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 Dardanelles (band) The Dardanelles (band) The Dardanelles are a Canadian folk music group from Newfoundland and Labrador. Led by vocalists and guitarists Tom Power and Matthew Byrne, the band also includes Emilia Bartellas on fiddle, Aaron Collis on accordion and Rich Klass on bodhran and percussion. The Dardanelles formed in 2005, and released their self-titled debut album in 2009, and received a nomination for Best Instrumental Album at the 2010 East Coast Music Awards. Their second album, "The Eastern Light", followed in 2011, and received two nominations for Group Recording of the Year and Roots/Traditional Group Recording of the Year at the