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 a summary of the year 2006 in the Irish music industry.
A total of 180 Irish albums were released in 2006.
Release date unknown
Issue date | Song title | Artist | Source | Sales | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
13 February | "Long Time Coming" | Humanzi | |||
__ February | "Deeper Than Deep" | Boss Volenti | |||
20 February | "St. Christopher" | Ham Sandwich | [27] | ||
13 March | "Flame" | Bell X1 | |||
"Trouble" | The Blizzards | ||||
24 April | "Reconnect" | Director | |||
24 April | "You're All I Have" | Snow Patrol | |||
May | "The Rules" | Delorentos | |||
June | "Ain't No Use" | Boss Volenti | |||
"One is Fun" | The Aftermath | ||||
12 June | "Diva Lady" | The Divine Comedy | |||
17 July | "Diet Pills & Magazines" | Humanzi | |||
24 July | "Chasing Cars" | Snow Patrol | |||
7 August | "Portrait" | Duke Special | |||
14 August | "To Die a Virgin" | The Divine Comedy | |||
"Say No More" | David Kitt | ||||
18 August | "Miss Fantasia Preaches" | The Blizzards | |||
28 August | "Rocky Took a Lover" | Bell X1 | [28] | ||
1 September | "Falling Slowly/No More I Love Yous" | The Frames | |||
September | "Older" | Royseven | |||
29 September | "Come With a Friend" | Director | |||
13 October | "War of Words" | The Blizzards | |||
16 October | "Last Night I Nearly Died (But I Woke Up Just in Time)" | Duke Special | |||
27 October | "Out On a Wire" | Humanzi | |||
27 October | "The People" | Travega | |||
November | "Words" | Ham Sandwich | |||
6 November | "The Saints Are Coming" | U2 (with Green Day) | |||
13 November | "Set the Fire to the Third Bar" | Snow Patrol | |||
27 November | "9 Crimes" | Damien Rice feat. Lisa Hannigan | |||
8 December | "Tinsel and Marzipan" | Pugwash and Friends |
Release date unknown
The 11th Heineken Green Energy Festival at Dublin Castle was headlined by Snow Patrol who played on April 29.[29] Richard Hawley also played that day. The 2006 event also saw Ian Brown and Republic of Loose on April 30 whilst Kaiser Chiefs and Graham Coxon finished off the festival on May 1.[30] With many other acts playing around the city during the weekend as part of the "gig trail/fringe" (i.e. the other music venues around the city), Dublin once again became an international music centre for the duration of the festival.[31]
Bud Rising Spring, Bud Rising Summer and Bud Rising Winter took place in 2006 and as ever both were spread across a vast variety of venues.
The 2006 Meteor Awards were held on February 2, 2006. Below are the winners:[35]
Award | Winner(s) |
---|---|
Best Irish Male | Damien Dempsey |
Best Irish Female | Gemma Hayes |
Best Irish Band | U2 |
Best Irish Album | How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (U2) |
Best New Irish Act | Humanzi |
Best Irish Pop Act | Westlife |
Best Live Performance | U2 (Croke Park 2005) |
Best Irish DJ | Ray D'Arcy |
Hope for 2006 | Laura Izibor |
Best Folk/Traditional | John Spillane |
Best International Male | Kanye West |
Best International Female | Gwen Stefani |
Best International Band | Kaiser Chiefs |
Best International Album | Employment (Kaiser Chiefs) |
Industry Award | Bill Whelan |
Lifetime Achievement Award | The Pogues |
Humanitarian Award | Father Peter McVerry |
The Choice Music Prize for Irish Album of the Year 2005 was awarded at Vicar Street to Julie Feeney for her album 13 Songs on February 28, 2006.