This is a summary of the year 2011 in the Irish music industry.
Summary
On Wednesday 12 January, the Choice Music Prize nominations for Best Irish Album of 2010 were announced. On Thursday 3 February, the inaugural Digital Socket Awards were held at the Grand Social, Dublin. On Thursday 3 March, Two Door Cinema Club's debut album Tourist History was awarded the Choice Music Prize for Best Irish Album of 2010 at a ceremony at Vicar Street, Dublin."Bangor band wins top music prize" . The Irish Times."Choice Music Prize is won by Two Door Cinema Club"."Two Door Cinema Club Choice winners" . Raidió Teilifís Éireann."Two Door Cinema Club win the Choice Music Prize" . State. The event was broadcast live on Today FM and supported by IMRO and IRMA. In February, the nominations for the 2011 Meteor Awards were scheduled to be announced, with the main event to take place in March 2011, but the entire event was cancelled completely when Meteor cancelled its sponsorship. On 28 May, Kings of Leon headlined a sold-out 30th anniversary Slane Concert. On 2 July, The Script performed their first stadium headlining concert at the Aviva Stadium. From 8–11 July, Oxegen 2011 took place, with headline acts Arctic Monkeys, Black Eyed Peas and Foo Fighters. On 19 October, Westlife officially announced they were splitting after an album and a tour."Westlife to split up" . RTÉ Ten. 19 October 2011. On 6 November, Belfast's Odyssey Arena hosted the 2011 MTV Europe Music Awards. On 21 November 2011, nominees were announced for the Irish Music Television Awards. The awards ceremony took place at The Sugar Club in Dublin on 28 November 2011. On 21 December 2011, MCD confirmed Oxegen 2012 would not take place but said that Oxegen 2013 would take place. The Royseven song "We Should Be Lovers", taken from the album You Say, We Say, was the most played Irish song on radio in 2011.
Albums & EPs Below is a list of notable albums & EPs released by Irish artists in Ireland in 2011.
Issue date Album title Artist Source Sales NotesMarch You Say, We Say Royseven April No Is Not An Answer Mike Got Spiked Leaving My Empire Fred May Marcata The Minutes Indian Summer Zombie Computer Let It Break Gemma Hayes December Frozen Bones Window Seats
Singles Below is a list of notable singles released by Irish artists in Ireland in 2011.
Issue date Single title Artist Source Sales Notes January 16, 2011 "Inside Out" Imelda May January 24, 2011 "What You Know" Two Door Cinema Club February 11, 2011 "We Should Be Lovers" Royseven February 25, 2011 "I Wanna Fight Your Father" The Rubberbandits March 25, 2011 "Light Shape Sound" Miracle Bell "Black Keys" The Minutes
Festivals
Oxegen 2011
Foo Fighters Arctic Monkeys Blink-182 Paolo Nutini The Black Eyed Peas
Slane 2011 Kings of Leon
Awards
IMTV Awards 2011 The 2011 Irish Music Television Awards took place at The Sugar Club in Dublin on 28 November 2011. Below are the winners:
Award Artist(s) Video Director(s) Best Group The Minutes "Black Keys" Biba Logan Most Original Concept Ham Sandwich "ANTS" Marc Corrigan Best Male Video James Vincent McMorrow "Sparrow and the Wolf" John Phillipson, Elton Mullally, Rob Davis Best Female Video Lisa Hannigan "Knots" Myles O’Reilly Best Live Video The Minutes "IMTOD" Simon Eustace Best Styled Video I Draw Slow "Goldmine" Rory Bresnihan Sexiest Video Echogram "Conspiracy" Shaun O’Connor Best Production Effects Funeral Suits "Florida" Jonathan Irwin Best Director – – Vincent Gallagher Viewers' Choice King Kong Company "Acetate" John Loftus Video of the Year Lisa Hannigan "Little Bird" Myles O’Reilly
References
External links IMRO website IRMA website Hot Press website State website MUSE.ie CLUAS.com News at Phantom FM Music at The Irish Times Music at the Irish Independent Music news and album reviews at RTÉ