Part of a series of articles on |
Popular music in Ireland |
---|
![]() |
Genres |
Artists |
Awards |
Competitions |
Festivals |
Current festivals:
Defunct festivals:
|
Venues |
Indoor theatres: Outdoor venues:
Smaller venues: |
Recording Studios |
Media |
Publications: Radio programming: Television programming:
|
Timeline |
By location |
---|
By genre |
By topic |
| |||
---|---|---|---|
+... |
This is an, as yet, incomplete summary of the year 2005 in the Irish music industry.
Issue date | Song title | Artist | Source | Sales | Notes |
28 January | "Sideways Down" | The Frames | |||
7 February | "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" | U2 | |||
6 June | "City of Blinding Lights" | U2 | |||
17 June | "Unplayed Piano" | Damien Rice feat. Lisa Hannigan | [2] | ||
__ June | "She's Gone" | JJ72 | |||
__ August | "Coming Home" | JJ72 | |||
30 September | "Bigger Than Me" | Bell X1 | |||
11 October | "All Because of You" | U2 | |||
24 October | "Freewheel" | Duke Special | |||
__ November | "Original of the Species" | U2 | |||
7 November | "Fix The Cracks" | Humanzi |
Date unknown
The 2005 Meteor Awards were held on ???, 2005. Below are the winners:[16]
Award | Winner(s) |
Best Irish Male | Paddy Casey |
Best Irish Female | Juliet Turner |
Best Irish Band | Snow Patrol |
Best Irish Album | Final Straw (Snow Patrol) |
Best New Irish Act | The Chalets |
Best Irish Pop Act | Westlife |
Best Live Performance | The Killers (Oxegen 2004???) |
Best Irish DJ | Ray D'Arcy |
Hope for 2005 | Angel of Mons |
Best Folk/Traditional | Planxty |
Best International Male | Morrissey |
Best International Female | PJ Harvey |
Best International Band | Franz Ferdinand |
Best International Album | ? |
Industry Award | John Hughes |
Lifetime Achievement Award | Aslan |
Humanitarian Award | Adi Roche |
The Choice Music Prize did not exist this year.