Bell X1 Confirm Meteor Awards Performance

...JOINING WESTLIFE, SNOW PATROL, THE SCRIPT, FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE, PAULO NUTINI, PIXIE LOTT, THE CORONAS AND MANY MORE

One of Ireland’s most successful alternative rock bands Bell X1 have just been added to the star studded line up at the Meteor Ireland Music Awards joining Westlife, Snow Patrol, The Script, Florence And The Machine, Paulo Nutini, Pixie Lott and The Coronas as performers on the night. Recognised worldwide as Ireland’s definitive music awards the Meteors will celebrate its ten year anniversary this year at the RDS Friday 19th February.

With four well received and critically acclaimed albums and an ever-growing fan base, Bell X1 have established themselves as one of Ireland's biggest selling recording acts. The band are nominated for 3 awards on the night including Best Irish Band, Best Irish Album and Best Irish Live Performance.

The release of their fourth studio album “Blue Lights on the Runway” saw the group achieve Number 1 here in Ireland with Platinum sales of the first single "The Great Defector".

2009 was a phenomenally successful year for the band including live shows at Benicassim, supporting U2 at Croke Park, sell out Live at the Marquee-Cork, and their fantastic Electric Picnic performance. They have consolidated their position in Europe and made ever more valuable inroads in the North American market via live shows and appearances on David Letterman and Conan O’ Brien. 2010 looks set to be a year of writing and recording in preparation for the 5th record and no doubt promises to be an even more successful year than the last.

The Meteor Ireland Music Awards will be aired by RTE on Sunday 21st February 2010 on RTE 2 at 9pm.

Tickets €40 including booking fee are on sale now from Ticketmaster and usual outlets nationwide. This is strictly an over 16 year's event.

For further information and voting details on this years Meteor Ireland Music Awards logo onto www.meteor.ie