The 10th Meteor Choice Music Prize live event, in association with IMRO and IRMA, will take place on Thursday 5th March and tickets for the show have now sold out.
Live performances on the night will come from Album of the Year nominees, Delorentos, James Vincent McMorrow, The Riptide Movement and We Cut Corners, along with Song of the Year nominees, Kormac, Little Hours and The Minutes.
The Meteor Choice Music Prize event will be broadcast live on Today FM in a special four hour extended programme during the Paul McLoone show.
RTE 2 Television will broadcast a one-hour highlights programme of the Meteor Choice Music Prize on Sunday March 8th at 10.55pm.
The album shortlist is as follows (artists listed in alphabetical order):
Aphex Twin – Syro (Warp)
Delorentos – Night Becomes Light (Universal Ireland)
The Gloaming – The Gloaming (Real World)
Hozier – Hozier (Rubyworks/Universal)
James Vincent McMorrow – Post Tropical (Faction)
Sinead O’ Connor – I’m Not Bossy, I’m The Boss (Nettwerk)
Damien Rice – My Favourite Faded Fantasy (Warner Music)
The Riptide Movement – Getting Through (Universal Ireland)
U2 – Songs of Innocence (Island)
We Cut Corners – Think Nothing (Delphi)
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. HMV are the official retail partners of the project. RAAP, Culture Ireland and Music Week are also official project partners.
You can vote for the Meteor Choice Music Prize – Song of the Year 2014 here – http://meteor.ie/choice/
The Meteor Choice Music Prize is supported by IMRO, IRMA, RAAP, Today FM, RTÉ, Culture Ireland, HMV and Music Week.
