On Friday 11 October RTÉ 2FM will join with radio stations from France, UK, Belgium, Germany, Sweden and The Netherlands to host Europe’s Biggest Dance Show.
The marathon dance show kicks off on 11 October at 7pm with an hour from BBC Radio 1 (Annie Mac), who then hands over to other European Broadcasting Union radio stations for each country to present one hour. At 11pm 2FM’s DJ Jenny Greene will host one hour of live dance music with guest DJ sets from renowned Irish DJs George Feely and Sunil Sharpe.
Proud to have commissioned this short video for our 2fm Ceol collaboration.
350,000 copies of CEOL 2018 le hEoghan McDermott landed in schools on September 26th
With a spoken word introduction from Irish actress Saoirse Ronan and multi platinum artist Macklemore, the album was delivered to every school in the country on Wednesday September 26th where download codes was shared with thousands of third level students.
Massive amount of work done by @CnaG and @RaidioRiRa alongside Eoghan & 2fm team!
The line-up for CEOL 2018 le hEoghan McDermott, a compilation of some of the biggest songs of this year recorded by their original artists as Gaeilge has been announced today. Collectively, the original versions of these popular songs have accumulated over half a billion hits on Spotify – and now they are available in Irish!
Mark Prendergast, Kodaline said:
“Myself and Steve started the band in the Gaeltacht, so we’ve always had a deep love and affinity for the language. We were delighted to be involved in CEOL this year, the scale of the album and the calibre of other artists involved make it one of the most exciting things to happen to the language in a long time.”
Danny O’Reilly, front man of The Coronas said:
“We love taking part in CEOL and we get a huge reaction when we sing one of our songs as Gaeilge anywhere in the world – people really connect with them. I hope that our song Nílimid Bréagach (We Couldn’t Fake It) on CEOL 2018 and all the other amazing tracks on the album will inspire people to use more Irish especially this year during Bliain na Gaeilge”
Eoghan McDermott, RTÉ 2FM presenter and CEOL 2018 curator said:
“I’m so excited to announce the CEOL 2018 line-up. It’s one hell of a list and includes Kodaline, John Gibbons ft Soulé, Picture This, JP Cooper, Gavin James, The Coronas, Parson James, Wild Youth & loads more fantastic artists. We are especially honoured that after the untimely passing of Dolores O’Riordan, The Cranberries have very kindly gifted us the use of the original backing track for Linger, which has been recorded beautifully by Sibéal. The album has been in the making for over a year now, and the whole process has been phenomenal. In the last week of production, tracks were being recorded in Dublin, London, LA and New York, which is awesome. Mega excited to share it with everyone!”
Full Tracklisting for CEOL 2018 is:
1. Fáilte go CEOL – Saoirse Ronan agus Macklemore
2. Picture This – Is Sinne Óg (When We Were Young)
3. JP Cooper – Amhrán an Fhómhair (September Song)
4. Kodaline – Ag Fadú d’Aidhme (Follow Your Fire)
5. John Gibbons ft Soulé – Spéaclaí Gréine sa Bháisteach (Sunglasses in the Rain)
6. Gavin James – I gCónaí (Always)
7. Wheatus – Stócach Brocach (Teenage Dirtbag)
8. The Academic – Do Chroí Anocht (Bear Claws)
9. Parson James – Muid a Ghoid an Seó (Stole the Show)
10. Hudson Taylor – Mothaigh Arís É (Feel It Again)
11. The Coronas – Nílimid Bréagach (We Couldn’t Fake It)
12. Wild Youth – Mé Sáite Ann (Can’t Move On)
13. Chasing Abbey – Labhair Liom (Talk To Me)
14. Delorentos – Insan Nóiméad (In the Moment)
15. Sibéal with The Cranberries – Fuarú (Linger)
16. Seo Linn – Bain an Glas
17. Nóra agus Jade – Fuil na nÓg (Winners of BEO 2017)
CEOL 2018 has been compiled by Conradh na Gaeilge and Raidió Rí-Rá in conjunction with RTÉ 2FM as part of Bliain na Gaeilge. The album will be made available on CD and via digital download. This is the thirteenth edition of the annual album with the first album originally launched in 2005. The album has proven to be hugely popular with young people and it is also is an excellent resource in classrooms and for language learners. The album is being supported by An Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta, Foras na Gaeilge and the Department of Culture, Heritage and Gaeltacht.
