Congratulations to Delorentos winner of the 2012 Meteor Choice Music Prize irish Album of the Year and Gavin James who scooped the Irish Song of the Year award. Here's a gallery of some of our favourite pics from the evening courtesy of photographer Graham Keogh.
The Meteor Choice Music Prize Live Event will take place on Thursday March 7th in Vicar Street Dublin.
Tickets are on sale now for €22.50 from Ticketmaster.
The line-up is as follows (artists listed in alphabetical order):
Wallis Bird
The Cast of Cheers
Adrian Crowley
Damien Dempsey
Delorentos
Julie Feeney
Heathers
Mumblin Deaf Ro
Windings
(Two Door Cinema will be on tour in Germany)
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 IMRO and IRMA. Culture Ireland will fund the attendance of key overseas delegates at the event. The Recorded Artists Actors & Performers (RAAP) will host a pre-event reception on the evening of Thursday March 7th.
The nominees are -
The Coronas – Mark My Words (3U)
Delorentos - Care For (Delo Records)
Glen Hansard – High Hope (Plateau)
Heathers - Forget Me Knots (Warner)
Gavin James – Say Hello (Believe)
Kodaline - All I Want (Sony)
Le Galaxie feat Elaine Mai – Love System (Delphi)
The Script – Hall of Fame (Sony)
SOAK - Sea Creatures (Self Release)
Villagers – The Waves (Domino)