2024 in British music explained

This is a summary of the year 2024 in British music.

Events

January

• 1 January – BBC One sees in the New Year with the concert Rick Astley Rocks New Year's Eve. Rick Astley is joined by various guests, including Rylan Clark with whom he performs a rendition of the Dead of Alive track "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)".^[1]
• 3 January – Data from the British Phonographic Industry shows that female artists enjoyed a record year in the UK Singles Chart, with female artists or groups topping the charts for 31 of 52 weeks, the most since the charts began in 1952.^[2]
• 5 January – Indie rock band The Last Dinner Party are named the BBC Sound of 2024.^[3]
• 6 January – Music researcher Colin Jagger launches an appeal to find the whereabouts of the original score of Gilbert and Sullivan's Utopia Limited, which was sold in 1915 and is believed to be lost.^[4]
• 7 January – At the 75th Creative Arts Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, Foy Vance and Ed Sheeran win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics for "A Beautiful Game", written for the final episode of the TV series Ted Lasso.^[5]
• 8 January – Roger Daltrey announces he will step down as curator of the annual Teenage Cancer Trust gigs held at the Royal Albert Hall following the 2024 events.^[6]
• 10 January – Stevie Spring is appointed Chair of the PRS for Music Board, succeeding Stephen Davidson, who will relinquish the role officially at the organisations' AGM.^[7]
• 11 January – Royal Mail issues a set of 15 stamps featuring the Spice Girls to celebrate their 30th anniversary, the first time a set of UK stamps have been dedicated to a female pop group.^[8]
• 22 January – Birmingham Royal Ballet announces simultaneously the departure of Koen Kessels as its music director on 30 June 2024, and the appointment of Paul Murphy as its next music director, effective 1 July 2024.^[9]
• 24 January
  • Research published by the Music Venues Trust highlights the number of live music venues closing due to financial pressure, with 125 abandoning live music in 2023, half of those closing completely.^[10]
  • Raye is nominated for seven Brit Awards, setting a new record for the most nominations received by a single artist.^[11]
• 29 January
  • Nicki Minaj, 21 Savage, J Hus and Doja Cat are confirmed as headline acts for the 2024 Wireless Festival, scheduled to take place from 12–14 July.^[12]
  • Equity announces an interim agreement with English National Opera that forestalls previously declared intentions of industrial action.^[13]
• 30 January – A report published by the House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee highlights misogyny in the music industry.^[14]
• 31 January
  • The rock band Nothing but Thieves play an exclusive gig for Radio X listeners at London's O2 Forum Kentish Town.^[15]
  • Adele announces plans to hold a series of concerts at a specially built stadium in Munich in August, something she describes as "a bit random, but still fabulous!".^[16]

February

• 3 February – Seventeen grassroots music venues across Wales experiencing financial difficulties are offered £718,000 in Welsh Government funding to help keep them open.^[17]
• 8 February – Kings Place announces the appointment of Sam McShane as its next artistic director, effective 20 May 2024.^[18]
• 11 February – Oasis are nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame alongside other artists including Sinéad O'Connor, Cher and Mariah Carey.^[19]
• 15 February – The BBC reverses its plan to axe its in-house BBC Singers choir,^[20] with a new partnership between the ensemble and the Voces8 Foundation for future sustainability of the ensemble.^[21]
• 16 February – Orchestra members, chorus members, and music staff of English National Opera (ENO) call off their previously intended industrial action for February, after agreement in principle by ENO management to revise their original plans for redunancy and re-engagement of the musicians.^[22]
• 22 February – The London Philharmonic Choir announces that Neville Creed is to retire as its artistic director at the close of the 2024–2025 season, and subsequently to take the title of chorus director emeritus.^[23]
• 23 February – Rapper Wiley, whose real name is Richard Cowie, is stripped of his MBE after sharing abusive and antisemitic social media posts.^[24]
• 26 February – The Royal Mint unveils a collectable coin featuring George Michael.^[25]
• 29 February – Manchester's Co-op Live arena, due to open in April, is chosen as the venue for the 2024 MTV Europe Music Awards on 10 November.^[26]

