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
NME Awards with Oasis becoming the first band in the modern era to win three awards. Again in 1996 Oasis won four awards - Best Band, Best Live Band, Best Album ("(What's the Story) Morning Glory?") and Best Single ("Wonderwall"). Later in the decade major winners were the Manic Street Preachers (4 awards in 1999) and Blur (3 awards in 2000). In 2002, the awards reflected the "NME"s support for the "New Rock Revolution" Garage Rock revival, with The Strokes winning three awards ("Best New Act", "Best Album" and "Band of the Year"). After the 2002 awards an article on telegraph.co.uk reported