Part of a series of articles on
Popular music in Ireland
Genres
Rock Rebel Hip hop Jazz
Artists
Bands Albums Songs Charts Producers
Awards
Choice Music Prize IMRO Live Music Venue of the Year Awards Irish Music Television Awards Meteor Music Awards
Competitions
Eurosonic
Festivals
Current festivals: Castlepalooza Cois Fharraige Electric Picnic Indie-pendence KnockanStockan Live at the Marquee Oxegen Slane Solas Defunct festivals: Creamfields Download Féile Forfey Garden Party Green Energy Witnness
Venues
Indoor theatres: Ambassador Olympia O2 RDS Outdoor venues: Belvedere House and Gardens Malahide Castle Marlay Park Slane Castle Dublin Castle Phoenix Park Thomond Park Punchestown Racecourse Stradbally Hall Smaller venues: The Academy Eamonn Doran's Róisín Dubh Vicar Street The Village Whelan's
Recording Studios
Grouse Lodge Windmill Lane Studios
Media
Publications: Foggy Notions Hot Press State entertainment.ie Day & Night The Ticket Radio programming: Phantom FM RTÉ 2fm RTÉ 2XM Today FM Television programming: MT-USA 2TV Night Shift Day Shift No Disco Other Voices The Raw Sessions
Timeline
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 (full list)

This is a summary of the year 2012 in the Irish music industry.

Summary

• 11–14 January – Ireland is the "Spotlight Country" at the Eurosonic Festival.^[1]
• 11 January – the shortlist for the Choice Music Prize was announced.^[2]
• 8 March – the Choice Music Prize was awarded at the Olympia Theatre.
• 17 May – Guns N' Roses played The O2.^[3]
• 2–4 June – Forbidden Fruit 2012 took place at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham.^[4]
• 22–23 June – Westlife played Croke Park, in their final ever shows.^[5]
• 23–24 June – the inaugural Westport Festival of Music and Performing Arts took place at Westport House.^[6]
• 26 June – Red Hot Chili Peppers played Croke Park, with support from Noel Gallagher.^[7]
• 30 June
• Aslan played Tallaght Stadium.
• Oxegen, usually held at Punchestown Racecourse in July, did not take place for the first time since its inception in 2004.^[8][9]
• 5 July – The Stone Roses played Phoenix Park as part of their Reunion Tour.^[10] The Irish Independent described it as "one of the most anticipated gigs of the year."^[11]
• 7 July – Swedish House Mafia Phoenix Park concert
• 17 July – Bruce Springsteen performed at the RDS.^[12]
• 24 July – the entertainer Madonna played Dublin's Aviva Stadium as part of her world tour.^[13]
• 23 August – Kasabian and Noel Gallagher performed an outdoor concert at Marlay Park.^[14] There was high security following the Swedish House Mafia Phoenix Park concert disaster of the previous month.^[15] Sound problems marred Noel Gallagher's performance, forcing him off the stage as he attempted to finish his first song.^[16]
• 24 August – David Guetta performed at Marlay Park.^[17]
• 25 August – Van Morrison, Tom Jones and Don Baker/Sinéad O'Connor performed an outdoor concert at Marlay Park.^[17]
• 31 August–2 September – the Electric Picnic took place at Stradbally.^[18]
• 13 September – Paddy Moloney, founding member of The Chieftains, was given Mexico's Ohtli Award, the country's highest cultural award.^[19][20]
• 14 September – Robbie Williams performed at Dublin's O2 in honour of his vow to perform a one-off concert for his Irish fans after technical hitches destroyed his 2006 performance at Croke Park.^[21]