March

• 1 March
  • Swing Fever, an album of big band standards recorded by Jools Holland and Rod Stewart, reaches number one in the UK album chart, giving Holland his first number one album.^[27]
  • Release of "Dizzy", Olly Alexander's UK entry for the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest.^[28]
  • The annual Cân i Gymru (Song for Wales) contest is held in Swansea, and is won by Sara Davies with the song "Ti".^[29]
• 2 March – The 2024 Brit Awards are take place at London's O2 Arena.^[30] Raye is the biggest winner of the night, winning six of the seven awards she was nominated for, and beating previous records set by Blue, Adele and Harry Styles at a single awards ceremony.^[31]
• 4 March
  • The BBC Concert Orchestra announces the appointment of Matthew Swann as its next Director, effective 27 March 2024.^[32]
  • The Home Office grants visas to the Afghan Youth Orchestra, after public protest at the Home Office's prior refusal of their visa applications just before the start of their scheduled UK tour.^[33]
• 5 March
  • The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra announces the appointment of Sarah Bardwell as its next managing director.^[34]
  • Naxos Music Group and Klaus Heymann announce their acquisition of Chandos Records.^[35]
  • The Royal Philharmonic Society announces the recipients of its 2024 RPS Awards:^[36]
    • Chamber-Scale Composition: Laurence Osborn – TOMB!
    • Conductor: François-Xavier Roth
    • Ensemble: BBC Singers
    • Gamechanger: Sara Lee and the Irene Taylor Trust
    • Impact: Call of the Mountains – Clare Johnston and Drake Music Scotland
    • Inspiration: Derwent Brass
    • Instrumentalist: Jasdeep Singh Degun – sitar
    • Large-Scale Composition: Kaija Saariaho – Innocence
    • Opera and Music Theatre: Chornobyldorf – Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
    • Series and Events: Manchester Classical
    • Singer: Nicky Spence
    • Storytelling: Quartet – Leah Broad
    • Young Artist: Lotte Betts-Dean
• 6 March – The National Opera Studio announces the appointment of Eric Melear as its next artistic director, effective July 2024.^[37]
• 7 March – Blur drummer Dave Rowntree is selected as the Labour Party candidate for Mid Sussex.^[38]
• 10 March – The UK Country Airplay chart, the first ever genre-specific radio chart in the United Kingdom, debuts its inaugural list, with "Creek Will Rise" by Conner Smith claiming the title of first number one single.^[39]
• 14 March – Dua Lipa, Coldplay, SZA and Shania Twain are confirmed as headline acts at Glastonbury 2024.^[40]
• 18 March – The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Mark Wigglesworth as its next chief conductor, effective with the 2024–2025 season, with an initial contract of four years.^[41]
• 19 March
  • Acts are announced for BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend, including Raye, Rag'n'Bone Man, Charli XCX and Aitch.^[42]
  • St John's College, Cambridge, announces that it is discontinuing the St John's Voices, a mixed choir created in 2013 to give sopranos an opportunity to sing in the college chapel.^[43]

April

• 12 April –
  • Oasis re-release their debut single "Supersonic" to coincide with its 30th anniversary. The single included a live recording of the song made at Limelight in Belfast in September 1994.^[44]
  • James McCartney and Sean Ono Lennon release their single "Primrose Hill".^[45]
• 16 April – The Welsh National Opera announces it is cutting back on performances because of cuts in funding from the Arts Council of Wales and the Arts Council of England.^[46]
• 18 April – Coach resale tickets for Glastonbury 2024 go on sale, and sell out in 18 minutes.^[47]
• 19 April – The Brixton Academy reopens for the first time since its licence was suspended after a crowd crush in which two people died in December 2022.^[48]
• 20 April –
  • Co-op Live, the UK's largest indoor arena seating 23,500 and costing £365m to build, opens in Manchester.^[49] The venue is forced to apologise, however, after cancelling some tickets to a test gig with Rick Astley and offers ticketholders affected tickets to another concert.^[50] A series of problems mean the venue's official opening is postponed until 1 May.^[51]
  • All five members of the Spice Girls reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham's 50th birthday.^[52]
• 21 April – The final wave of resale tickets for Glastonbury 2024 sell out within 22 minutes of their release.^[53]
• 23 April – The inaugural Northern Music Awards are held in Manchester.^[54]
• 25 April – Details of the 2024 BBC Proms are announced, with concerts including disco and appearances by Florence and the Machine and Sam Smith.^[55]
• 26 April – Taylor Swift's album The Tortured Poets Department tops the UK Album Chart, and achieves the highest first-week sales in seven years, with sales of 270,000 units.^[56]
• 30 April – 19-year-old music student Patrick Bennett is reported to have becomes the UK's youngest composer after composing music for the second series of BBC One police drama Granite Harbour.^[57]

