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 Pappy Johns Band to Canadian television audience for being the house band on Aboriginal Peoples Television Networks’ variety program "Buffalo Tracks". The Pappy Johns Band won the award for Best Group/Duo at the 2002 Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards. Band members won three additional awards: for Best Male Artist (Faron Johns); Best Song & Songwriter for Blame It On Monday (Faron Johns); and Best Producer/Engineer (Alec Fraser & Band). In November 2004 the band won Best Blues Album at the 2004 Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards for Full Circle, and they were 2005 Juno Awards nominees for Aboriginal Recording of the Year for "Full Circle".