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This article gives details on 2004 in music in the United Kingdom.
Summary
Brian McFadden
decided to leave the band.
Numerous acts released
I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!, Peter Andre re-released his 1996 hit single Mysterious Girl, this time getting to the top spot. Twenty years after the original, the Band Aid single Do They Know It's Christmas?
was re-recorded and was the best-selling single of the year, holding the Christmas number 1 spot. The song sold over a million copies in a month.
The most successful British pop acts of 2004 were
McFly whose first two debut singles entered at number one, and Natasha Bedingfield, who topped the singles, album and download charts. The 2004 Children in Need single was "I'll Stand by You". Former S Club star Rachel Stevens continued with her solo career, reaching the top 3 with the Sport Relief track "Some Girls
".
In the classical world,
Snape Maltings as part of the Aldeburgh Festival
.
Events
- BBC 6 Music.
- in Las Vegas. Originally scheduled for 75 performances, it will run for 248 shows over five years, including twenty-four tour dates in Europe.
- are among the winners.
- 1 March – Johnnie Walker returns to his Radio 2 drivetime show following a nine-month break while he received treatment for cancer.[1]
- 10 March – George Michael announces that Patiencewill be his last commercially released record. Future releases will be available from his web site in return for donations to his favourite charities.
- 13 March – Charles Ngandwe, performing as Paul Robeson, wins the fifteenth series of TV talent show Stars in Their Eyes. The edition is also the last to be presented by Matthew Kelly, who had announced the previous day that he would be leaving the series.[2]
- 23 May - 30 years after his death, Nick Drakeenters the top 40 for the first time, with "Magic", it reaches No.32 on the Official Singles Chart.
- 4 June – Karl Jenkinssigns a 10-year recording deal with EMI.
- Classic Gold Digital for playing songs by Cliff Richard, against station policy.
- 25 June – Eric Clapton sells his famous guitar "Blackie" at a Christie's auction, raising $959,000 to benefit the Crossroads drug rehabilitation center that he founded in 1998.[3]
- 30 June - The Libertines perform without Pete Dohertyand refuse to let him rejoin the band due to his continuing drug problems.
- first series of Strictly Come Dancing.[4]
- 10 July – Ex-S Club star Rachel Stevens sets a world record for completing the fastest promotional circuit in just 24 hours- including a run for the charity Sport Relief.
- 12 November – Over a thousand people attend the funeral of John Peel (who died suddenly on 25 October aged 65 from a heart attack on a working holiday in Cusco, Peru) at St Edmundsbury Cathedral in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, including many of the artists he championed. Eulogies are read by his brother, Alan Ravenscroft, and DJ Paul Gambaccini. The service ends with clips of him talking about his life and his coffin is carried out to the accompaniment of his favourite song, the Undertones' "Teenage Kicks".[5] At Peel's request, his gravestone at Great Finborough contains the words, "Teenage dreams, so hard to beat", from the lyrics of "Teenage Kicks".[6]
- 29 November – The BBC announces that Top of the Pops will move from its Friday evening BBC One slot to BBC Two, where it will be shown on Sunday evenings.[7]
- Rowetta Satchellfinish in third and fourth place respectively.