May

• 1 May – Manchester's Co-op Live venue postpones its opening for a third time.^[58] A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, the artist scheduled to perform, switches his concert to 4 May at the rival Manchester Arena.^[59]
• 2 May – Take That and Keane are among bands and artists to move gigs from the troubled Co-op Live arena amid ongoing technical issues at the venue.^{[60] [61]}
• 9 May – Spotify says music by UK artists generated £750m in royalties on its platform during 2023.^[62]
• 10 May – The Co-op Live arena says it is ready to open after completing safety checks, with Elbow scheduled to perform as the opening act on 14 May.^[63]
• 11 May – Olly Alexander represents the UK at the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest with his song "Dizzy", coming 18th out of 25.^[64]
• 14 May – Manchester's Co-op Live venue finally opens after being beset by problems that delayed its launch.^[65]
• 17 May –
  • Sir Paul McCartney has become the first billionaire British musician according to the 2024 Sunday Times Rich List.^[66]
  • Girls Aloud embark on their concert tour The Girls Aloud Show, which the group called "a celebration of their music", as well as a tribute to deceased member Sarah Harding, who died from breast cancer in 2021.^[67]
• 21 May – Glastonbury Festival reveals two new music venues, the Wishing Well and Scissors, which will make their debut at the 2024 Glastonbury Festival.^[68]
• 22 May – Organisers of the Challenge Festival, scheduled to take place at Bingley on 25 and 26 May, cancel the event, citing "unrealistic demands" being made on them.^[69]
• 24 May – The three-day BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend music festival gets underway in Luton, Bedfordshire, headlined by Chase & Status, Coldplay, Vampire Weekend, and Raye.^[70]

June

• 2 June – The two-day Mighty Hoopla music festival gets underway in Brockwell Park, south east London, headlined by Jessie Ware, En Vogue and Nelly Furtado.^[71]
• 6 June – It is announced that the Birmingham Royal Ballet will perform on the Pyramid Stage at the 2024 Glastonbury Festival on 30 June.^[72]
• 11 June –
  • The alternative indie pop group Easy Life changes its name to Hard Life following a legal threat from the owners of EasyJet.^[73]
  • A 1974 Gibson Les Paul Custom guitar heard in Kate Bush's 1978 song "Wuthering Heights" sells at auction for £21,500.^[74]
• 14 June – Among those from the world of music to be recognised in the 2024 Birthday Honours are composer John Rutter and administrator Roger Wright (CBE), as well as singer Liz Mitchell and Duran Duran's Simon Le Bon, who both become MBEs.^[75]
• 28 June – Dua Lipa plays the Pyramid Stage on the Friday night of Glastonbury 2024.^[76]
• 29 June –
  • Cyndi Lauper returns to Glastonbury, but her set is beset with sound problems that leaves the audience unable to hear her properly.^[77]
  • Coldplay make their fifth Glastonbury appearance, as the Saturday night headline act. The set includes an appearance by the actor Michael J. Fox.^[78]
• 30 June – SZA appears as the Sunday night headline act at Glastonbury, but the performance is troubled by poor sound quality and audience appeal.^[79]

July

• 11 July – Virgin Radio UK is named as the official radio station for CarFest, Latitude Festival and Hardwick Festival.^[80]
• 19 July – The 2024 BBC Proms season begins with a concert in which conductor Elim Chan presents Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks and Clara Schumann's Piano Concerto.^[81]

