2006 in Irish music

This is a summary of the year 2006 in the Irish music industry.

Summary

January

February

March

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Bands formed


Bands disbanded

Bands reformed

Albums & EPs

A total of 180 Irish albums were released in 2006.

Below is a list of notable albums & EPs released by Irish artists in Ireland in 2006.
This list of songs or music-related items is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

Release date unknown

Singles

Below is a list of notable singles released by Irish artists in Ireland in 2006.
This list of songs or music-related items is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
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 [28]
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 [29]
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

Festivals

Oxegen 2006

Electric Picnic 2006

Hi:Fi Ireland

Heineken Green Energy

The 11th Heineken Green Energy Festival at Dublin Castle was headlined by Snow Patrol who played on April 29.[30] 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.[31] 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.[32]

Garden Party 2006

Indie-pendence 06

Bud Rising

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.

Download Festival

Live at the Marquee

Slane 2006

Music awards

2006 Meteor Awards

The 2006 Meteor Awards were held on February 2, 2006. Below are the winners:[36]

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

Choice Music Prize

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.

References

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