Overview of the events of 2008 in British music
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This is a summary of 2008 in music in the United Kingdom.
Events 31 January – Laura Attwood of the King Edward VI School in Morpeth wins the second Eileen Bowler Award.[ 1]
20 February – The 2008 BRIT Awards ceremony is hosted by Ozzy , Sharon , Kelly and Jack Osbourne , at Earls Court in London.
26 February – The Return of the Spice Girls tour comes to a close in Toronto.
28 February – The Shockwaves NME Awards 2008 ceremony is held at The O2 in London. Winners include The Enemy , The Killers , Klaxons , Manic Street Preachers and Radiohead .
1 March – The X Factor Andy Abraham 's song "Even If " wins the BBC's Eurovision: Your Decision 2008 Eurovision Song Contest 2008 final in Belgrade , Serbia .
31 March – theJazz radio station stops broadcasting.[ 2]
3 May – Girls Aloud begin their Tangled Up Tour in Belfast , UK.[ 3]
8 May – The Classical BRIT Awards ceremony is hosted by Myleene Klass .
10–11 May – The Give It A Name 2008 festival is held at Earls Court , London, UK.[ 4]
24 May – Andy Abraham represents the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 final in Belgrade , Serbia . The UK entry receives just fourteen points and comes joint last, raising questions over the United Kingdom's future in the contest.
3 July – Opening of the O2 Wireless Festival in Hyde Park, London , UK.[ 5]
11–13 July – The 2008 T in the Park festival takes place at Balado , in Perth and Kinross , Scotland. Headlining acts included The Verve , Rage Against the Machine , R.E.M. , and the Kaiser Chiefs .
25 September – Former Beatle Paul McCartney performs at Tel Aviv park, his first performance in Israel since The Beatles were banned from the country in 1965.
1 October – the Society for the Promotion of New Music merges with the British Music Information Centre (BMIC), the Contemporary Music Network and the Sonic Arts Network to create a new organisation to promote contemporary Music in the UK called Sound and Music .[ 6]
1–9 November – The Southbank Centre in London presents "Klang: A Tribute to Stockhausen ", a festival curated by Oliver Knussen , with a series of concerts focusing on works from the composer's last decade, including the world premieres of Urantia Zodiac for Orchestra [ 7]
6 November – Michael Tilson Thomas makes his Philadelphia Orchestra subscription-concert conducting debut.[ 8]
23 November - Richey Edwards , original guitarist with Manic Street Preachers is officially declared "presumed dead", having been missing since February 1995.
29 November – The premiere of Judith Bingham 's Shakespeare Requiem takes place in Leeds Town Hall.
9 December – Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon say that Blur will reunite for a concert at Hyde Park on 3 July 2009. Tickets for the concert sell out within two minutes of release, and Blur announce another date on 2 July 2009.[ 9] [ 10]
13 December – Alexandra Burke wins the fifth series of The X Factor . JLS are named runner-ups, while Eoghan Quigg and Diana Vickers finish in third and fourth place respectively.
UK Charts
Classical music
Opera
Music awards
Brit Awards
The 2008 Popjustice £20 Music Prize was awarded to Girls Aloud – "Call the Shots "
Record of the Year
British Composer Awards
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Ivor Novello Awards
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Deaths 30 January – Miles Kington , bassist, 66
28 February - Mike Smith , singer and producer (The Dave Clark Five ), 64 (pneumonia )
12 March – Alun Hoddinott , composer, 78[ 13]
21 March - John Noble , baritone, 77
24 March – Neil Aspinall , music industry executive, 66 (lung cancer)
29 March – Allan Ganley , jazz drummer, 77
15 April - Brian Davison , drummer (The Nice ), 65
24 April - Tristram Cary , composer, 82
25 April – Humphrey Lyttelton , jazz musician and radio presenter, 86
29 April – Micky Waller , drummer, 66
17 May – Wilfrid Mellers , musicologist and composer, 94
28 May – Danny Moss , jazz saxophonist, 80
30 May - Campbell Burnap , jazz trombonist and broadcaster, 68 (cancer)
1 July - Mel Galley , guitarist (Whitesnake , Trapeze , Finders Keepers , and Phenomena ), 60
7 July – Hugh Mendl , record producer, 88
14 August – Lita Roza , singer, 82
7 September - Peter Glossop , opera singer, 80
10 September – Vernon Handley , conductor, 77[ 14]
12 September - Marjorie Thomas , contralto, 85
15 September – Richard Wright , keyboardist (Pink Floyd ), 65
10 October - Dave Wright (The Troggs ), 64
11 October - Russ Hamilton , singer, 78
13 October – Gus Chambers , vocalist, 52
4 November - Alan Hazeldine , conductor and pianist, 60[ 15]
12 November – Mitch Mitchell , drummer (The Jimi Hendrix Experience ), 62
23 November
24 November - Michael Lee , drummer (The Cult ), 39 (epileptic seizure)
15 December - Davey Graham , guitarist, 68
See also
References
^ Anon., "Top Music Award for Morpeth Girl", The Morpeth Herald (31 January 2008).
^ BBC News: "Two GCap digital stations closed", 11 February 2008. Retrieved 10 October 2012. ^ unattributed (5 May 2008). "Material Girls Aloud" . metro.co.uk. Retrieved 26 August 2008 . ^ (unattributed) (16 May 2007). "It may not have a name, but it certainly has a purpose" . NME/IPC Media. Retrieved 23 May 2008 . ^ unattributed (2008). "O2 Wireless Festival" . Live Nation (Music) UK Limited. Archived from the original on 5 June 2008. Retrieved 1 September 2008 . ^ "On Sound and Music" . ISSUU . Retrieved 28 June 2014 .^ "News: Stockhausen Tribute in the UK", Computer Music Journal 33, no. 2 (2009): 6.
^ Dobrin, Peter (8 November 2008). "After 23 Years, a Return to Phila". The Philadelphia Inquirer . p. E04. ^ Paine, Andre. "Blur Reuniting, Unveils London Show Plans" . billboard.com . 9 December 2008.
^ "Blur confirm massive outdoor show" . BBC. 9 December 2008. Archived from the original on 12 December 2008. Retrieved 10 December 2008 .^ "British Composer Awards: Ceremony Archive. Accessed 2 February 2013" . Archived from the original on 28 February 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2013 .^ MusicRadar: "2008 Ivor Novello Awards winners announced." Accessed 2 February 2013 ^ Lewis, Geraint (14 March 2008). "Alun Hoddinott: Prodigy who became a prolific composer and patriarchal figure in Welsh music" . The Guardian . Retrieved 6 February 2011 . ^ John Amis (12 September 2008). "Vernon Handley" . The Guardian . Retrieved 19 August 2019 .^ Anonymous obituary, The Times (22 November): Features, p. 89.
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