August

• 9 August – A small number of people are injured following a crowd surge at the Boardmasters Festival in Newquay.^[82]
• 15 August – Ed Sheeran joins Taylor Swift on stage in London as a surprise guest as she begins the final part of the European leg of her Eras Tour.^[83]

Bands disbanded

• Black Lace
• Black Midi
• UFO
• John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
• Magnum
• Dario G^[84]

Bands reformed

• Fairground Attraction
• Girls@Play
• Rizzle Kicks
• Sex Pistols

Classical works

• Thomas Adès – Aquifer^[85]
• Charlotte Bray – A Dark Doorway ^[86]
• Jonathan Dove
  • Togetherness (for string quartet)^[87]
  • Odyssey (text by Alasdair Middleton)^[88]
• Gavin Higgins – Horn Concerto^[89]
• Sir Stephen Hough – Piano Concerto ('World of Yesterday')^[90]
• Dani Howard – Ascent^[91]
• Daniel Kidane – Aloud (violin concerto)
• Freya Waley-Cohen – Spell Book^[92]
• Errollyn Wallen – String Quintet^[93]

New operas

Charts and sales

Number-one singles

The singles chart includes a proportion for streaming.

Chart date (week ending)	Song	Artist(s)	Chart sales	References
4 January	"Last Christmas"		96,653	^[94]
11 January	"Stick Season"		59,000	^[95]
18 January			65,834	^[96]
25 January			72,235	^[97]
1 February			82,424	^[98]
8 February			76,191	^[99]
15 February			71,175	^[100]
22 February			70,862	^[101]
29 February	"Texas Hold 'Em"		59,272	^[102]
7 March			73,280	^[103]
14 March			62,113	^[104]
21 March			53,005	^[105]
28 March	"Beautiful Things"		54,642	^[106]
4 April			57,067	^[107]
11 April	"Texas Hold 'Em"	Beyoncé	58,576	^[108]
18 April	"Too Sweet"		61,030	^[109]
25 April			71,822	^[110]
2 May	"Fortnight"		93,451	^[111]
9 May	"Espresso"		79,627	^[112]
16 May			76,506	^[113]
23 May			75,649	^[114]
30 May			72,898	^[115]
6 June			66,935	^[116]
13 June	"Houdini"		104,803	^[117]
20 June			85,724	^[118]
27 June	"Please Please Please"	Sabrina Carpenter	88,962	^[119]
4 July			75,868	^[120]
11 July			61,495	^[121]
18 July	"Espresso"		54,074	^[122]
25 July			51,679	^[123]
1 August	"Please Please Please"		49,414	^[124]
8 August			46,019	^[125]
15 August	"Guess"		56,709	^[126]
22 August	"Backbone"		58,554	^[127]

Number-one albums

The albums chart includes a proportion for streaming.

Chart date (week ending)	Album	Artist(s)	Chart sales	References
4 January	Christmas		22,020	^[128]
11 January	Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent		8,513	^[129]
18 January	A Matter of Time		17,556	^[130]
25 January	Rolling Stone		18,397	^[131]
1 February	Saviors		31,361	^[132]
8 February	Bitter Sweet Love		16,901	^[133]
15 February	Prelude to Ecstasy		32,846	^[134]
22 February	Stick Season		21,145	^[135]
29 February	Tangk		20,230	^[136]
7 March	Swing Fever		23,950	^[137]
14 March	Liam Gallagher John Squire		39,395	^[138]
21 March	Eternal Sunshine		38,207	^[139]
28 March			16,292	^[140]
4 April	Audio Vertigo		17,658	^[141]
11 April	Cowboy Carter		39,990	^[142]
18 April	All Quiet on the Eastern Esplanade		21,706	^[143]
25 April	Yummy		18,542	^[144]
2 May	The Tortured Poets Department		270,091	^[145]
9 May			49,698	^[146]
16 May	Radical Optimism		46,298	^[147]
23 May	The Tortured Poets Department	Taylor Swift	29,740	^[148]
30 May	Hit Me Hard and Soft		67,111	^[149]
6 June	The Tortured Poets Department	Taylor Swift	40,636	^[150]
13 June			24,495	^[151]
20 June			35,941	^[152]
27 June			17,648	^[153]
4 July	The Secret of Us		22,883	^[154]
11 July	The Tortured Poets Department	Taylor Swift	14,017	^[155]
18 July	Happenings		19,752	^[156]
25 July	The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)		45,063	^[157]
1 August			18,230	^[158]
8 August			10,757	^[159]
15 August	The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess		18,863	^[160]
22 August	This Is How Tomorrow Moves		17,202	^[161]

