dan Hegarty – RTÉ 2fm Rick O'Shea – RTÉ 2fm Presented by Lorraine Keane Best Regional DJ Keith Cunningham (KC) - RedFM Dermot, Dave & Siobhan – Dublin's 98 Leigh Doyle – Beat 102-103 Mark Noble – FM 104 Jon Richards – Galway Bay FM The Zoo Crew – Spin South West Presented by Lucy Kennedy and Nancy Cartwright Best Irish Band The Blizzards Fight Like Apes Republic of Loose The Script Snow Patrol Presented by Sonya Lennon and Brendan Courtney Best Irish Male Damien Dempsey Duke Special Mick Flannery David Holmes Jape Best Irish Female Tara Blaise Lisa Hannigan Gemma Hayes Imelda May Camille O'Sullivan Best Irish Pop Act Boyzone The Blizzards The Coronas The Script Westlife Presented by Pádraig Harrington Best Irish Album Fight Like Apes – Fight Like Apes and the Mystery of the Golden Medallion Lisa Hannigan – Sea Sew Messiah J & The Expert – From the Word Go The Script – The Script Snow Patrol – A Hundred Million Suns Presented by Tony Lundon, Liam McCormack and Sinéad McKenna Best Irish Live Performance The Blizzards - Oxegen 2008 The Coronas - The Button Factory Fight Like Apes - Whelan's Republic of Loose - The Academy The Swell Season - Olympia Theatre Presented by Craig Doyle and Devon Murray Non-Public Voting Categories Best Traditional/Folk Damien Dempsey Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill Colm Mac Con Iomaire Eleanor McEvoy John Spillane Presented by Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh and Anna Nolan Best International Live Performance The Script Coldplay Kings of Leon Bruce Springsteen The Killers Best International Band AC/DC Coldplay Elbow The Killers Kings of Leon Presented by Caprice and Laura Whitmore Elbow won the award in 2009. Best International Female Beyoncé Duffy Lykke Li Pink Rihanna Best International Male Chris Brown Nick Cave Bon Iver James Morrison Kanye West Presented by Louis Walsh Best International Album Day & Age - The Killers Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes Only by the Night - Kings of Leon The Circus - Take That Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends - Coldplay Lifetime Achievement Award Sharon Shannon Presented by Gráinne and Síle Seoige Humanitarian Award Father Shay Cullen's PREDA Foundation Presented by Pat Kenny and Conor Carmody from Meteor Industry Award Niall Stokes Presented by Dave Fanning and Joe Elliott Hope for 2009 Autumn Owls Fred House of Cosy Cushions James Vincent McMorrow Wallis Bird Presented by Rick O'Shea Most Downloaded Song "Galway Girl" – Mundy and Sharon Shannon Multiple nominations Lisa Hannigan was the only solo artist to be nominated in more than one category. She was nominated in two categories, Best Irish Female and Best Irish Album. She won neither. 3 - The Blizzardshttp://www.rte.ie/arts/2009/0313/thecafe.html Blizzards and Bishop set for The Café 2009-03-13 2009-03-13 RTÉ 3 - Coldplay 3 - Fight Like Apes 3 - The Killers 3 - Kings of Leon 3 - The Script 2 - The Coronas 2 - Lisa Hannigan 2 - Republic of Loose 2 - Snow Patrol References External links Official site MCD Promotions List of winners through the years https://web.archive.org/web/20071024180100/http://www.meteor.ie/misc/MIMA.html 2007-10-24 2009 photos at Hot Press Category:Meteor Music Awards Meteor Awards Meteor Awards