2011 in Irish music explained

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.^[1]
• On Thursday 3 February, the inaugural Digital Socket Awards were held at the Grand Social, Dublin.^[2]
• 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.^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7]} The event was broadcast live on Today FM and supported by IMRO and IRMA.^[1]
• 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.^{[8] [9]}
• On 28 May, Kings of Leon headlined a sold-out^[10] 30th anniversary Slane Concert.^{[11] [12] [13]}
• On 2 July, The Script performed their first stadium headlining concert at the Aviva Stadium.^[14]
• From 8–11 July, Oxegen 2011 took place, with headline acts Arctic Monkeys, Black Eyed Peas and Foo Fighters.^{[15] [16] [17]}
• On 19 October, Westlife officially announced they were splitting after an album and a tour.^[18]
• On 6 November, Belfast's Odyssey Arena hosted the 2011 MTV Europe Music Awards.^[19]
• On 21 November 2011, nominees were announced for the Irish Music Television Awards.^[20] The awards ceremony took place at The Sugar Club in Dublin on 28 November 2011.^[21]
• On 21 December 2011, MCD confirmed Oxegen 2012 would not take place but said that Oxegen 2013 would take place.^{[22] [23] [24] [25] [26]}
• 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.^[27]

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	Notes
March	You Say, We Say		^[28]
April	No Is Not An Answer		^[29]
	Leaving My Empire
May	Marcata		^[30]
	Indian Summer		^[31]
	Let It Break		^[32]
December	Frozen Bones		^[33]

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"
January 24, 2011	"What You Know"
February 11, 2011	"We Should Be Lovers"
February 25, 2011	"I Wanna Fight Your Father"
March 25, 2011	"Light Shape Sound"	Miracle Bell
	"Black Keys"

Festivals

Oxegen 2011

See main article: 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		"Black Keys"	Biba Logan
Most Original Concept		"ANTS"	Marc Corrigan
Best Male Video		"Sparrow and the Wolf"	John Phillipson, Elton Mullally, Rob Davis
Best Female Video		"Knots"	Myles O’Reilly
Best Live Video	The Minutes	"IMTOD"	Simon Eustace
Best Styled Video		"Goldmine"	Rory Bresnihan
Sexiest Video		"Conspiracy"	Shaun O’Connor
Best Production Effects		"Florida"	Jonathan Irwin
Best Director	–	–	Vincent Gallagher
Viewers' Choice		"Acetate"	John Loftus
Video of the Year	Lisa Hannigan	"Little Bird"	Myles O’Reilly