Number-one compilation albums

The albums chart includes a proportion for streaming.

Chart date (week ending)	Album	Chart sales	References
4 January	Now Christmas	4,557	^[162]
11 January	Barbie the Album	3,236	^[163]
18 January	Wonka	2,760	^[164]
25 January	Now Yearbook Extra 1988	2,821	^[165]
1 February	Now 12" 80s: 1982 Part 1	2,850	^[166]
8 February	The Greatest Showman	2,695	^[167]
15 February	Hazbin Hotel	7,941	^[168]
22 February		7,346	^[169]
29 February		6,801	^[170]
7 March		6,235	^[171]
14 March		5,535	^[172]
21 March		4,978	^[173]
28 March	Now Jukebox Classics	5,376	^[174]
4 April	Hazbin Hotel	3,999	^[175]
11 April		3,708	^[176]
18 April	Now 117	10,351	^[177]
25 April		3,820	^[178]
2 May		2,817	^[179]
9 May	The Greatest Showman	2,766	^[180]
16 May	Now Yearbook 1974	5,030	^[181]
23 May	Eurovision Song Contest 2024	11,589	^[182]
30 May		5,738	^[183]
6 June		3,692	^[184]
13 June	Now Rock Anthems	3,593	^[185]
20 June	Now Yearbook Extra 1974	3,014	^[186]
27 June	The Greatest Showman	2,425	^[187]
4 July		2,278	^[188]
11 July	Now Yearbook 1993	3,468	^[189]
18 July	The Greatest Showman	2,340	^[190]
25 July	Now 40 Years Part 2	3,362	^[191]
1 August		3,118	^[192]
8 August	Now 118	10,008	^[193]
15 August		4,071	^[194]
22 August	The Greatest Showman	2,754	^[195]

