2011 in Irish music

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. 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.
• 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.

Singles

:Below is a list of notable singles released by Irish artists in Ireland in 2011.

Festivals

Oxegen 2011

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:

References

References

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4. [https://www.independent.ie/regionals/herald/choice-music-prize-is-won-by-two-door-cinema-club/27974739.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"] {{webarchive. link. (March 5, 2011 . [[Raidió Teilifís Éireann]].)
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"] {{webarchive. link. (March 6, 2011 . ''[[State (magazine)). State]]''.
7. Sweeney, Ken. (4 March 2011). "Winners of Choice award keep Door open for charity". Irish Independent.
8. O'Connell, Siobhán. (24 February 2011). "Loyalty to Irish newspapers still evident". [[The Irish Times]].
9. (2011-01-10). "Meteor Awards cancelled for 2011". RTÉ.
10. (5 November 2010). "Slane sells out in just 40 minutes this morning".
11. Carbery, Genevieve. (29 October 2010). "Kings of Leon confirmed for Slane". [[The Irish Times]].
12. O'Connell, Edel. (30 October 2010). "Rock royalty to headline Slane: Kings of Leon will crown 30th anniversary". [[Irish Independent]].
13. (29 October 2010). "Kings Of Leon to headline Slane 2011".
14. (4 November 2010). "The Script announce Aviva show".
15. McBride, Caitlin. (14 December 2010). "Oxegen to blow away competition as Arctic Monkeys join Foo Fighters". [[Independent News & Media]].
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17. McGreevy, Ronan. (13 December 2010). "Foo Fighters set to rock Oxegen". Irish Times Trust.
18. [http://www.rte.ie/ten/2011/1019/westlife.html "Westlife to split up"] {{webarchive. link. (21 October 2011 . ''RTÉ Ten''. 19 October 2011.)
19. Coleman, Maureen. (3 March 2011). "MTV Europe Music Awards: Why Belfast was chosen for 2011 event". [[Independent News & Media]].
20. (21 November 2011). "IMTV Video Music Awards 2011: Nominees Announced!!!!!!". irishmusictelevision.com.
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22. (21 December 2011). "Oxegen 2012 cancelled". Raidió Teilifís Éireann.
23. (21 December 2011). "Oxegen festival cancelled for 2012". Irish Times Trust.
24. (21 December 2011). "Oxegen 2012 festival cancelled: The Irish festival promises to be back in 2013". [[NME]].
25. (21 December 2011). "The day the music died – Oxegen taking a breather for a year". Independent News & Media.
26. (21 December 2011). "Ireland's largest music festival cancelled for 2012". BBC.
27. (19 December 2011). "Royseven top airplay poll". Raidió Teilifís Éireann.
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33. (28 November 2011). "Window Seats – 'Frozen Bones'". Irish Mechanical Rights Organisation.