2010 in European music

2010 in music

By location

Canada – Europe – Great Britain – Ireland – Sweden – Japan – New Zealand – United States

By genre

Alternative, country, electropop, heavy metal, hip-hop, opera

By topic

List of albums released in 2010 List of albums by Japanese artists released in 2010

The following is a list of notable events and releases that occurred in 2010 in mainland European music.

Contents 1 Events 1.1 February 1.2 May 1.3 July 1.4 December 2 Groups reformed 3 Groups disbanded 4 Albums set to be released 4.1 January 4.2 February 4.3 March 4.4 April 4.5 July 4.6 September 4.7 Unspecified date 5 Top hits on record 6 Classical 7 Deaths 8 See also 9 References

Events

February

• 12 – Jesper Strömblad, Quits, In Flames.

May

• May 8–9 – Collective premiere of the 21 works of the Klang cycle by Karlheinz Stockhausen takes place in Cologne, Germany, by members of musikFabrik and others, in 176 individual concerts, as part of the MusikTriennale Köln.^[1]
• May 29 – The Final of the 55th annual Eurovision Song Contest took place in Oslo, Norway. It was won by 19-year old singer Lena Meyer-Landrut, singing Satellite and representing Germany.
• Rock in Rio Festival returns to Lisboa, Portugal and Madrid, Spain.

July

• Toto are temporarily reforming for a short tour through Europe in honor of their former bassist Mike Porcaro, who suffers from ALS.^[2]

December

• Norwegian group A-ha will break up following a world tour.

Groups reformed

• WIZO ^[3]
• Sôber ^[4]

Take That

Groups disbanded

• A-ha ^[5]
• Scorpions
• Turbonegro

Albums set to be released

January

January 20

• Waiting For the Bells by Joel Alme^[6]

Unspecific date

• Sons of the System by Mnemic^[7]

February

8

• The Underworld Regime by Ov Hell^[8]

February 9

• Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice, Chapters 1–13 by HIM^[9]

February 19

• Grosse Freiheit by Unheilig

February 23

• Work by Shout Out Louds ^[10]

February 24

• We Are The Void by Dark Tranquility^[11]

March

8

• Belus by Burzum

15

• The Longest Year by Katatonia

April

7

• Threnody by Engel

April 9

• Vom Vintage verweht by Dendemann

21

• Road Kill by The Haunted

July

2

• The Panic Broadcast by Soilwork

July 13

• Excavations of the Mind by Sky Architect

20

• The Sledgehammer Files: The Best of Soilwork 1998-2008 by Soilwork

September

20

• In Live Concert at the Royal Albert Hall by Opeth

22

• Abrahadabra by Dimmu Borgir

September 27

• Fall from Grace by Infernal

28

• A Thin Shell by October Tide

Unspecified date

• Blood of the Nations by Accept ^[12]
• Untitled by Blind Guardian ^[13]
• Untitled by Blindside^[14]
• Henzi by Kraftwerk ^[15]
• Sting in the Tail by Scorpions^[16]
• Untitled by Valkyrja^[17]
• Untitled by WIZO^[18]
• Untitled by Lena Katina^[19]
• The Seven Temptations by Doda
• Untitled by Anna Vissi

Top hits on record

Classical

• Hans Werner Henze – Der Opfergang, for choir
• Magnus Lindberg – Al largo for orchestra
• Wolfgang Rihm – Gegenstück for bass saxophon, percussion and piano (revised version)

Deaths

• March 10 – Peter Van Wood, 82, Dutch guitarist, singer, songwriter, actor and astrologer.
• March 16 – Ksenija Pajcin, 32, Serbian singer.
• August 20 – Charles Haddon, 22, Lead singer of British synthpop/electropop group 'Ou est le swimming pool'

See also

• 2010s in music

References

1. ^ Othmar Gimpel (ed.), Karlheinz Stockhausen, KLANG, 8. und. 9. Mai [Unpaginated programme booklet] (Cologne: MusikTriennale Köln, 2010); Olaf Weiden, "Kölner Musiktriennale: Wie klingt eigentlich Klang?" Kölnische Rundschau (May 9, 2010).
2. ^ http://www.toto99.com/blog/news.php
3. ^ http://www.wizo.de/
4. ^ http://www.soberweb.com/
5. ^ [1]
6. ^ https://www.bengans.se/popup/JOEL_WAITING_CD/se.aspx
7. ^ http://studio.sonsofthesystem.com/hello-world/
8. ^ http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=129098
9. ^ "HIM: New Album Artwork, Release Date Revealed". Blabbermouth.net. November 22, 2009. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/BLABBERMOUTH.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=130833. Retrieved November 22, 2009. 
10. ^ http://trianglemusic.blogspot.com/2009/10/shout-out-louds-to-release-work-in.html
11. ^ [2]
12. ^ http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=53004
13. ^ http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=130385
14. ^ http://www.blindsideonline.com/
15. ^ http://consequenceofsound.net/2009/10/07/kraftwerk-plans-new-album-for-2010/
16. ^ http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_releases/scorpions_release_new_album_early_2010.html
17. ^ [3]
18. ^ http://www.wizo.de/
19. ^ http://www.lena-katina.com/

Preceded by 2009

European Music 2010

Succeeded by 2011