Deaths

• 4 January
  • Glynis Johns, 100, South African-born British actress and singer (Mary Poppins, A Little Night Music).^[196]
  • David Soul, 80, American-born actor (Starsky & Hutch) and singer ("Don't Give Up on Us").^[197]
• 5 January – Del Palmer, 71, English singer-songwriter, bass guitarist, and sound engineer.^[198]
• 7 January – Tony Clarkin, 77, English guitarist and songwriter (Magnum).^[199]
• 11 January – Annie Nightingale, 83, English radio DJ and television broadcaster^[200]
• 12 January – David Lumsdaine, Australian composer resident in the UK, 92^[201]
• 16 January – Laurie Johnson, 96, English composer and bandleader.^[202]
• 18 January – Ivan Moody, 59, classical composer and musicologist.^[203]
• 2 February
  • Steve Brown, 66, British composer, lyricist and record producer, pulmonary fibrosis.^[204]
  • Derrick McIntyre, 66, English bassist (Jamiroquai), worked with (Emeli Sande), (Will Young), (Beverley Knight).^[205]
• 4 February – Mallorca Lee, 51, Scottish DJ, producer, (Ultra-Sonic), (Public Domain).^[206]
• 12 February
  • Stewart Robertson, classical conductor, 75^[207]
  • Steve Wright, 69, English radio DJ, television presenter.^[208]
• 14 February – Patrick Ireland, classical violist and founding violist of the Allegri String Quartet, 100^[209]
• 15 February – Ian Amey, 79, English musician and singer (Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich).^[210]
• 22 February – John Lowe, 81, English pianist (The Quarrymen).^[211]
• 10 March – Karl Wallinger, 66, Welsh musician (The Waterboys, World Party) and songwriter ("Ship of Fools").^[212]
• 12 March – James Whitbourn, 60, British composer and conductor.^[213]
• 13 March
  • Dick Allix, 78, British drummer (Vanity Fare) and darts official.^[214]
  • John Blunt, British drummer (The Searchers).^[215] (death announced on this date)
• 14 March – Angela McCluskey, 64, Scottish singer (Wild Colonials) and songwriter ("Breathe").^[216]
• 17 March – Steve Harley, 73, English musician (Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel), songwriter ("Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)", "Mr. Soft") and producer, cancer.^[217]
• 25 March – Chris Cross, 71, English bassist (Ultravox)
• 29 March – Gerry Conway, 76, English drummer and percussionist (Jethro Tull, Fairport Convention, Cat Stevens).^[218]
• 7 April – Chryssie Lytton Cobbold, Baroness Cobbold, 83, British aristocrat and organiser of the Knebworth Festival.^[219]
• 20 April – Sir Andrew Davis, 80, English conductor.^[220]
• 21 April – MC Duke, British rapper.^[221]
• 23 April – Fergie MacDonald, 86, Scottish accordionist.^[222]
• 24 April – Mike Pinder, 82, English Hall of Fame musician (The Moody Blues) and songwriter ("The Best Way to Travel", "A Simple Game").^[223]
• 1 May – Richard Tandy, 76, English Hall of Fame musician (Electric Light Orchestra, The Move).^[224]
• 15 May – John Hawken, 84, English keyboardist (The Nashville Teens, Renaissance, Strawbs).^[225]
• 18 May – Frank Ifield, 86, English-Australian singer, musician
• 2 June - Colin Gibb, 70, English guitarist, singer (Black Lace)
• 7 June – Rose-Marie, 68, Northern Irish singer and television personality.^[226]
• 10 June – Michael Graubart, 93, Austrian-born English conductor, composer and academic
• 11 June – Gaps Hendrickson, British musician and vocalist (The Selecter).^[227] (death reported on this date)
• 17 June – Paul Spencer, 53, English musician (Dario G).^[228]
• 19 June – James Loughran, 92, Scottish conductor.^[229]
• 30 June – Peter Collins, 73, English record producer (Power Windows, , These Days).^[230] (death announced on this date)
• 6 July – Joe Egan, 77, Scottish singer (Stealers Wheel) and songwriter ("Stuck in the Middle with You", "Star").^[231]
• 16 July – April Cantelo, 96, English soprano.^[232]
• 17 July – Heather Wood, 79, English folk singer (The Young Tradition).^[233] (death announced on this date)
• 22 July - John Mayall, 90, English musician, songwriter, producer (John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers).^[234]
• 31 July – DJ Randall, 54, British DJ and record producer.^[235]
• 9 August – Carl Bevan, 51, Welsh rock drummer (60 Ft. Dolls) and painter.^[236] (death announced on this date)
• 16 August – Charles Blackwell, 84, English arranger, record producer and songwriter.^[237] (death announced on this date)

See also

• 2024 in British radio
• 2024 in British television
• 2024 in the United Kingdom
• List of British films of 2024

