Win tickets to Snow Patrol with the Meteor Choice Music Prize

Meteor Choice Music PrizeDelighted to be involved in this. It’s the Meteor Choice Music Prize 2012, announced today. You can win tickets to an exclusive Snow Patrol gig in Dublin’s Button Factory on November 1 – all it takes is a comment.

Having helped out with the Choice Music Prize last year, I’m delighted to be working with them on next year’s event (Thursday 8 March 2012), now sponsored by Meteor.

There are also exclusive gigs beforehand that you can win tickets to, including Snow Patrol’s intimate gig in the Button Factory on November 1.

Press release details:

Today Meteor announced a three year title sponsorship deal of the Meteor Choice Music Prize – Irish Album of the Year, with Broadcast Management & Events. After a long successful association with music, the operator’s latest sponsorship focuses on home grown bands and artists that are making their mark within the industry.

The Choice Music Prize was established to highlight and promote the work of Irish musicians. It is unique in that the judging process focuses simply and solely on the music, as opposed to sales or airplay. The Meteor Choice Music Prize, Irish Album of the Year will be selected by well know music industry experts, with the winner receiving €10,000.

The short list of nominees will be announced on 11 of January 2012.

The winning album will be selected at the Meteor Choice Music Prize live event in The Olympia, Dublin on Thursday 8th March 2012.

The event will be broadcast live in a special Paul McLoone Show on Today FM with exclusive behind the scenes content and highlights of the gig through Meteor’s Facebook page

Meteor and Choice Music Prize also today announced a series of exclusive events to celebrate the best of Irish music

The first will take place on 1st November when Meteor Choice Music Prize Presents… an evening with Snow Patrol in the Button Factory, Dublin.

Tickets to this exclusive gig can only be won via Meteor’s Facebook page , its twitter profile,  and through www.meteorgoodiebag.ie.

Snow Patrol will play tracks from their new album along with fond favourites from their back catalogue of worldwide hits.

The 7th annual prize will once again celebrate and acknowledge the best in Irish recorded music. The prize has become one of the highlights of the Irish musical calendar since its inception in 2005 and is awarded to the Irish Album of the Year, as chosen from a shortlist of ten releases by a panel of eleven Irish media professionals.

The winning act will receive a cheque for €10,000 courtesy of the Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO) and Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA), as well as a specially commissioned award by Recorded Artists and Performers (RAAP). HMV are the retail partners for the project while Culture Ireland will fund the attendance of key overseas delegates at the event.

The Meteor Choice Music Prize website has published a comprehensive list of Irish albums released in 2011. It already represents the biggest number of releases in a year since the inception of the award.

The recipients of the Choice Music Prize thus far are as follows:

  • 2010: Two Door Cinema Club – Tourist History (Kitsune)
  • 2009: Adrian Crowley – Season of the Sparks (Chemikal Underground)
  • 2008: Jape – Ritual (Co-Op Records)
  • 2007: Super Extra Bonus Party – Super Extra Bonus Party (Alphabet Set)
  • 2006: The Divine Comedy – Victory for the Comic Muse (Parlophone)
  • 2005: Julie Feeney – 13 Songs (Julie Feeney)

If you’d like to win tickets to the Snow Patrol gig, check Meteor’s Facebook page or leave a comment below. Winners will be chosen at random and emailed.

175 Responses to Win tickets to Snow Patrol with the Meteor Choice Music Prize

  1. Colin Magill on said:

    Can i win tickets please?! snow patrol are brilliant!!!

    • Please, please can I win tickets-my friend is a huge fan and she’ll kill me if she doesn’t get to go!

    • David Nolan on said:

      I am a gigantic Snow partrol fan and would relish the opportunity to
      attend what promises to be a very enjoyable intimate event for
      true fans of this great band

  2. Ooh would definitely love to be considered for this má sé de thoil é ;)

  3. Would love to win tickets:) x we had chasing cars as our first dance when we got married x

  4. Noel O'Brien on said:

    Would love to win these.. :)

  5. Jennifer Behan on said:

    Would love to see Snow Patrol ! ;)

  6. Paula Kavanagh on said:

    Would really love this prize….

  7. adrienne o connor on said:

    snowpatrol rocks .

