from Showbiz Ireland

Irish rock giants U2 and The Cranberries are expected to play this years Irish Meteor Music Awards in Dublin along with Westlife, The Corrs and Samantha Mumba.

The Irish comic Patrick Kielty launched the awards recently in Dublin and is expected to host the show this year in place of Ed Byrne who hosted the show last year when Elton John performed with Ronan Keating.

The awards will be held in Dublin Point Theatre on March 4th and shown on Irish TV.

This year's event will sell over 1,000 tickets to record companies and private companies to raise cash for the charities involved with the awards.