The Pop Factory Music Awards 2006

Annually televised by ITV Wales, The Pop Factory Music Awards has proved to be a powerful indicator of up and coming Welsh music trends for the following year.

Stereophonics, Lostprophets, Jem, GLC, Bullet for My Valentine and Feeder are all previous winners; some of them getting their first recognition with coveted Pop Factory awards and nominations.

Competition

txt2win exclusive aftershow party tickets!

Just text 'tpf' followed by a space, your nomination for Best Welsh Band, and your name to 60300.
i.e. 'tpf stereophonics daijones'

texts cost 50p + standard network charge [more]

Latest Updates


TPFMA06 a complete Success!

01.12.2006

The Pop Factory Awards are televised on Monday December 11th at 11.20pm, on ITV1 Wales.

For Awards winners and photos from the night, please visit the Ceremony page. You can also download the Winners Digest (pdf) press release.


The Pop Factory Music Awards 2006 once again proved itself the Welsh music event of the year!

Presented by Alex Jones & Colin Francies, the vast majority of Wales’ current hotshots were present, including: The Automatic, lostprophets, Funeral For A Friend, GLC, Bullet For My Valentine, Mike Peters, new kids on the block, The Guns, The Blackout, Viva Machine, and Radio Luxembourg.

After six years, the show finally made the irresistable move from Porth to Cardiff.

The big winners of the day were lostprophets and The Automatic, who won five awards between them. lostprophets took home the award for Best Welsh Band, along with the awards for Best Live Act and Best Album!

Afterwards, the Aftershow kicked off in The Point, with Xfm spinning tunes, Casino Royale providing entertainments, and plenty of artists putting in early bids for next year's Rock n Roll Excess award!

The Point in Cardiff Bay

Thanks for everyone's support. See you next year!

 

txtmsg Competition Winner!

28.11.2006

Congratulations to Laura Williams, our txtmsg competition winner, who wins two VIP tickets to this year's Aftershow Party! Thanks to everyone else who entered :)

The Pop Factory Music Awards 2006 skick off tomorrow evening at 19.00, and the Aftershow begins at 21.00!

 

New TPFMA06 website!

10.11.2006

The Pop Factory Music Awards return for 2006, and we're gearing up for our biggest ceremony yet; starting with our shiny brand new website!

Voted for by the Welsh public, these are the awards that really matter, on behalf of a country that punches well above its weight when it comes to delivering and appreciating fantastic music.

The Pop Factory Music Awards is a chance to honour the brightest and best and pay tribute to an incredibly vibrant and talented nation.

The Automatic performing at last year's Awards ceremony

The Automatic perform last year

Once again, you can vote for your favourite acts using our online poll on the nominations page; and don't forget to vote who you want to win the prestigous Best Welsh Band award - just text us your vote, and we'll enter you into the prize draw for exclusive tickets to the Pop Factory Music Awards 2006 aftershow party!

This year's press release and other PR resources are available through the press page.

Directions to the event (via Google Maps) can be found through map & directions.

We can't wait for this year's show - Make sure you don't miss it!

For all enquiries, please contact us.