- Carl Barat then announces the split of The Libertines. They would reform in 2010.@SOUTHAMPTON guildhall. The Music performed live on the 25/9/2004
Bands formed
- August – The Unthanks
- Architects
- Bring Me the Horizon
Bands on hiatus
Bands disbanded
- The Beta Band
- The Libertines (until a 2010 reunion)
Television series
- Howard Goodall's 20th Century Greats
- The Genius of Mozart, presented by Charles Hazlewood[8]
Classical works
- Julian Anderson – Symphony
- Harrison Birtwistle – Today Too, for tenor, flute and guitar
- Richard Causton – Between Two Waves of the Sea (for orchestra and tape/sampler)
- Alun Hoddinott – Trombone Concerto
- Cameron Sinclair – The Secret of the Universe[9]
Opera
- Thomas Adès – The Tempest (libretto by Meredith Oakes)
- Matthew King – On London Fields (libretto by Alasdair Middleton)
Musical films
- The Phantom of the Opera, directed by Joel Schumacher and starring Gerard Butler
Film scores
- Nick Glennie-Smith – Ella Enchanted
- Nigel Hess – Ladies in Lavender
- The Libertine
- Debbie Wiseman – Arsène Lupin
Deaths
- 3 January – Ronald Smith, 82, pianist
- 12 February – Tushar Makwana, 37, DJ (hit-and-run car accident)[10]
- 13 February – Peter Gellhorn, 91, pianist and conductor
- 23 February – Neil Ardley, 66, jazz pianist and composer
- PiL
- 9 March – Tony Lee, jazz pianist
- 13 March
- Sydney Carter, 89, hymn writer (Lord of the Dance)
- Max Harris, 85, film and TV composer and arranger
- 1 April – Paul Atkinson, 58, guitarist and producer
- 9 April – S. Drummond Wolff, 88, organist, choirmaster and composer
- 9 May – Percy M. Young, 91, musicologist, editor, organist, composer, conductor and teacher
- 27 May – Denis ApIvor, 88, modernist composer
- 5 June – Iona Brown, 63, violinist and conductor
- 26 June – Muriel Angelus, 95, singer and actress
- 15 July – Ena Baga, 98, pianist and theatre organist
- 31 August – Carl Wayne, 61, vocalist (The Move)
- 9 September – John Buller, 77, composer[11]
- 19 September – Kenneth Sandford, 80, operatic baritone
- 25 October – John Peel, 65, British DJ and broadcaster (heart attack)
- 13 November – John Balance, 42, experimental musician and lyricist (Coil)
- 2 December – Alicia Markova, 94, ballerina
- 14 December – Sidonie Goossens, 105, harpist
- 21 December – James Clifford Brown, 81, singer, organist and composer
- 23 December
- John W. Duarte, 85, composer
- Ifor James, 73, horn player and teacher
Music awards
BRIT Awards
The
2004 BRIT Awards
winners were:
- Best British Male Solo Artist: Daniel Bedingfield
- Best British Female Solo Artist: Dido
- Best British Group: The Darkness
- British Breakthrough: Busted
- Best British Single: Dido – "White Flag"
- Best British Album: The Darkness – "Permission to Land"
- Best British Dance Act: Basement Jaxx
- Best Pop Act: Busted
- Best British Urban Act: Lemar
- Best British Rock Act: The Darkness
- Best International Female Solo Artist: Beyoncé
- Best International Male Solo Artist: Justin Timberlake
- Best International Group: The White Stripes
- International Breakthrough Artist: 50 Cent
- Best International Album: Justin Timberlake – "Justified"
- Outstanding Contribution: Duran Duran
Mercury Music Prize
The 2004
Mercury Music Prize was awarded to Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand
Popjustice £20 Music Prize
The 2004 Popjustice £20 Music Prize was awarded to Rachel Stevens for her song Some Girls from the album Funky Dory.
The Record of the Year
Thunderbirds" by Busted
.
See also
- 2004 in British music charts
- 2004 in British radio
- 2004 in British television
- 2004 in the United Kingdom
- List of British films of 2004
References
- ^ "DJ Walker back after cancer fight". BBC News. 15 February 2004. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
- ^ "Street trio bid farewell to Kelly". BBC News. BBC. 14 March 2004. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
- ^ "Clapton's Guitar Sells For $959,000". Contactmusic.com. 25 June 2004. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
- ^ "Kaplinsky wins TV dancing contest". BBC News. BBC. 4 July 2004. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
- ^ "Entertainment | Thousands mourn Peel at funeral". BBC News. 12 November 2004. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
- ^ "John Peel on the Undertones | Film". The Guardian. London. 12 June 2002. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
- ^ "Top of the Pops leaves BBC One". BBC News. BBC. 29 November 2004. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
- ^ BBC Press Office. Accessed 24 October 2014
- ^ "British Composer Awards shortlist honours top 30". The Stage. 12 November 2004. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
- ^ "DJ died after 'chasing burglars'". BBC News. BBC. 6 December 2004. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
- ^ Wainwright, Martin (18 September 2004). "John Buller". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 17 June 2018.