2015 in British music

2010s in music in the UK
Number-one singles
Number-one albums
Best-selling singles
Best-selling albums
Summaries and charts
2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014,
2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
2009 2020
Top 10 singles
2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015,
2016, , 2017, 2018, 2019
2009 2020

This is a summary of the year 2015 in British music.

Events

Television series

Publications

Charts

Artists and groups reformed

Groups on hiatus

Groups disbanded

Classical works

Opera

Musical theatre

Musical films

Film scores and incidental music

Film

Television

British music awards

Deaths

References

  1. Glyndebourne website: "Glyndebourne is delighted to announce that Mr and Mrs Gus Christie are expecting a baby in May". Accessed 6 January 2015
  2. "BRIT Awards 2015 Nominations List: Sam Smith, Ed Sheeran and George Ezra lead the way!". Capital FM (Global Limited). 15 January 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  3. "Radio 1's Big Weekend 2015 is coming to Norwich". BBC Newsbeat (BBC). 22 January 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  4. "Brit Awards 2015: Madonna falls off stage". BBC News (BBC). 26 February 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  5. Mark Brown (2015-03-03). "Simon Rattle appointed music director of London Symphony Orchestra". The Guardian. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
  6. "Sarah Brightman to perform Lloyd Webber song in space". BBC News (BBC). 10 March 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  7. Singer Sarah Brightman calls off flight to space station 13 May 2015
  8. "BBC SSO new Chief Conductor announced at launch of orchestra’s 2015/16 season" (Press release). BBC Media Centre. 11 March 2015. Retrieved 2015-03-15.
  9. "Simon Halsey awarded the Queen's Medal for Music". Gramophone. 2015-03-11. Retrieved 2015-03-15.
  10. Classic FM "Julian Lloyd Webber is new principal of Birmingham Conservatoire", 18 March 2015
  11. Vale of Glamorgan Festival. Accessed 6 January 2015
  12. Roxburgh, Gordon (7 March 2015). "Electro Velvet to represent the United Kingdom". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  13. PRIME MINISTER’S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE BIRTHDAY HONOURS LIST 2015. Accessed 28 June 2015
  14. "BBC Cardiff Singer of the World winner is crowned". bbc.com. BBC News.
  15. "Sam Smith's James Bond theme marks UK chart history". BBC. 2 October 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  16. "Peter Sarsfield wins Stars in their Eyes Not Live Final as Frankie Valli". STV News (STV). 17 February 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  17. BBC Media Centre. Accessed 6 January 2015
  18. "Heart TV in breach for too many adverts". Radio Today. 2 February 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
  19. "Reginald D Hunter's Songs of the South, BBC Two, review: 'fascinating'", The Telegraph, 8 March 2015. Accessed 18 March 2015
  20. "Never Mind The Buzzcocks to end after 18 years". BBC News (BBC). 26 May 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  21. BBC Four - Pappano's Classical Voices. Accessed 28 June 2015
  22. "Strictly Come Dancing winner crowned". BBC News (BBC). 19 December 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  23. "Kara Tointon shocks fans with incredible vocals as she plays Maria in The Sound Of Music live". The Mirror. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  24. Boosey & Hawkes. Accessed 9 March 2016
  25. Ivan Hewett (2015-03-15). "London Philharmonic Orchestra and Carolin Widmann, Royal Festival, Hall, review: 'divine'". Telegraph. Retrieved 2015-03-15.
  26. BBC Radio 3, Choral Evensong, 4 March 2015
  27. What's on at Cadogan Hall. Accessed 10 January 2015
  28. Glyndebourne - Events. Accessed 28 January 2015
  29. RADA: The Mirror Never Lies - a new musical. Accessed 4 December 2015
  30. Yamato, Jen (3 March 2014). "Jim Piddock Joins Britpop Comedy Adaptation ‘Kill Your Friends’". deadline.com. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  31. http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jun/09/london-road-serial-killer-film-musical-rufus-norris-interview
  32. Debbie Wiseman official website. Accessed 28 January 2015
  33. "Matthew Cogley dead: The Inbetweeners musician passes away on New Year's Day", Mirror, 3 January 2015
  34. Percival
  35. Margot Moir Of The Moir Sisters Dead At 55
  36. New Romantic pioneer Strange dies
  37. Composer and pianist John McCabe dies aged 75
  38. Chris Rainbow, Singer With Alan Parsons Project and Camel, Dies
  39. Andy Fraser Dies
  40. Singer-songwriter Jackie Trent dies, aged 74
  41. Roy Douglas, composer - obituary
  42. Liverpool musician Pete Wylie heartbroken after death of The Mighty Wah! performer Josie Jones
  43. Music mourns a Great Scot
  44. Dave Ball passed away
  45. Multifaceted Music Critic Andrew Porter Dies At 86
  46. Veteran writer Ronald Hambleton dies at 97
  47. Brian Couzens Businessman who founded the Chandos record label and led the way for independents in the classical music market
  48. Errol Brown dead: Friends of the Hot Chocolate singer say 'he was a gentleman'
  49. Late of the Pier drummer Ross Dawson dies following 'tragic accident'
  50. Flora MacNeil, the "Queen of Gaelic singers", dies at the age of 86
  51. Lynn 'Twinkle' Ripley - Sixties Singer Twinkle Dies
  52. Heaven Vocalist Allan Fryer Dies After Cancer Battle
  53. The Urban Voodoo Machine's Nick Marsh dies at 53
  54. Ernest Tomlinson (1924-2015) has died at 90
  55. Yes Bassist Chris Squire Has Died
  56. Edward Greenfield obituary
  57. John Scott (1956-2015)
  58. Former Scissor Sisters, The Verve and Lisa Stansfield manager Jazz Summers dies, aged 71
  59. Death of a productive British composer
  60. Wayne Bickerton RIP
  61. Specials drummer John Bradbury dies
  62. Rave legend Guru Josh 'committed suicide after battling depression and addictions to cocaine and alcohol'
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