RTÉ 2fm is proud to announce that we will host a ‘2fm Rising’ stage at this year’s Body&Soul Festival in Ballinlough, Co. Westmeath on Friday 22 June.
‘2fm Rising‘ is dedicated to championing new Irish artists that we believe in for the year ahead. The Rising list is a curated list of artists and acts to listen to in 2018 allowing the station to bring these artists to listeners’ attention and share their music on air and online. As a public service media station for the Irish youth, giving airplay to emerging talent and making new music discovery part of our content plan is at the very core of what we do.
The artists confirmed to play 2fm Rising at Body&Soul are: Ships, Le Boom, Laoise, Lyra, Mango x Mathman, Fontaines D.C, Search Party Animal and DAY_S
Bringing ‘2fm Rising’ to the live Irish stage this summer 2fm believes Body&Soul is the perfect festival in which to curate this unique line-up of explosive new talent on the Irish music scene.
For more on the acts involved https://www.rte.ie/2fm-rising18/
Ships has been announced as the winner of the RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Album of the Year2017 for the album Precession (Ships Music label). The judging panel, made up of Irish music media professionals, deliberated at length tonight before choosing the winning album.
Ships received a cheque for €10,000, a prize which has been provided by the Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO) and the Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA) – as well as a specially-commissioned award.
The winner of the RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Song of the Year was also announced and Chasing Abbey won the prize for their song “That Good Thing”. Decided by the public via the RTÉ and Choice Music Prize websites, fans got behind their favourite song in big numbers.
The sold-out event in Vicar Street was hosted by RTÉ 2FM’s Eoghan McDermott and was broadcast live on the station on a specially extended Louise McSharry show.
RTÉ2will broadcast a one-hour TV highlights programme of the RTÉ Choice Music Prize featuring performances from the acts and interviews by Bláthnaid Treacy on Sunday March 18th at 11pm.
Earlier during the day, the inaugural “Conversations” took place at the Morrison Hotel, a music forum attended by international and Irish industry.
How temporarily changing the name of our radio station helped one of Ireland’s most loved charities.
Cardiovascular disease is Ireland’s number one killer but a temporary tattoo can make a permanent change. #showsomeheart this February and get a tattoo in any Insomnia Coffee Co, Daybreak store or on https://irishheart.ie/
For a one week period 2fm rebranded on-air to Tattoo Fm
The strength of the list previews what an exciting year lies ahead for the Irish music industry. The breath of sounds and styles from these great Irish acts is stunning.
For full details and to hear some of these exciting new Irish acts, log onto 2fm.ie/rising18.
One of our new Irish music initiatives on 2fm is called ‘2fm Rising’. Each week we choose a number of tracks that receive daytime airplay and depending on listener reaction make it to our regular 2fm playlist. The quality this year so far has been nothing short of outstanding.
Here’s 5 of the current batch that we are really excited about.
Well what an unbelievable weekend of music content on RTÉ2fm! Friday saw arguably the world’s biggest music star Ed Sheeran co-present our drive show in a one hour special with Eoghan McDermott. On Sunday U2, in a world exclusive premiered their 2017 version of “Red Hill Mining Town” on the Dave Fanning show to commemorate The Joshua Tree’s 30th anniversary.
Bank Holiday Monday saw 2fm broadcast a new batch of music documentaries, one on Irish singer/songwriter Gavin James and another on “Cork Rocks”, looking back on the Cork music showcases of the 90’s. Finally 2fm as part of Cruinniú na Cásca, a Creative Ireland initiative presented by RTÉ broadcast live from Smithfield Square in Dublin with live performances from a whole host of new Irish acts including The Academic, Soulé, Aine Cahill & many more.
The excitement continues this week with 2fm Live – Jenny Greene & RTÉ Concert Orchestra performing this Friday night at Dublin’s 3 Arena!!
