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A summary of the year 2003 in the Irish music industry.
 | This list of songs or music-related items is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (October 2021) |
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| This list of songs or music-related items is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (October 2021) |
| Issue date | Song title | Artist | Source | Sales | |
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| __ February | "Always and Forever" | JJ72 | |||
| 7 March | "Family Tree" | Paddy Casey | |||
| 25 April | "White Water Song" | Bell X1 | |||
| 11 July | "Tongue" | Bell X1 | |||
| 12 September | "Fake" | The Frames | |||
| 3 October | "Saints and Sinners" | Paddy Casey | |||
| 6 October | "Snakes and Snakes" | Bell X1 | |||
| 5 December | "The Lucky One" | Paddy Casey | |||
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The 2003 Meteor Awards were hosted by comedian Dara Ó Briain in February 2003. [8] Below are the winners: [9]
| Award | Winner(s) |
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| Best Irish Male | Mundy |
| Best Irish Female | Carly Hennessy |
| Best Irish Band | U2 |
| Best Irish Album | Skylarkin' (Mic Christopher) |
| Best New Irish Act | The Thrills |
| Best Irish Pop Act | Westlife |
| Best Irish Dance Act | Luke Thomas |
| Best Live Performance | Red Hot Chili Peppers (Lansdowne Road 2002) |
| Best Irish DJ | Ian Dempsey |
| Hope for 2003 | Rubyhorse |
| Best Folk/Traditional | John Spillane |
| Best Country/Roots Artist | Jerry Fish |
| Best International Male | Eminem |
| Best International Female | Avril Lavigne |
| Best International Band | Coldplay |
| Best International Album | By the Way (Red Hot Chili Peppers) |
| Industry Award | Phil Coulter |
| Lifetime Achievement Award | Bob Geldof |
| Humanitarian Award | Bono |
Oxegen was a music festival in Ireland, first held from 2004–2011 as a rock and pop festival and again in 2013 with dance and chart acts only. The event was regularly cited as Ireland's biggest music festival, and, by 2009, it was being cited as the greenest festival, being a 100% carbon neutral event in Ireland, although this claim is highly disputed as green-washing. It was previously called Witnness, which ran from 2000 and was sponsored by Guinness. The event was promoted by MCD and was sponsored by Heineken. Oxegen was originally a three-day festival, but from 2008 onwards, it was expanded to four days.
Witnness was an Irish music festival, sponsored by Guinness, which ran for four consecutive summers from 2000 to 2003. Originally it was held at Fairyhouse Racecourse in County Meath, but it was moved to Punchestown Racecourse in County Kildare for its final year.
Republic of Loose were an Irish funk rock band from Dublin. Formed in 2001, the band formerly consisted of lead vocalist Mick Pyro, bass guitarist and vocalist Benjamin Loose, keyboardist Deco, guitarists and vocalists Dave Pyro and Brez and drummer and percussionist Coz Noelen.
Electric Picnic is an annual arts-and-music festival which has been staged since 2004 at Stradbally Hall in Stradbally, County Laois, Ireland.
The Blizzards are an Irish band from Mullingar in County Westmeath. They were formed by Niall Breslin in late 2004, and also feature Dec Murphy (drums), Justin Ryan, Anthony Doran, Louize Carroll (bass) and Aidan Lynch (keyboards). They have achieved multiple platinum record sales and have won numerous awards.
The Cake Sale was a collective of mostly Irish musical artists, with Swedish singer-songwriter Nina Persson of the Cardigans and Australian musician Nick Seymour of Crowded House.
This is a summary of the year 2007 in the Irish music industry. 2007 was described as "an annus horribilis for Irish music" by the Irish Independent's rock critic, Eamon Sweeney.
This is a summary of the year 2006 in the Irish music industry.
This is an, as yet, incomplete summary of the year 2005 in the Irish music industry.
A summary of the year 2004 in the Irish music industry.
This is a summary of the year 2008 in the Irish music industry.
Heineken Green Energy was an Irish music festival that took place at Dublin Castle over the May bank holiday weekend. It attracted over 50,000 people per year for what was the opening of the music festival season in Ireland. The event, sponsored by Heineken International first took place in 1996 and occurred on an annual basis until 2008. While the main event occurred in Dublin Castle, smaller shows were held in other city venues.
This is a summary of the year 2009 in the Irish music industry.
The Kinetiks were a Meteor Award-nominated Irish rock, pop and indie musical ensemble from Dublin. They were vocalist and guitarist Gaz Harding, guitarist Sean Brennan, bassist Jim McGuire, and drummer Paul Donohoe. On 11 July 2008, they performed their biggest show thus far at Oxegen 2008 where they appeared second on the Green Room stage following Dirty Epics and prior to The Saw Doctors. They have also performed at the inaugural annual surf festival Cois Fharraige on 8 September 2007, Indie-pendence in August 2008 and Hard Working Class Heroes in September 2008.
The 2006 Meteor Music Awards took place in the Point Theatre, Dublin on 2 February 2006. It was the sixth edition of Ireland's national music awards. The event was later aired on RTÉ Two at 21:00 on Sunday 5 February and was hosted by the comedian Patrick Kielty. A total of seventeen awards were presented at the ceremony.
The 2005 Meteor Music Awards was hosted by comedian Ed Byrne at the Point Theatre on Thursday 24 February 2005. It was the fifth edition of Ireland's national music awards. A total of sixteen awards were presented at the ceremony, with the public eligible to vote in five categories. Snow Patrol won two awards, whilst Franz Ferdinand also picked up two awards. Paddy Casey and Juliet Turner were named Best Irish Male and Best Irish Female. The Chalets won Best New Band.
The 2008 Meteor Music Awards ceremony was held in the RDS Simmonscourt, Dublin, on Friday, 15 February 2008. Nineteen awards were presented. It was the eighth edition of the Republic of Ireland's national music awards. The event was later broadcast on RTÉ Two on Saturday, 16 February at 21:00 and was hosted by comedian Dara Ó Briain for the first time since 2004.
The 2004 Meteor Music Awards were held on Monday 1 March 2004, hosted by comedian Dara Ó Briain. It was the fourth edition of Ireland's national music awards.
The 2010 Meteor Music Awards ceremony took place on Friday 19 February 2010 in Dublin. They were presented by Amanda Byram. The launch took place in La Stampa on 7 January 2010, and was attended by The Coronas and Danny O'Donoghue from The Script.
This is a summary of the year 2011 in the Irish music industry.