2008 in British Music - Events

Events

  • 31 January – Laura Attwood of the King Edward VI School in Morpeth wins the second Eileen Bowler Award.
  • 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 finalist Andy Abraham's song "Even If" wins the BBC's Eurovision: Your Decision 2008 show, and is thus chosen to represent the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 final in Belgrade, Serbia.
  • 31 March – theJazz radio station stops broadcasting.
  • 3 May – Girls Aloud begin their Tangled Up Tour in Belfast, UK.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 1–9 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 and Zodiac for Orchestra, as well as late-night performances, lectures, and master classes.
  • 6 November – Michael Tilson Thomas makes his Philadelphia Orchestra subscription-concert conducting debut.
  • 9 December – Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon say that Blur will reunite for a concert at Hyde Park on July 3, 2009. Tickets for the concert sell out within two minutes of release, and Blur announce another date on July 2, 2009.
  • 13 December - Alexandra Burke wins the fifth series of The X Factor.

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