It was a night of glitz, glamour and belting live performances from a whole gaggle of pop and rock’s finest.
No one threw a Liam Gallagher-esque strop – well, not that we were privy to! – but otherwise the Meteors gave the Brits a serious run for their money.
Hot Press had the great pleasure of spending 30 minutes in the company of Ms. Florence Welch who, as well as picking up the Best International Band gong with the Machine, kicked the show off with a full-blooded ‘You Got The Love’.
David Byrne, Courtney Love, Lady Gaga, Dizzee Rascal, Thom Yorke, My Bloody Valentine and the works of Sir Andrew Lloyd-Webber (she’s a huge fan!) were all discussed in an interview you’ll be able to read shortly in Hot Press.
We also got to spend some quality time with the extremely charming Nofe Liberty who was still in a state of shock following her band Amasis’ winning of the Most Promising Act For 2010. We weren’t in the least bit surprised because their debut ‘Never Yours’ single is a thing of electropop joy.
We’ll have a full ringside report on the Meteors in our next issue, out on Thursday February 25. In the meantime, here are last night’s winners:
Lifetime Achievement Award – Brian Kennedy
Best Radio DJ (National) – Today FM’s Ray Foley
Best Radio DJ (Regional) – Beat FM’s Leigh Doyle
Best Irish Live Performance – The Script
Humanitarian Award – Niall Mellon
Best Irish Male – Christy Moore
Best Irish Band – Snow Patrol
Best Irish Female – Wallis Bird
Best Irish Pop Act – Westlife
Best Irish Album – The Coronas’ Tony Was An Ex-Con
Best Folk/Traditional – Sharon Shannon
Best International Band – Florence & The Machine
Best International Album – Paolo Nutini’s Sunny Side Up
Best International Female – Lady Gaga
Best International Male – Michael Bublé
Best International Live Performance – Leonard Cohen
Industry Award – Lord Henry Mountcharles
Most Promising New Act 2010 – Amasis

Photo: Tony Kinlan