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This is a summary of the year 2016 in British music .
Events
12 January – Having stipulated that he did not want a funeral ceremony, David Bowie is cremated in New Jersey , USA, with arrangements for his ashes to be scattered in accordance with Buddhist rituals on the island of Bali .[ 1] 13 January – Chetham's School of Music announces the appointment of Alun Jones as its new Head, effective September 2016.[ 2] 28 January – Wigmore Hall live-streams performances for the first time.[ 3] 24 February – The 2016 Brit Awards ceremony takes place at The O2 , presented by Ant & Dec .[ 4] David Bowie is awarded the "Brits Icon" award, a few weeks after his death. Actor Gary Oldman accepts the award on Bowie's behalf.[ 5] 12 May – The Stone Roses release their first new single in 21 years, "All For One", their first new material since their 2011 reformation.14 May – The United Kingdom will compete in the final of this year's Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm , Sweden . This year's Joe and Jake will represent the United Kingdom with their song, You're Not Alone 11 July – Release of Stand As One – Live at Glastonbury 2016 2016 Glastonbury Festival in memory of Jo Cox , the MP recently killed in a violent attack; proceeds from the album will go towards helping Oxfam 's work with refugees, Cox having worked for the charity for some years.[ 6] [ 7] 8 October – The Wind in the Willows Julian Fellowes with music and lyrics by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe , receives its world première at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth .[ 8]
Television series
8 January – Launch of the first series of Lip Sync Battle: UK on Channel 5 , a British version of the American musical comedy television show where celebrities lip sync battle each other to various popular songs.9 January – Launch of the fifth series of The Voice UK BBC .
Charts
Groups on hiatus
Groups disbanded
Classical works
Opera
Musical theatre
Musical films
Film scores and incidental music
Film
Television
British music awards
Deaths
4 January – Robert Stigwood , Australian-born band manager (Bee Gees , Cream ) and film producer (Grease Saturday Night Fever [ 54] 10 January – David Bowie , singer-songwriter and actor, 69[ 55] 17 January – Dale Griffin , drummer (Mott the Hoople ), 67 (Alzheimer's disease)[ 56] 24 January – Jimmy Bain , Scottish bassist (Rainbow , Dio ), 68[ 57] 26 January – Colin Vearncombe (aka Black) , singer-songwriter, 53 (head injuries sustained in a traffic collision)[ 58] 28 January
9 February – Roy Harris , folk singer, 8213 February – Members of Viola Beach :
Kris Leonard, 20, singer and guitarist
Jack Dakin, 19, drummer
Tomas Lowe, 27, bassist
River Reeves, 19, guitarist
Craig Tarry, 32, manager (road accident)[ 61] 18 February – Brendan Healy , 59, actor and musician19 February – Vi Subversa , musician (Poison Girls ), 80[ 62] 25 February – John Chilton , jazz musician and writer, 83[ 63] 1 March – Louise Plowright , musical theatre actress, 59 (pancreatic cancer)[ 64] 3 March – Gwyneth George, concert cellist and music academic, 95[ 65] 8 March – Sir George Martin , Grammy-winning producer and composer, 90[ 66] 9 March – Jon English , English-born Australian musician and actor, 66 (complications from surgery)[ 67] 10 March – Keith Emerson , keyboardist (Emerson, Lake and Palmer ), 71 (self-inflicted gunshot wound)[ 68] 14 March – Sir Peter Maxwell Davies , composer and conductor, Master of the Queen's Music (2004–2014), 81[ 69] 4 April – Royston Nash , conductor, 8212 April – Alan Loveday , violinist, 88[ 70] 15 April – Guy Woolfenden , composer and conductor, 78[ 71] 25 May – Peggy Spencer , dancer and choreographer, 95[ 72] 3 June – Dave Swarbrick , folk musician and singer-songwriter (Fairport Convention ), 75[ 73] 14 June – Henry McCullough , guitarist (Paul McCartney & Wings ), 7222 June
2 July – David Patrick Gedge , organist, 77[ 75] 13 July - Steven Young, musician (Colourbox ), (M/A/R/R/S )), 5317 July - Fred Tomlinson , singer (The Two Ronnies Monty Python's Flying Circus The Lumberjack Song ") and critic, 88[ 76] 24 July - Keith Gemmell , saxophonist, clarinetist (Audience ), 6826 July - Paul Robertson, violinist and leader of the Medici String Quartet , 63[ 77] 29 July - Ken Barrie , voice actor and singer, 83[ 78] 30 July - Nigel Gray , record producer (Outlandos d'Amour [ 79] 14 August – Neil Black , oboist, 84[ 80] 19 August - Derek Smith , jazz pianist, 85[ 81] 22 August - Gilli Smyth , singer (Gong ), 83[ 82] 28 August - John Stenhouse, orchestral bass clarinetist, 74[ 83] 12 September - Hidayat Inayat Khan , composer and conductor, 99[ 84] 30 September - Michael Casswell , guitarist, 53[ 85] 2 October
5 October - Rod Temperton , songwriter, producer and musician (Heatwave ), 687 October - Anne Pashley , Olympic athlete and opera singer, 80[ 88] 23 October - Pete Burns , singer (Dead or Alive ), 57 (cardiac arrest)7 November - Sir Jimmy Young , singer and DJ, 95[ 89] 11 November - George Reynolds, orchestral trumpeter, 78[ 90] 22 November - Craig Gill , drummer (Inspiral Carpets ), 441 December - Micky Fitz , punk singer (The Business )[ 91]
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