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A summary of the year 2004 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 | Notes |
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| 24 February | "Clones" | Ash | |||
| 22 March | "Come Home Billy Bird" | The Divine Comedy | |||
| 12 April | "Chocolate" | Snow Patrol | |||
| 3 May | "Orpheus" | Ash | |||
| 14 June | "Absent Friends" | The Divine Comedy | |||
| 19 June | "Starcrossed" | Ash | |||
| 20 August | "Finally" | The Frames | |||
| 25 October | "How to Be Dead" | Snow Patrol | |||
| 8 November | "Vertigo" | U2 | |||
| __ December | "Renegade Cavalcade" | Ash | |||
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The 2004 Meteor Awards were held on ???, 2004. Below are the winners: [11]
| Award | Winner(s) |
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| Best Irish Male | Paddy Casey |
| Best Irish Female | Cara Dillon |
| Best Irish Band | The Frames |
| Best Irish Album | So Much for the City (The Thrills) |
| Best New Irish Act | Future Kings of Spain |
| Best Irish Pop Act | Westlife |
| Best Live Performance | Red Hot Chili Peppers (Slane 2003) |
| Best Irish DJ | Ryan Tubridy |
| Hope for 2004 | Republic of Loose |
| Best Folk/Traditional | Damien Dempsey |
| Best International Male | Justin Timberlake |
| Best International Female | Beyoncé Knowles |
| Best International Band | The Darkness |
| Best International Album | Elephant (The White Stripes) |
| Industry Award | Dave Fanning |
| Lifetime Achievement Award | The Dubliners |
| Humanitarian Award | Stanislaus Kennedy (Sister Stan) |
The Choice Music Prize did not exist this year.
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.
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.
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.
Punchestown Racecourse is located in the parish of Eadestown, between the R410 and R411 regional roads near Naas, County Kildare, in Ireland. It is known as the home of Irish Jumps Racing and plays host to the annual Punchestown Irish National Hunt Festival. The racecourse itself is right-handed with an undulating hurdle and steeplechase track. The hurdle course is one mile six furlongs in distance while the chase course is 2 miles. Punchestown Racecourse also has the only cross country banks course in Ireland.
Oxegen 2005 was the second Oxegen festival to take place, following the dissolution of its predecessor Witnness in 2004. It took place on the weekend of Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 July at Punchestown Racecourse near Naas in County Kildare, Ireland.
Oxegen '07 was the fourth Oxegen festival to take place, following the dissolution of its predecessor Witnness in 2004. It took place on the weekend of Saturday, 7 July and Sunday, 8 July at Punchestown Racecourse near Naas in County Kildare, Ireland. The festival was headlined by Muse and Snow Patrol on the Saturday and The Killers on the Sunday. The Live Earth concerts occurred around the world on the same day as the Saturday of Oxegen '07.
This is a summary of the year 2008 in the Irish music industry.
A summary of the year 2003 in the Irish music industry.
Oxegen '08 was the fifth Oxegen festival to take place, following the dissolution of its predecessor Witnness in 2004. It took place on the weekend of Friday 11 July, Saturday 12 July and Sunday 13 July at Punchestown Racecourse near Naas in County Kildare, Ireland. For the first time the festival was a three-day event. The festival was headlined by Kings of Leon on the Friday, The Verve and R.E.M. on the Saturday and Rage Against the Machine on the Sunday.
This is a summary of the year 2009 in the Irish music industry.
Oxegen 2009 was the sixth Oxegen festival to take place since 2004. It took place on the weekend of Friday 10 July, Saturday, 11 July and Sunday, 12 July at Punchestown Racecourse near Naas in County Kildare, Ireland. Kings of Leon, Snow Patrol, Blur and The Killers headlined.
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.
A summary of the year 2010 in the Irish music industry.
This is a summary of the year 2011 in the Irish music industry.
Oxegen 2011 was the eighth Oxegen festival to take place since 2004. It took place on the weekend of Friday 8 July, Saturday, 9 July and Sunday, 10 July at Punchestown Racecourse near Naas in County Kildare, Ireland. Arctic Monkeys, Beyoncé, Black Eyed Peas, Coldplay, Foo Fighters and The Strokes were among the headlining acts. On the final night of the festival Christy Moore came on stage to sing with headliners Coldplay at the end of their set.
This is a summary of the year 2012 in the Irish music industry.