


On 19 February, a new batch of acts, including Blondie, Simple Minds, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Bell X1, Des Bishop and Mick Flannery/ John Spillane, were announced for Live at the Marquee in Cork.On 16 February, the 20-store Irish music retail chain, Golden Discs, entered examinership with debts of €9.5 million.

David Holmes won an IFTA for his Hunger score, whilst Maria Doyle Kennedy won in the Best Supporting Actress category for her part in The Tudors. On 15 February, the Irish Film and Television Awards took place in the Burlington Hotel in Dublin.Also on 13 February, ten more acts were announced for Oxegen 2009: Pete Doherty, Razorlight, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Elbow, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Ting Tings, White Lies, Fight Like Apes, Pendulum and Jason Mraz.On Friday, 13 February, the Irish-owned music channel Bubble Hits burst.On 12 February, RTÉ 2XM featured the world premiere of the title track from U2's No Line on the Horizon album.The dates were February 10 at the O 2 in Dublin and February 11 at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast. The Priest Feast Tour featuring Judas Priest, Megadeth and Testament played two Irish shows in February 2009, prior to the start of its seven-concert UK run.On 5 February, the reformed Blur were announced as one of Oxegen 2009's headliners in what will be their only Irish appearance of the year and their first in Ireland since three shows in the Olympia Theatre, Dublin in 2003.On 1 February, the Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO) took over the administration of the rights of the Irish mechanical rights society, MCPSI.These were Snow Patrol, Katy Perry, Bloc Party and The Script. On 30 January, four more acts were announced for Oxegen 2009.It was the second consecutive year in which this occurred. Also on 28 January, Kings of Leon became the first act scheduled to appear at Oxegen 2009 to be announced.On 28 January, the 2009 Meteor Music Awards was launched and the nominations announced.The missing gear was recovered within 48 hours. On 20 January, it was reported that thousands of euro worth of equipment owned by the band Fred had been stolen from their van parked across from Anglesea Garda Station in Cork, just as the band were to begin a North American tour.On 19 January, Dave Fanning conducted the worldwide premiere of the U2 single " Get on Your Boots" on The Colm & Jim-Jim Breakfast Show on RTÉ 2fm.They played " Pride (In the Name of Love)", a song which references the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., and " City of Blinding Lights".