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Choice Music Prize – Celebrating Irish Music.
2. Web site: Archived copy . 2012-08-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120318180755/http://digitalsocketawards.com/ . 2012-03-18 .
3. https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0304/1224291283152.html "Bangor band wins top music prize"
4. http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/around-town/choice-music-prize-is-won-by-two-door-cinema-club-2565902.html "Choice Music Prize is won by Two Door Cinema Club"
5. http://www.rte.ie/ten/2011/0304/choicemusicprize.html "Two Door Cinema Club Choice winners"
6. http://www.state.ie/news/26532-two-door-cinema-club-win-the-choice-music-prize "Two Door Cinema Club win the Choice Music Prize"
7. News: Winners of Choice award keep Door open for charity . Irish Independent . Ken . Sweeney . 4 March 2011.
8. News: O'Connell, Siobhán. Loyalty to Irish newspapers still evident. 24 February 2011. 24 February 2011. The Irish Times. There are no Meteor Music Awards this year after the mobile phone operator decided to cease sponsoring the event. [...] The televised awards were Meteor’s most visible sponsorship and tied in with the company’s strategy of recruiting younger customers.. https://web.archive.org/web/20110224043628/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2011/0224/1224290732479.html. 24 February 2011 . live.
9. News: Meteor Awards cancelled for 2011 . 2011-01-10 . RTÉ . 2011-01-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121102174022/http://www.rte.ie/ten/2011/0110/meteorawards.html . 2012-11-02 .
10. Slane sells out in just 40 minutes this morning. 5 November 2010. 5 November 2010. Hot Press. https://web.archive.org/web/20101109053711/http://www.hotpress.com/Kings%20Of%20Leon/news/Slane-sells-out-in-just-40-minutes-this-morning/7221529.html. 9 November 2010 . live.
11. News: Carbery, Genevieve. Kings of Leon confirmed for Slane. 29 October 2010. 29 October 2010. The Irish Times. 20 October 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111020023533/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/1029/breaking53.html. dead.
12. News: O'Connell, Edel. Rock royalty to headline Slane: Kings of Leon will crown 30th anniversary. https://archive.today/20101101222659/http://www.independent.ie/national-news/rock-royalty-to-headline-slane-2400556.html. dead. 1 November 2010. 30 October 2010. 30 October 2010. Irish Independent.
13. Kings Of Leon to headline Slane 2011. 29 October 2010. 29 October 2010. Hot Press. https://web.archive.org/web/20101101181251/http://www.hotpress.com/Kings%20Of%20Leon/news/Kings-Of-Leon-to-headline-Slane-2011/7202435.html. 1 November 2010 . live.
14. The Script announce Aviva show. 4 November 2010. 4 November 2010. Hot Press. https://web.archive.org/web/20101109053731/http://www.hotpress.com/The%20Script/news/The-Script-announce-Aviva-show/7221178.html. 9 November 2010 . live.
15. News: McBride, Caitlin. Oxegen to blow away competition as Arctic Monkeys join Foo Fighters. https://archive.today/20101230210955/http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/music/oxegen-to-blow-away-competition-as-arctic-monkeys-join-foo-fighters-2459926.html. dead. 30 December 2010. 14 December 2010. Evening Herald. Independent News & Media. 14 December 2010.
16. News: Blink-182 to headline Oxegen festival 2011: Reunited trio to join Foo Fighters and Arctic Monkeys at Irish event. 15 December 2010. NME. 15 December 2010.
17. News: McGreevy, Ronan. Foo Fighters set to rock Oxegen. 13 December 2010. The Irish Times. Irish Times Trust. 13 December 2010.
18. http://www.rte.ie/ten/2011/1019/westlife.html "Westlife to split up"
19. News: Coleman, Maureen. MTV Europe Music Awards: Why Belfast was chosen for 2011 event. 3 March 2011. The Belfast Telegraph. Independent News & Media. 3 March 2011.
20. Web site: IMTV Video Music Awards 2011: Nominees Announced!!!!!!. irishmusictelevision.com. 21 November 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111129071127/http://irishmusictelevision.com/?p=855. usurped. November 29, 2011. 7 February 2012.
21. Web site: IMTV Winners 2011. irishmusictelevision.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20111203131310/http://irishmusictelevision.com/?p=972. usurped. December 3, 2011. 7 February 2012.
22. News: Oxegen 2012 cancelled. 21 December 2011. 21 December 2011. RTÉ Ten. Raidió Teilifís Éireann.
23. News: Oxegen festival cancelled for 2012. 21 December 2011. 21 December 2011. Ronan. McGreevy. Kitty. Holland. The Irish Times. Irish Times Trust.
24. News: Oxegen 2012 festival cancelled: The Irish festival promises to be back in 2013. 21 December 2011. 21 December 2011. NME.
25. News: The day the music died – Oxegen taking a breather for a year. 21 December 2011. 21 December 2011. Irish Independent. Independent News & Media.
26. News: Ireland's largest music festival cancelled for 2012. 21 December 2011. 21 December 2011. BBC News. BBC.
27. News: Royseven top airplay poll. 19 December 2011. 19 December 2011. RTÉ Ten. Raidió Teilifís Éireann.
28. Web site: Royseven confirmed at Toys 4 Big Boys. The Hot Press. Newsdesk. Hotpress.
29. Web site: mike got spiked. www.facebook.com.
30. Web site: The Minutes The Minutes Music . 2010-12-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110202212358/http://theminutesmusic.com/ . 2011-02-02 . dead .
31. Web site: Psychonavigation Records . 2011-01-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110101151811/http://www.psychonavigation.com/home.html . 2011-01-01 .
32. Web site: Gemma Hayes. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110716230613/http://www.gemmahayes.com/. 2011-07-16. gemmahayes.com.
33. Web site: Window Seats – 'Frozen Bones'. imro.ie. Irish Mechanical Rights Organisation. Dublin. 28 November 2011. 2011-11-28.