Notes and References

1. Web site: Colin . Paterson . Rick Astley: Ready to roll into 2024 with BBC One New Year's Eve concert . 31 December 2023 . 1 January 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
2. Web site: Mark . Savage . Female artists dominated 2023 music charts – but new acts are being squeezed out . 3 January 2024 . 3 January 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
3. Web site: Mark . Savage . The Last Dinner Party win BBC Radio 1's Sound Of 2024 . 5 January 2024 . 5 January 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
4. Web site: David . Sillito . Hunt for lost Gilbert and Sullivan opera launched . 6 January 2024 . 6 January 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
5. Web site: Foy Vance and Ed Sheeran win Emmy for Ted Lasso song . 8 January 2024 . 8 January 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
6. Web site: Mark . Savage . Roger Daltrey stepping down as curator of Teenage Cancer Trust gigs . 8 January 2024 . 8 January 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
7. Web site: Stevie Spring CBE appointed Chair of the PRS for Music Board . 10 January 2024 . 11 January 2024 . Radio Today.
8. Web site: Noor . Nanji . Spice Girls to feature on commemorative set of stamps for 30th anniversary . 5 January 2024 . 5 January 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
9. Paul Murphy announced as new Music Director . Birmingham Royal Ballet . 22 January 2024 . 2024-01-25.
10. Web site: Alex . Taylor . Grassroots live music venues suffer 'most challenging year', report says . 24 January 2024 . 24 January 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
11. Web site: Steven . McIntosh . Brit Awards: Raye breaks record as women dominate 2024 nominations . 24 January 2024 . 24 January 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
12. Web site: Riyah . Collins . Nicki Minaj tops Wireless festival line-up with 21 Savage and Doja Cat . 29 January 2024 . 29 January 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
13. News: English National Opera strike suspended as interim settlement agreed . The Guardian . Nadia Khomami . 2024-01-29 . 2024-03-18.
14. Web site: Noor . Nanji . 'Women sit next to abusers at music industry parties' MPs warn . 30 January 2024 . 30 January 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
15. Web site: Nothing But Thieves to play exclusive gig for Radio X . 10 January 2024 . 10 January 2024 . Radio Today.
16. Web site: Yasmin . Rufo . Ian . Youngs . Adele announces 'random' Munich residency . 31 January 2024 . 31 January 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
17. Web site: Maria . Cassidy . Welsh music venues given £718,000 to help secure future . 3 February 2024 . 3 February 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
18. Sam McShane announced as the new Artistic Director of Kings Place . Kings Place . 2024-02-08 . 2024-03-18.
19. Web site: Charlotte . Gallagher . Sinéad O'Connor nominated for Rock & Roll Hall of Fame . 11 February 2024 . 11 February 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
20. Web site: Ian . Youngs . BBC reverses plan to axe BBC Singers choir . 15 February 2024 . 15 February 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
21. BBC statement on the future of the BBC Singers and its Orchestras . BBC Media Centre . 15 February 2024 . 2024-03-18.
22. News: English National Opera musicians call off strike action after agreement reached . The Guardian . Lanre Bakare . 2024-02-15 . 2024-03-18.
23. London Philharmonic Choir Announces Retirement of Artistic Director, Neville Creed; Creed will maintain connection with Choir as Chorus Director Emeritus . London Philharmonic Choir . 22 February 2024 . 2024-03-18.
24. Web site: Mark . Savage . Grime star Wiley loses MBE over anti-Semitic comments . 23 February 2024 . 23 February 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
25. Web site: George Michael coin unveiled by the Royal Mint . BBC . BBC News . 26 February 2024 . 26 February 2024.
26. Web site: Ian . Youngs . Manchester's new Co-op Live arena to host MTV's Europe Music Awards . 29 February 2024 . 29 February 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
27. Web site: Colin . Paterson . Jools Holland 'can't believe' he's scored his first number one, with help from Rod Stewart . 1 March 2024 . 1 March 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
28. Web site: Rachel . McGrath . Eurovision 2024: Olly Alexander releases UK's song contest entry Dizzy . Sky News . 1 March 2024 . 1 March 2024.
29. Web site: Ti by Sara Davies is the winner of Cân i Gymru 2024. en. S4C. 2 March 2024.
30. Web site: Here's the Date of the 2024 Brit Awards . Paul . Grein . 26 September 2023 . 31 October 2023 . Billboard.
31. Web site: Helen . Bushby . Raye: Singer-songwriter makes history winning six Brit Awards . 3 March 2024 . 3 March 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
32. Matthew Swann appointed Director of the BBC Concert Orchestra . BBC Media Centre . 4 March 2024 . 2024-03-18.
33. News: Outcry forces Home Office to allow Afghan youth orchestra to go on England tour . The Guardian . Robert Booth and Nadeem Badshah . 2024-03-04 . 2024-03-18.
