Meteor Choice Music Prize - Live Event Line Up Announced
25.01.12 - posted by admin
The line-up for the Meteor Choice Music Prize live event has been announced today with all 10 acts confirmed to perform at the Olympia Theatre, Dublin on Thursday, March 8th 2012.
The line-up is as follows (artists listed in alphabetical order):
And So I Watch You From Afar
Bell X1
Cashier No 9
Lisa Hannigan
The Japanese Popstars
Jape
Patrick Kelleher & His Cold Dead Hands
Pugwash
Tieranniesaur
We Cut Corners
The Meteor Choice Music Prize will be broadcast live on the night on Today FM in a special four-hour extended programme during the Paul McLoone show. Tickets for the Meteor Choice Music Prize live event are on sale from all Ticketmaster outlets and from http://www.ticketmaster.ie priced €22.50 including booking fee.
The winning act will receive €10,000, a prize fund which has been provided by the Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO) and the Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA). All of the shortlisted acts will receive a specially-commissioned award, courtesy of the Recorded Artists Actors & Performers Ltd (RAAP). Most of the shortlisted albums will be available through retail partners HMV and once again, Culture Ireland will fund the attendance of key overseas delegates at the event.
