Bad Seeds headlined the Dublin Castle event on May 3, Radio Soulwax headlined on Sunday May 4 and The Kooks headlined on Monday May 5. Garden Party 2008 Garden Party was due to be held at Ballinlough Castle in Athboy, County Meath in June. However, it was shelved. Indie-pendence '08 Castlepalooza '08 Lovebox Weekender Solas Festival Bud Rising Bud Rising Spring: The lineup for Dublin's Bud Rising April weekend (April 9–13) featured The Streets, Hard-Fi, The Raveonettes, The Ting Tings, Maps, Erol Alkan, Future of the Left, Fight Like Apes and Hadouken!, amongst others. April 9 – Channel One played support to Hard-Fi at The Olympia. April 10 – Boom Jackson played support to The Raveonettes at The Village. April 12 – Choice Music Prize winners Super Extra Bonus Party performed at Whelan's and Cap Pas Cap played support to The Ting Tings at The Village. Bud Rising Street Party took place on Saturday, April 12 outdoors at George's Dock on Custom House Quay in Dublin, with Mix Master Mike, DJ Morgan and live graffiti man Maser as well as headliners, The Streets. Live at the Marquee Cois Fharraige Slane 2008 Slane 2008 was cancelled for the second time in three years. Lord Henry Mountcharles said he couldn't find the right act to play Slane Castle this year. There will instead be a smaller concert at the estate in August, possibly for up and coming Irish bands. Mountcharles resisted pressure to book two major acts for Slane in 2008. With pals desperately trying to persuade him to sign up one of the rock bands, he stood firm saying they were not up to scratch. Hard Working Class Heroes 2008 Music awards 2008 Meteor Awards The 2008 Meteor Awards took place in the RDS Simmonscourt on Friday February 15, 2008. Below are the winners: Choice Music Prize The Choice Music Prize for Irish Album of the Year 2007 was awarded at Vicar Street to Super Extra Bonus Party for the album Super Extra Bonus Party LP on February 27, 2008. References External links IMRO website IRMA website Hot Press website State website MUSE.ie CLUAS.com News at Phantom FM Music at The Irish Times Music at the Irish Independent Music news and album reviews at RTÉ