2009 Meteor Awards 2009 Meteor Awards The 2009 Meteor Music Awards ceremony took place on 17 March 2009 in the RDS, Dublin. It was the ninth edition of Ireland's national music awards. The event was recorded and it aired on RTÉ Two on 18 March 2009. The awards show was hosted by television presenter Amanda Byram. The general public were eligible to vote in eight categories - Best Irish Band, Best Irish Male, Best Irish Female, Best Irish Pop Act, Best Irish Album, Best Irish Live Performance, Best National DJ and Best Regional DJ. AC/DC, Coldplay, Elbow, The Killers and Kings of Leon
The Checks (band) new song "There is a Field", released as a non-album digital download, before recording their self-produced second album "Alice by the Moon" in Auckland in early 2009. "Alice by the Moon" was released in June 2009 to critical acclaim and peaked at number 13 in the New Zealand album charts. In 2010 "Alice by the Moon" was shortlisted for the Taite Music Prize and won Rock Album at the 2010 NZ Music Awards, with the Checks also being nominated for Best Group. The group recorded their third album "Deadly Summer Sway" in 2011 which was also released to favourable reviews.