  8. Michael Holland on said:

    Would love the chance to see Snow Patrol. Heard their live show is fantastic.

  9. I would really love this prize, fingers crossed! I was meant to see Snow Patrol a few years back in France but they cancelled and I still haven’t managed to see them!

  10. Eileen Drew on said:

    Would love to win these!

  11. Audrey Murphy on said:

    Class prize. Would love it :)

  12. Trevor Nicholson on said:

    Would be an ideal present for my wife !

  13. Conor Murphy on said:

    Count me in for the tickets comp, would love to go!

  14. Aimee Nicholla on said:

    My favourite Band, I would love to win.

  15. didnt manage to get tickets for their gig in january so would love this :)

  16. Philip Kelly on said:

    Snow Patrol are amazing and they really showcase the best in Irish music

  17. I’d love to win these :)

  18. It would be a dream come true to see Snow Patrol in such a small venue! You would make my year! Please please PLEASE pick me!

  19. Please can I win

  20. Can I have some tickets plz?

  21. Mary Byrne on said:

    Oh I would so love to go! It’d make my year…..I absolutely love them!!! <3

  22. Count me in. Would love to go

  23. Would very much love to attend this gig. Snow Patrol know how to put on a show that leaves the gig goer wanting for more. This girl needs her next SP fix ;)

  24. SweetenedVoices on said:

    Love the fellas. Very very very much. Getting to the Nov 1st gig would make my month :D

  25. Len Carolan on said:

    Seen em way back at Witness, would love to see them play an acoustic gig :D

  26. God…love snow patrol!!!

  27. Ashley Archbold on said:

    I’d love these, LOADS! :-)

  28. CHARMAINE ARCHBOLD on said:

    me and ashley, wooooooooooo ! :-)

  29. Jack Squibb on said:

    I would seriously do anything to get my hands on a ticket for this and i’m not exaggerating!

  30. I adore these guys, they put on such a good show they leave you wanting more. Would love another chance to get my Snow Patrol fix :D

  31. These tickets would make my year!!

  32. Would love to see Snow Patrol in a smaller venue.

  33. Caoileann on said:

    I would love to win snow patrol tickets soooooooo much!

  34. Would love to win these!

  35. Irene O Mahony on said:

    Pick me! Pick me! Pick me!!!

  36. Well done for being asked to work at next year’s event and thanks for posting the information about the Snow Patrol gig in Dublin. Exciting times!! Sounds like a fantasitc one-off gig…what I would give to be there ;)

  37. Siobhán O'Sullivan on said:

    Please pick me – would be a perfect birthday present!

  38. Would love to win these tickets, please?

  39. PLEASE PLEASE PICK ME! Would really love to go! :)

  40. Jacinta Rowley on said:

    Would really love to win these tickets, pretty please!!

  41. I will have a friend for life if I win this prize!

  42. Jennifer Lundberg on said:

    I’d absolutely “keel over” if I won tickets to this! :-D

  43. Would love to win these tickets :D

  44. Please pick me!!:)

  45. I’d love these tickets!

  46. I NEED these tickets……please

  47. Oh please please – this would be marvelous.

  48. The first time I saw snow patrol was in the temple bar music centre when they were promoting songs for polar bears in 99. It would be great to see them there again five albums on…

  49. Nicola Walsh on said:

    Dyin’ to see Snow Patrol!

  50. Would love to be able to go to this gig, I’ve been a fan of SP ever since their debut single, Starfighter Pilot but have never seen them do an acoustic gig live. It’s always been a dream of mine to see them do a gig like this in a small intimate venue. Thanks for the competition! :)

  51. tricia boyle on said:

    would love to go see snow patrol.

  52. Fergal Moran on said:

    Would love to win!!!

  53. Mark Broomfield on said:

    Snow Patrol’s new single “This Isn’t Everything You Are” is amazing, can’t listen to it enough!! To win tickets to Snow Patrol in the Button Factory would be phenomenal yay.ie…. What a wonderful competition and prize… Would love to win this!

  54. Beatrise on said:

    Count me in! :)

  55. Sorcha Coll on said:

    I would love to go. Snow Patrol are CLASS.

  56. Eoin Kilkenny on said:

    Amazing band and venue – would love to go!

  57. What a fab competition, would absolutely love to see Snow Patrol in a venue that size again….it’s been way too long!!

  58. Hey- I am SP’s biggest fan- please pick me!

  59. Simone Ernst on said:

    SP are my favourite band ever and It would mean the wolrd to me if I would be able to go.

  60. lorraine sewell on said:

    would love to go, snow patrol rule!!!!!!

  61. Mollie May Sewell on said:

    I’d love to win!

  62. Going to this gig would be a dream come true!

  63. What a brilliant christmas pressie it would be for my husband who is a big fan.

  64. Anne Maxson on said:

    I know the winner is selected randomly, but I’m an American student currently living in Ireland with an undying love for Snow Patrol! It would be so awesome to see the winning email in my inbox, knowing that I am not only in the great country of Ireland, but going to see a great band as well! I can only hope I get chosen.

  65. Id love to win the tickets! My other half is Snowpatrol crazy and it would make a awesome surprise! :D Please pick me!

  66. I have had a bit of an obsession with Snow Patrol since I was like 15 – i would give my first born child in return for this chance!

  67. Alan Stears on said:

    I’m having no luck with the EuroMillions so I figure it’s only fair I get these Snow Patrol tickets.

  68. noelle sousa on said:

    just simply wow or what!!!!!!! x

  69. Would love to go to this gig,favourite band of all time, since Songs for Polar Bears! please can I have the tickets!

  70. Would love to go & see Snow Patrol!! I’d certainly be shouting “yay!” a lot if I won…so it would be great advertising for you ;-)

  71. Jenny Caffrey on said:

    Please please give me the tickets. I will bequeath you with my first born child in return (although you may be waiting a while-I’m currently childless!)

  72. aoife sharkey on said:

    Have seen these guys twice and they’re frickin’ awesome. Would love to see them up close and personal

  73. Me please!

  74. Siobhán on said:

    Would love to win these tickets!

  75. oisin o'connell on said:

    I’d love the tickets please

  76. chloe falk on said:

    guys- snow patrol are my favourite band in the world! im walking down the isle to signal fire! would kill kill kill for these tickets- please!

  77. chloe dalton on said:

    would love to gfo- amazing band! would be just what i need a break from study/reality with my favourite band!

  78. im really dying to win these! would love to go! me and my best friend lindsay ( who id bring if i won ) absolutly LOVE snow patrol!

  79. annemarie on said:

    would love to win these

  80. please please please!!!!!

  81. Would Love love love to go to this!!!

  82. Have been a fan of these guys for years, since the pre-Final Straw days. Rare to get an opportunity to see them in such an intimate setting these days…have seen them on manys a big stage – Oxegen, the O2, T in the Park, Ward Park and would give my right arm (well, maybe not literally) to win these tickets to see them up close. My fingers are crossed!

  83. Have been a fan of Snow Patrol for years & would love to see them live again, would definitely make my year!!!

  84. Cillian O'Connell on said:

    PLEASE PICK ME!!! I am Snow Patrol’s biggest fan – have been following them since 1999 in Glasgow – this would be truly fantastic. PLEASE!!!!

  85. God I’d love to go to this, Snow Patrol are amazing live!! Great competition!

  86. These boys are true poets – would love to be there! Thank you for the competition :)

  87. Lisa Mansfield on said:

    Please pick me, it would be just amazing to see them play at the Button Factory!

  88. Jennifer Arthur on said:

    Aw i’d love to go

  89. I’m a cool mother of 2, who absolutely loves Snow Patrol. Please help to get out!

  90. Joseph Duffy on said:

    What a prize. They are simply brilliant. Their acoustic set in the Olympia two years ago was the best gig I’ve ever been to.

  91. Linda Morris on said:

    Go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on ;)

  92. James Bernard on said:

    I know I sound like pain in the hole,
    But please pick me to go to Snow Patrol!

  93. Lorcan Byrne on said:

    The Choice music pize is a great launch pad for bands in Ireland. keep up the good work.

  94. Leesha Curran on said:

    Because I’m worth it :)

  95. Josephine M on said:

    Snow Patrol’s big breakthrough single was Run, co-written by Lightbody and friend Iain Archer. A great prize from an admirer

  96. cassie dunne on said:

    plz can i have some tickets please :)

  97. ashling crowe on said:

    i would love to snow patrol there are my number one fan and always love them thanks

  98. sarah wade on said:

    I just can’t miss it

  99. marc tobin on said:

    just say yes.

  100. I heart Snowpatrol!

  101. I went to London last month to see them and that’s the 4th time I’ve left the country to go to one of their gigs, last year i went to both their gigs on arthurs day and the year before saw them three times in one week, i think that makes me worthy ! ( and a bit sad ). The button factory is a great venue and it would be class to see them there. Put my name in the pot !
    Thanks

  102. Alexander on said:

    Brilliant competition. A great Irish band and a great venue. Please let me attend :)

  103. Lucy Smith on said:

    Love Snow Patrol! Their songs remind me of so many things!

  104. I’m keeping all my fingers and toes crossed that you pick me!

  105. Yes please – fingers, toes & eyes crossed

  106. Please, please can I win these tickets!! I cant afford to see them next year and I’m a huge fan so I would LOVE to win these tickets. Thanks!

  107. linda Mc Gilloway on said:

    My daughter Cathy’s birthday that week it would be a wonderful present for her as she is a huge fan .xxx

  108. Would absolutely love to win these tickets, I’m a huge fan and would love the oppertunity to see them in an intimate setting, as it is where they preform best… so PICK ME PRETTY PRETTY PLEASE:) You’ll make my year!!!

  109. Would love to see Snow Patrol – please pick me

  110. Hilary Devine on said:

    Great venue would love to see them play here

  111. Helen McDermott on said:

    Would love to win tickets to Snow Patrol – really love them

  112. kieran Pepper on said:

    would love to win them please

  113. Megan Pepper on said:

    love to win them for my dad to go for his birthday

  114. Sara Wilson on said:

    Love Snow Patrol, their songs have happy memories for me

  115. Would love to win the tickets!

  116. Cathy McGrath on said:

    I would love to win these tickets. It would be a great surprise for my friends birthday and a nice treat for me :-)

  117. Puh Lease, Puh Lease, Pick meeeeeeeeeee!!xx

  118. Would give anything for Snow Patrol tickets! No one loves them as much as meeee!! :)

  119. Michelle Browne on said:

    Would love to win tickets to see Snow Patrol – they’re my favourite band of all time and I clould do with some cheering up at the moment x

  120. Paula Duffy on said:

    I would sell my dog to get to this gig. (that might be a bit of a rash decision, I love my dog),
    Actually I would sell my sister’s dog to get to this gig.

  121. Gearoid O Foighil on said:

    Me please !

  122. Would love to get to see Snowpatrol again

  123. Niamh O'Riordan on said:

    Heya, I won one pair of tickets yesterday but I entered through meteor mobile internet and ye didn’t ask anywhere for contact details so I was just wondering how ye contact us? My email is there anyway and I’d be happy to give ye my number through email to prove that it is me. Thanks again dudes! =]

  124. Janine Drew on said:

    me please!:) would love to see them:D

  125. comment!

  126. Ian Caldwell on said:

    HOLY FRICKING MOLEY I CANT SAY HOW MUCH I WANT THESE TICKETS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  127. rachael Neville on said:

    Open your eyes then I would stop chasing cars , just say yes and please make me the happiest snow patrol fan .I really would love to win these tickets :)

  128. Aoife Donovan on said:

    Snow Patrol are my favourite band, like ever :) Can I please have some tickets? :)

  129. wowitskev on said:

    Please ticket my face off! It would make my year.

  130. Micheál Ó Dufaigh on said:

    There is a great website called Yay!
    Snow Patrol tickets they’re giving away
    So I’ll beg and I’ll plead
    Get down on my knees
    cause I want to be there on the day

  131. Ruth Cahill on said:

    Pick me Pick me!

  132. Claire Blackmore on said:

    ME ME I Love Snow Patrol!

  133. The Button Factory is such an amazing venue to see such a great band!! Will keep my fingers and toes crossed to win : )

  134. jenniferheffernan@hotmail.com on said:

    please can i win tickets?????plllleeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasssssssssssssssssssseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

  135. I never seen them live, will be briliant to go. Any chances?

  136. Amy Bennett on said:

    Please enter me also.

  137. Lovely prize, please count me in!! thank you

  138. hey I am snow patrols biggest fan please please please let me win these :) xxx

  139. Nejla Ozerkman on said:

    Would love tickets to Snow Patrol’s intimate gig. I’ve only ever had the chance to see them in a crowd of thousands! So this would be special. Thanks :)

  140. I would love to win these tickets :)

  141. Can i win tickets please?! snow patrol are brilliant!!!

  142. my sister in laws sister will arrange for me to be strung, drawn and quartered after a good long public whipping which will open with a fine old-time tar and feathering preceded by a jolly stint in an iron maiden if i dont bring her to this concert. please help. bx

  143. would love tickets please!

  144. Would love to win these tickets it would be a huge honour to be picked to go and I would be forever grateful

  145. Would really love to see Snow Patrol, they bring back excellent memories of travelling around Thailand & Australia in 2005!

  146. Geraldine on said:

    Was lucky enough to get tickets to the intimate gig in Assembly Rooms in 2008. Left Norn Iron early flight and headed for Scotland. On arrival with our tickets turned out the sound desk was where our seats should have been. Lady took us to our new seats (we were thinking right bet it’s gonna be the worst seats in the house) but no she marched us up to the VERY FRONT row…..First gig I have been at where I could actually see! Best ever. Memories with me for a long time! Would love to go to another gig like this again. So memorable! XO

  147. Alana Fisher on said:

    please pick me, i will drive down in a second! :D

  148. David Loughran on said:

    really want these tickets pleaseeeeee

  149. Just throwing my name in the hat! Would much prefer to see them in a smaller venue rather than the O2.

  150. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE I WOULD LOVE TO GO SO MUCH !! ive been having such a bad time at the moment, this would be the perfect pick me up please pick me! i love yay.ie!!!!

  151. chloe falk on said:

    would love to win AM A HUGE FAN!
    signal fire is my fave! <3

  152. chloe falk on said:

    would really enjoy this gig so wud love tickets

  153. PLEASE!

  154. TICKETS!

  155. Love Snow Patrol, please please send them this way… :)

  156. wow would love to go!

  157. caroline on said:

    would love to win love snow patrol

  158. Would absolutely love tickets for the gig of the year.

  159. Darryl Murphy on said:

    My Girlfriends 20th birthday is the day before the 31st of October… She loves Snow Patrol and our song is a snow patrol song… Would really really make her birthday the best ever.. and keep me on her good side for another year :) please if you have tickets left :(

  160. My Girlfriend claims she’s Gary Lightbody’s fiancee! I’d like to check ;-) (would even make my way from Munich to Dublin for that)

  161. macneicc@tcd.ie on said:

    I am DYING to get to this intimate Snow Patrol gig.. haven’t seen them since I was 15 in Mandela Hall Belfast all those years ,and years ago and don’t want to have to wait till Jan!! would LOVE TO WIN!!!!

  162. Laura Culliton on said:

    Tickets please :)

  163. TUNES!!!! Brings back great memories listening to their songs….Please! :)

  164. Please i really want snow patrol tickets (: been a fan as long as i can remember! :P

  165. keith Fitzsimons on said:

    Snow Patrol ROCK…….. would love to win tickets

  166. please,please,please,i need,i want,i wish,i hope,i have 2 get these tickets!im a massive snow patrol fan and so is my boyfriend.we wud love 2 spend an intimate nite at an intimate venue singin along 2 all our favorite songs.please mr.meteor make dis possible 4 us xxxxxxxxxxxxx.

  167. alan butler on said:

    biggest fan eva.dnt leave me down chief,

  168. fiona brazil on said:

    ah go on,go on,go on!if i dnt win,ul make me cry!xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

  169. Please please include me in your competition today. <3 Snow Patrol.

  170. Tell me you’ll open your eyes and realise that I need to win these tickets to see Snow Patrol!!!!!!!! I love them!

  171. Ireland is such a fantastic place, surrounded in beauty and celtic mystery! But, hey, its also the origin of some of the worlds greatest music too, both song and dance. We have influenced artists and music producers the world over.

  172. Katherine Benson on said:

    Please please let me win these tickets! Would mean so much to a poor student to get to go to such an intimate gig with such an amazingly talented band!!

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