Awards: 2010 Meteor Ireland Music Awards Winners

The 2010 edition of the Meteor IRMA Music Awards were held in the O2 last night, with performances from the usual names: Westlife and the Script, as well as such international luminaries as Pixie Lott, Florence and the Machine, and Paolo Nutini. The Coronas also played on stage, in what was a great night for them, picking up Best Irish album. Of course, Lady Gaga was there to pick up her award, oh no wait...

Here's the full list of winners.

Public Voting Categories
Best National DJ - Ray Foley (Today FM)
Best Regional DJ - Leigh Doyle (Beat FM)
Best Irish Band - Snow Patrol
Best Irish Male - Christy Moore
Best Irish Female - Wallis Bird
Best Irish Pop Act - Westlife
Best Irish Album - The Coronas Tony Was an Ex-Con
Best Irish Live Performance - The Script, Oxegen 2009
Most Promising New Artist: Amasis

Non-Public Categories
Best Folk/Traditional - Sharon Shannon
Best International Band - Florence and the Machine
Best International Male - Michael Buble
Best International Female - Lady Gaga
Best International Album - Paolo Nutini Sunny Side Up
Best International Live Performance - Leonard Cohen, Kilmainham

Lifetime Achievement Award
Brian Kennedy

Humanitarian Award
Niall Mellon

Industry Award
Henry Mount Charles

Awards: Meteor Music Most Promising Act 2010

Yesterday, the final five for the Meteor Music Awards' Most Promising New Artist 2010 were announced. If you followed the voting at all, you would have seen that there were about ten well-known acts and then a bunch of people you've never heard of. Now, don't get me wrong, this wasn't a bad idea, but the fact that it was a public-voting thing meant that whoever could draw in the most votes on facebook or bebo got through. To make it worse, you could vote once a day from your IP address, so you could repeatedly vote for your buddies - no need to register, and at no cost. For the past few weeks, I've been hounded by people sending me links to groups called "Vote for xxx at the Meteors", so I can't wait for it to be over.

But that said, nothing I can do about the voting, so here's your shortlist:

Amasis
Website



Ever27
Website


Jody Has a Hitlist
MySpace


Colm Lynch
Website


Susie Soho
Website




Vote for your favourite here:
http://meteormusicawards.meteor.ie/competitions/

Awards: 2010 Meteor Music Awards Nominees

The nominees for this year's IMRO Meteor Music Awards have been announced. There's the usual names and faces as well as the total lack of David Geraghty in the Best Irish Male category. Jack L? Seriously? Didn't he only release a Best of this year, and hasn't released a successful single in years. The Awards Show will be held at the RDS on Friday, February 19 2010, and will be presented by Amanda Byram. Westlife, Snow Patrol, the Script, Florence and the Machine, Paolo Nutini, The Coronas, and Pixie Lott are all set to play live on the night.

Anyhow, here'e the full list of nominees:

Best Radio DJ - National
Ian Dempsey - Today FM
Damien Farrelly - 2FM
Tony Fenton - Today FM
Ray Foley - Today FM
Larry Gogan - 2FM
Dan Hegarty - 2FM

Radio DJ - Regional
Leigh Doyle - BEAT
Jim & Niamh - FM 104
KC & Lenny - Red FM
Michelle McMahon - Spin SW
Jon Richards - Galway Bay FM
Shona Ryan - Spin 1038

Best Irish Band
Bell X1
The Coronas
Delorentos
Snow Patrol
U2

Best Irish Male
Colin Devlin
Jerry Fish
Jack L
Christy Moore
Mundy

Best Irish Female
Wallis Bird
Julie Feeney
Valerie Francis
Laura Izibor
Dolores O' Riordan

Best Irish Pop Act
Delorentos
Laura Izibor
The Blizzards
The Script
Westlife

Best Irish Pop Album
Blue Lights on the Runway - Bell X1
Tony was an Ex-Con - The Coronas
The Duckworth-Lewis Method - The Duckworth-Lewis Method
Up to Now - Snow Patrol
No Line On The Horizon - U2

Best Irish Live Performance
Bell X1
Christy Moore
The Script
Snow Patrol
U2


NON VOTING CATEGORIES

Best Folk/Traditional
Kathleen Loughnane
Kila with Bruno Coulais
Christy Moore
Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh
Sharon Shannon

Best International Band
Black Eyed Peas
Florence & The Machine
Green Day
Kasabian
Muse

Best International Male
Michael Buble
Jay-Z
Morrissey
Paolo Nutini
Bruce Springsteen

Best International Female
Lily Allen
Lady Ga Ga
Little Boots
Pixie Lotts
Taylor Swift

Best International Album
Lunatic Asylum - Kasabian
Lungs - Florence & The Machine
Sigh No More - Mumford & Sons
Sunny Side Up - Paolo Nutini
The Fame Monster - Lady Ga Ga

Best International Artist Live
Leonard Cohen
Coldplay
Florence & The Machine
Bruce Springsteen
Take That


Thanks to Darragh Doyle for the heads up.