2008 Meteor Awards
The 2008 Meteor Music Awards ceremony was held in the RDS Simmonscourt, Dublin, on Friday, 15 February 2008.
Nineteen awards were presented. It was the eighth edition of the Republic of Ireland's national music awards. The event was later broadcast on RTÉ Two on Saturday, 16 February at 21:00 and was hosted by comedian Dara Ó Briain for the first time since 2004.
| 2008 Meteor Awards | |
|---|---|
 Meteor Awards 2008 logo | |
| Date | 15 February 2008 |
| Location | RDS Simmonscourt |
| Presented by | Dara Ó Briain |
| Website | meteormusicawards |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | RTÉ Two |
Duke Special and Cathy Davey won the Best Irish Male and Best Irish Female Awards respectively, whilst veteran rockers Aslan won the Best Irish Band Award and Paddy Casey's Addicted to Company won Best Irish Album. For the eighth consecutive year Westlife won the Best Irish Pop Act accolade. Ham Sandwich were presented with the Hope for 2008 Meteor Award by RTÉ 2fm DJ Rick O'Shea. The Blizzards won Best Irish Live Performance for their Main Stage appearance at Oxegen 2007, whilst Muse picked up the award for Best International Live Performance, which also occurred at Oxegen the previous year. The award for the Most Downloaded Song was given to Mundy and Sharon Shannon's chart hit "Galway Girl". The Saw Doctors were presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award and were also amongst the performers at the event.
Performances
There were performances at the event from The Saw Doctors, Boyzone, The Coronas, Cathy Davey, Westlife, Shayne Ward, Tom Baxter, Paddy Casey and Scouting for Girls, as well as exclusive duets between Sinéad O'Connor and Mick Pyro of Republic of Loose, who performed the Curtis Mayfield song, "We People Who Are Darker Than Blue" and Gary Lightbody and Lisa Hannigan who performed, live for the first time, "Some Surprise" from The Cake Sale charity album.
Nominations
Public voting categories
Best Irish Male
Best Irish Female
Best Irish Band
Best Irish Album
- Addicted to Company
- Tales of Silversleeve
- In Love with Detail
- Achieving Vagueness
- Nervousystem
- Kill Your Darlings
Best Irish Live Performance
- Bell X1 – Malahide Castle
- The Blizzards – Oxegen 2007
- Duke Special – Vicar Street
- Fight Like Apes – Whelan's
- Future Kings of Spain – The Village
- Damien Rice – Marlay Park
Best Irish Pop Act
Best National DJ
- Ray D'Arcy – Today FM
- Ian Dempsey – Today FM
- Tom Dunne – Today FM
- Dave Fanning – RTÉ 2fm
- Ray Foley – Today FM
- Rick O'Shea – RTÉ 2fm
Best Regional DJ
- Pete Casey
- Keith Cunningham
- Leigh Doyle
- Joe & Keith
- Mark Noble
- Jon Richards
Hope for 2008
- Leanne Harte
- Owen Brady
- The Kinetiks
- We Should Be Dead
- Ham Sandwich
Non-public voting categories
Best Traditional/Folk
Best International Male
Best International Female
Best International Band
Best International Album
Best International Live Performance
- Arcade Fire – Olympia Theatre
- Björk – Electric Picnic 07
- Muse – Oxegen 2007
- The Police – Croke Park
- Bruce Springsteen – The Point
- Justin Timberlake – RDS Arena
Lifetime Achievement Award
Most Downloaded Song
- "Galway Girl" – Mundy and Sharon Shannon
References
External links
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