2010 Meteor 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.

Bell X1, Christy Moore, Florence and the Machine and U2 each received three nominations. U2 received no awards to the surprise of The Coronas and The Script who beat them in two of the three categories. Westlife won Best Irish Pop Act for the tenth consecutive year. The list of performing artists on the night included international acts such as Dizzee Rascal, Pixie Lott, Paolo Nutini, The Script, The Temper Trap and Westlife. Snow Patrol were also announced but later cancelled their scheduled performance.

The event had sold out by early February. It was broadcast on RTÉ Two on 21 February 2010, at 21:00.

Performances

The first announcements were:

The Coronas
Florence and the Machine
Pixie Lott
Paolo Nutini
The Script
~~Snow Patrol~~
Westlife

Later announcements included:

Brian Kennedy and the Dublin Gospel Choir
Bell X1
The Temper Trap
Dizzee Rascal

Cancelled performance

Snow Patrol announced an inability to perform at the 2010 Meteor Awards after frontman Gary Lightbody broke his jaw.

Winners and nominees

The nominations were announced on January 7, 2010.

Public voting categories

Best Radio DJ – National

Ray Foley – Today FM
- Ian Dempsey – Today FM
- Damien Farrelly – RTÉ 2fm
- Tony Fenton – Today FM
- Larry Gogan – RTÉ 2fm
- Dan Hegarty – RTÉ 2fm

Best Radio DJ – Regional

Leigh Doyle – BEAT
- Jim & Niamh – FM104
- KC & Lenny – Red FM
- Michelle McMahon – Spin South West
- Jon Richards – Galway Bay FM
- Shona Ryan – SPIN 1038

Best Irish Band

Snow Patrol
- Bell X1
- The Coronas
- Delorentos
- U2

Best Irish Male

Christy Moore
- Colin Devlin
- Jerry Fish
- Jack L
- Mundy

Best Irish Female

Wallis Bird
- Julie Feeney
- Valerie Francis
- Laura Izibor
- Dolores O'Riordan

Best Irish Pop Act

Westlife
- Delorentos
- Laura Izibor
- The Blizzards
- The Script

Best Irish Album

The Coronas – Tony Was an Ex-Con
- Bell X1 – Blue Lights on the Runway
- The Duckworth Lewis Method – The Duckworth Lewis Method
- Snow Patrol – Up to Now
- U2 – No Line on the Horizon

Best Irish Live Performance

The Script – Oxegen 2009
- Bell X1
- Christy Moore
- Snow Patrol
- U2

Non-Public voting categories

Best Folk/Traditional

Sharon Shannon
- Kathleen Loughnane
- Kíla with Bruno Coulais
- Christy Moore
- Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh

Best International Band

Florence and the Machine
- The Black Eyed Peas
- Green Day
- Kasabian
- Muse

Best International Male

Michael Bublé
- Jay Z
- Morrissey
- Paolo Nutini
- Bruce Springsteen

Best International Female

Lady Gaga
- Lily Allen
- Little Boots
- Pixie Lott
- Taylor Swift

Best International Album

Paolo Nutini – Sunny Side Up
- Kasabian – West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
- Florence and the Machine – Lungs
- Mumford & Sons – Sigh No More
- Lady Gaga – The Fame Monster

Best International Live Performance

Leonard Cohen
- Coldplay
- Florence and the Machine
- Bruce Springsteen
- Take That

Special awards

Lifetime achievement award

Brian Kennedy

Humanitarian Award

Niall Mellon

Industry Award

The Marquess Conyngham, organiser of the concerts at Slane Castle.
- Presented by Adam Clayton

Most Promising New Artist of the Year

As part of the 2010 Meteor Ireland Music Awards organisers developed a new award called Most Promising New Artist of 2010. This new award was designed for any up-and-coming artist or band who were unsigned. The award itself is differentiated from the Hope of 2010 award in that the Hope award is given to an artist or band already signed to a mainstream or independent record label. An artist or band who would like to be part of the Most Promising New Artist of 2010 nominations had to submit relevant particulars before January 11, 2010. The winner of the award is expected to perform at the event, appear at Oxegen 2010 and have 150 copies of their debut single released, including artwork.

Nominations announced on February 5, 2010: