RT Choice Music Prize Live Event Line-up

RT Choice Music Prize Live Event Line-up

The line-up for this year's RT Choice Music Prize Live Event, in association with IMRO & IRMA, was announced this morning on RT 2fm. Acts performing to date at Vicar St on Thursday 9th March include:

All Tvvins | Bantum | Wallis Bird | Katie Kim | Overhead, The Albatross | Rusangano Family and We Cut Corners.

Tickets for the Choice Music Prize live event are available at all Ticketmaster outlets and at http://www.ticketmaster.ie priced 26.50 including booking fee.

The Irish Album of the Year 2016 shortlist can be listened to in full on the RT Choice Music Prize website www.choicemusicprize.ie and on www.2fm.ie/rtechoicemusic. The winning album will be announced at the live event on Thursday 9th March. As part of the new partnership with RT , the event will be broadcast live on RT 2fm in a special four-hour extended programme from 7-11pm and on RT 2 as part of a special RT Choice Music Prize TV programme, approximately one week later.

The winning act will receive 10,000, a prize fund which has been provided by The Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO) and The Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA). All of the shortlisted acts will receive a specially commissioned award.

RAAP, Culture Ireland, The BAI & Golden Discs are also official project partners.

Culture Ireland will fund the attendance of influential overseas Industry executives to attend the Choice Music Prize Live Event, while Golden Discs will feature special stands showcasing the RT Choice Music Prize nominees across their stores nationwide from next month.

Shortlist:

All Tvvins IIVV (Warner Music)

Bantum Move (Self Released)

Wallis Bird Home (Mount Silver / Caroline International)

The Divine Comedy Foreverland (Divine Comedy Records)

Lisa Hannigan At Swim (Play It Again Sam)

Katie Kim Salt (Art For Blind Records)

James Vincent McMorrow We Move (Faction Records)

Overhead, The Albatross Learning to Growl (Self Released)

Rusangano Family Let The Dead Bury The Dead (Self Released)

We Cut Corners The Cadences Of Others (Delphi)

RT Choice Music Prize Irish Song of The Year 2016

The shortlist for the RT Choice Music Prize Irish Song of The Year 2016 will be announced on Wednesday 1stFebruary, 2017 on RT 2fm's Tracy Clifford Show. A Special event featuring exclusive performances from Song of the Year nominees will be held that evening in Dublin's Workman's Club.

Stay up-to-date with the latest RT Choice Music Prize news on RT 2fm and by following @choiceprize, @rte2fm, @rte and @rte2 on Twitter and Facebook and @explorerte and @rte2fm on Instagram using #rtechoiceprize. For Snapchat updates, follow @rte2fm.

LINK:	http://www.rte.ie/about/en/press-office/press-releases/2017/0125/84755...
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