34. RPO announces new Managing Director . Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra . 5 March 2024 . 2024-03-18.
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51. Web site: Gemma . Sherlock . Co-op Live Manchester: A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie show set to open arena . 29 April 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 29 April 2024.
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54. Web site: Ian . Youngs . Louis Tomlinson wins at first Northern Music Awards in Manchester . 23 April 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 23 April 2024.
55. Web site: Mark . Savage . BBC Proms 2024 to feature disco night and Florence + The Machine . 24 April 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 25 April 2024.
56. Web site: Taylor Swift's Tortured Poets Department hits number one, breaking records as it goes . 26 April 2024 . 27 April 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
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60. Web site: Jonny . Humphries . Tom . Mullen . Take That move Co-op Live shows to rival arena after chaos. 2 May 2024 . 2 May 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
61. Web site: Jonny . Humphries . Keane cancels Co-op Live date as another act moves . 2 May 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 2 May 2024.
62. Web site: Spotify paid the UK music industry £750 million last year . 9 May 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 9 May 2024.
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68. Web site: Emma . Grimshaw . Glastonbury Festival's new venues The Wishing Well and Scissors . 21 May 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 21 May 2024.
69. Web site: Adam . Laver . Bingley Challenge Festival cancelled days before event due to take place . 22 May 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 22 May 2024.
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73. Web site: Noor . Nanji . Easy Life band renamed Hard Life after EasyGroup legal row . 11 June 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 11 June 2024.
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76. Web site: Mark . Savage . Dua Lipa Glastonbury review: Star manifested dream moment with hit-packed set . 29 June 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 29 June 2024.
77. Web site: Mark . Savage . Cyndi Lauper's Glastonbury performance was beset with sound issues . 29 June 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 29 June 2024.
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79. Web site: Mark . Savage . SZA’s striking set failed to set Glastonbury alight . 30 June 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 1 July 2024.
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83. Web site: Annabel . Rackham . Eras Tour: Ed Sheeran joins Taylor Swift for Wembley show . 15 August 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 15 August 2024.
84. Web site: Nineties dance star Dario G dies, aged 53. BBC News . BBC . 17 June 2024.
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88. News: Odyssey review – Jonathan Dove cantata gives powerful voice to refugee experience . The Guardian . Rian Evans . 29 January 2024 . 2024-03-18.
89. News: BBCNOW/Martin review – Higgins' horn concerto is confident, fluent – and life-enhancing . The Guardian . Rian Evans . 2024-01-15 . 2024-01-25.
90. Web site: Hough premiere proves engaging but luminous Vaughan Williams takes the prize with Runnicles, Utah Symphony . Utah Classical Review . Catherine Reese Newton . 13 January 2024 . 2024-02-08.
91. News: National Youth Orchestra/Elder review – monumental Strauss sees young musicians scale the heights . The Guardian . Tim Ashley . 2024-01-05 . 2024-01-25.
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206. Web site: Mallorca Lee: Ultra Sonic DJ dies after short cancer battle . 5 February 2024 . 10 February 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
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211. Web site: John 'Duff' Lowe, Bandmate of McCartney, Lennon and Harrison in The Quarrymen, Dies . 23 February 2024 . Best Classic Bands . 23 February 2024.
212. Web site: Karl Wallinger (World Party, The Waterboys) Dead At 66 . 11 March 2024 . 11 March 2024 . Stereogum.com.
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219. Web site: Lady Cobbold obituary, chatelaine of Knebworth House . 9 April 2024 . 9 April 2024 . The Times.
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228. Web site: Famous Crewe musician, Paul Spencer, dies of cancer aged 53 . Ryan . Parker . 17 June 2024 . Crewe Nub News . 17 June 2024.
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233. Web site: RIP Heather Wood: outstanding singer, tank driver and wit . Salut! Live . 20 July 2024.
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235. Web site: DJ Randall Has Died . Robin . Murray . 31 July 2024 . 1 August 2024 . Clash Music Magazine.
236. Web site: Peter . Shuttleworth . Carl Bevan: 60ft Dolls drummer and Newport artist dies . BBC News . BBC . 9 August 2024 . 10 August 2024.
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