Pic: Toni Ireton

Tuning up their student charm, The Coronas have been announced as headline act for the UCD heat of the Bank of Ireland National Student Music Awards. Universities in Cork, Dublin and Galway will host regional heats in which four bands battle it out for their chance to reach the final in The Village on April 24th, headlined by The Flaws…full contenders, headliners and admission can be found here.

Bank of Ireland’s National Student Music Awards are go! Names are in the ring and gloves are being laced as twelve new bands prepare for battle. Of four bands in three cities, only one will go to the The Village on 24 April with a place in the final.

More details:
www.nsma.ie
www.nsma.hotpress.com
www.myspace.com/nsmaireland

As predicted, 2008’s headline act at the BOI National Student Music Awards on 24th April has been revealed as Monaghan’s vaguest achievers The Flaws. Shaping up for a productive year with a slew of parties and a new tour beginning in Donegal on Feb 8th before results for Meteor awards and the Choice Music Prize nominations are announced later in the month, The Flaws’ local postie must be getting fit under the weight of good-luck cards!

Twelve regional qualifiers for the Students’ Music Award will be announced on February 15th, so get your skates on if you’re a college band with a brand of style: CD/MySpace-link entries are open until 12th February. Lotus Lullaby are confirmed as special guests at the Cork heat, with more to be announced soon.