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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] 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 .
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
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Deaths
30 January – Miles Kington , bassist, 6628 February - Mike Smith , singer and producer (The Dave Clark Five ), 64 (pneumonia )12 March – Alun Hoddinott , composer, 7821 March - John Noble , baritone, 7723 March – Neil Aspinall , music industry executive, 66 (lung cancer)29 March – Allan Ganley , jazz drummer, 7715 April - Brian Davison , drummer (The Nice ), 6524 April - Tristram Cary , composer, 8225 April – Humphrey Lyttelton , jazz musician and radio presenter, 8629 April – Micky Waller , drummer, 6617 May – Wilfrid Mellers , musicologist and composer, 9428 May – Danny Moss , jazz saxophonist, 8030 May - Campbell Burnap , jazz trombonist and broadcaster, 68 (cancer)1 July - Mel Galley , guitarist (Whitesnake , Trapeze , Finders Keepers , and Phenomena ), 607 July – Hugh Mendl , record producer, 8814 August – Lita Roza , singer, 827 September - Peter Glossop , opera singer, 8010 September – Vernon Handley , conductor, 7712 September - Marjorie Thomas , contralto, 8515 September – Richard Wright , keyboardist (Pink Floyd ), 6510 October - Dave Wright (The Troggs ), 6411 October - Russ Hamilton , singer, 7813 October – Gus Chambers , vocalist, 524 November - Alan Hazeldine , conductor and pianist, 60[ 13] 12 November – Mitch Mitchell , drummer (The Jimi Hendrix Experience ), 6123 November
24 November - Michael Lee , drummer (The Cult ), 39 (epileptic seizure)15 December - Davey Graham , guitarist, 68
References
^ Anon., "Top Music Award for Morpeth Girl", The Morpeth Herald (January 31, 2008).
^ BBC News: "Two GCap digital stations closed", 11 February 2008. Retrieved 10 October 2012. ^ unattributed (May 5, 2008). "Material Girls Aloud" . metro.co.uk. Retrieved August 26, 2008 . ^ (unattributed) (May 16, 2007). "It may not have a name, but it certainly has a purpose" . NME/IPC Media. Retrieved May 23, 2008 . ^ unattributed (2008). "O2 Wireless Festival" . Live Nation (Music) UK Limited. Archived from the original on June 5, 2008. Retrieved September 1, 2008 . ^ "On Sound and Music" . ISSUU . Retrieved 28 June 2014 .^ "News: Stockhausen Tribute in the UK", Computer Music Journal 33, no. 2 (2009): 6.
^ Peter Dobrin, "After 23 Years, a Return to Phila.", The Philadelphia Inquirer (November 8, 2008): E04.
^ Paine, Andre. "Blur Reuniting, Unveils London Show Plans" . billboard.com . December 9, 2008.
^ "Blur confirm massive outdoor show" . BBC. December 9, 2008. Archived from the original on December 12, 2008. Retrieved December 10, 2008 .^ British Composer Awards: Ceremony Archive. Accessed 2 February 2013 ^ MusicRadar: "2008 Ivor Novello Awards winners announced." Accessed 2 February 2013 ^ Anonymous obituary, The Times (November 22,): Features, p. 89.
