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See also: Timeline of musical events
This is a summary of the year 2014 in British music.
Events
- 6 January - Sir Thomas Allen is revealed as the winner of the 2013 Queen's Medal for Music.[1]
- 9 January - The list of nominees for the 2014 Brit Awards is published.[2] Nominees for Best British Group are Arctic Monkeys, Bastille, Disclosure, One Direction and Rudimental.
- 19 February - Brit Awards ceremony takes place at the O2 Arena, London.[3]
- 22 March - Kate Bush announces a tour - her first live tour dates since the only tour of her career in 1979.[4]
- 1 April - A 90th birthday concert for Sir Neville Marriner is held by the Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields at the Royal Festival Hall, with soloists Joshua Bell and Murray Perahia.[5]
- 21 April - Ralph Vaughan Williams' "The Lark Ascending" returns to the top spot in the Classic FM Hall of Fame.[6]
- 28 April - Julian Lloyd Webber announces his retirement from playing cello and performance owing to a herniated disc in his neck which has reduced the power of his bowing arm.[7]
- 30 April - Michael Nyman's 70th birthday is celebrated with a concert at London's Southbank Centre.[8]
- 10 May - A judge rules that a music industry investment scheme.[9] in which Gary Barlow and other members of Take That invested heavily was set up for the purpose of avoiding tax. HMRC indicate that they will be pursuing Barlow and others for repayment of the taxes they had sought to avoid paying.[10] Those involved included the band's manager Jonathan Wild.
- 6 July - Audio streaming becomes incorporated into the UK Singles Chart
- 24 September - Jason Orange announces his decision to leave Take That.[11][12]
- 27 September - Katherine Jenkins marries Andrew Levitas at Hampton Court Palace.[13]
- 12 December - The Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, Cats, returns to the West End after an absence of 12 years.[14]
Television series
- April - BBC Four screens Rule Britannia! Music, Mischief and Morals in the 18th Century, presented by Suzy Klein.[15]
- 30 August - The eleventh series of The X Factor begins on ITV.
- 16 November - Dancing Cheek to Cheek, a history of dance presented by Len Goodman and Lucy Worsley, begins on BBC4.[16]
Films
- God Help the Girl, written and directed by Stuart Murdoch.[17] and starring Olly Alexander
Charts
Main article: 2014 in British music charts
Artists/Groups reformed
- Hurricane #1
- The Libertines
- Ride
- S Club 7
- Slowdive
Groups disbanded
- Beady Eye
- Jethro Tull
- Jonathan and Charlotte
- LFO
- LostAlone
- Luminites
- Miss Dynamix
- Morning Parade
- The Move
- Orbital[18]
- Twisted Wheel
Classical works
- Karl Jenkins - The Healer – A Cantata for St Luke[19]
Opera
Film scores and incidental music
- Rupert Gregson-Williams - Postman Pat: The Movie
- David Holmes - '71
- Henry Jackman - Kingsman: The Secret Service
- Edward Shearmur - Before I Go to Sleep
- Gary Yershon - Mr. Turner
British music awards
BRIT Awards
The 2014 BRIT Awards were held on 19 February 2014 at The O2 Arena, London and hosted by James Corden.[20][21]
- Best Producer: Flood and Alan Moulder
- British Breakthrough Act: Bastille
- British Female Solo Artist: Ellie Goulding
- British Group: Arctic Monkeys
- British Male Solo Artist: David Bowie
- British Single: "Waiting All Night" – Rudimental featuring Ella Eyre
- British Video: "Best Song Ever" – One Direction
- Critics' Choice Award: Sam Smith
- International Female Solo Artist: Lorde
- International Group: Daft Punk
- International Male Solo Artist: Bruno Mars
- MasterCard British Album of the Year: AM – Arctic Monkeys
Ivor Novello Awards
The 59th Ivor Novello Awards were held on 22 May 2014 at the Grosvenor House Hotel, London.[22][23]
- PRS for Music Most Performed Work: "Let Her Go" – Passenger (written by Mike Rosenberg)
- The Ivors Classical Music Award: John McCabe
- Best Television Soundtrack: Ripper Street (composed by Dominik Scherrer)
- Best Contemporary Song: "Retrograde" – James Blake (written by James Blake)
- International Achievement: Mumford & Sons
- Best Original Film Score: The Epic of Everest (composed by Simon Fisher Turner)
- The Ivors Inspiration Award: Jerry Dammers
- Album Award: Push the Sky Away – Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (written by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis)
- PRS for Music Outstanding Contribution to British Music: Jeff Beck
- Best Song Musically and Lyrically: "Strong" – London Grammar (written by Dominic Major, Hannah Reid and Daniel Rothman)
- Songwriter of the Year: Tom Odell
- Outstanding Song Collection: The Chemical Brothers
- Lifetime Achievement: Christine McVie
- PRS for Music Special International Award: Nile Rodgers
Mercury Prize
The 2014 Barclaycard Mercury Prize was awarded on 29 October 2014 to Young Fathers for their album Dead.[24]
Popjustice £20 Music Prize
The 2014 Popjustice £20 Music Prize was awarded on 29 October 2014 to Little Mix for their song "Move".
Deaths
- 5 February - Samantha Juste, English-American singer and television host, 69[25]
- 17 February - Frank Wappat, DJ and singer, 84[26]
- 6 March - Marion Stein (Thorpe), British pianist, 87[27]
- 7 April - John Shirley-Quirk, operatic bass-baritone, 83[28]
- 16 April - Stan Kelly-Bootle, songwriter, author and computer engineer, 84[29]
- 18 April - Brian Priestman, conductor (Denver Symphony Orchestra), 87[30]
- 6 May - Antony Hopkins, composer, conductor and pianist, 93[31]
- 7 May - Sir George Christie, manager of Glyndebourne Opera, 79[32]
- 14 May
- Douglas Cummings, cellist (London Symphony Orchestra), 67.[33]
- Jeffrey Kruger, music business executive, 83[34]
- 27 May - Malcolm MacDonald, music critic, 66[35]
- 20 June - David Brown, musicologist and Tchaikovsky specialist, 84[36]
- 9 July
- John Spinks, guitarist and songwriter (The Outfield), 60
- Ken Thorne, English-American composer, 90
- 21 August - Jean Redpath, folk singer-songwriter, 77[37]
- 28 August - Glenn Cornick, bassist (Jethro Tull), 67[38]
- 1 October - Lynsey de Paul, singer-songwriter, 64 (brain haemorrhage)[39]
- 2 October
- Rob Skipper, guitarist (The Holloways), 28[40]
- The Spaceape, hyperdub artist (cancer)[41]
- 6 October - Andrew Kerr, co-founder of the Glastonbury Festival, 80[42]
- 13 October - Mark Bell, house music producer (LFO), 43 (complications from surgery)[43] (death announced on this date)
- 19 October - Raphael Ravenscroft, saxophonist, 60 (heart attack)[44]
- 23 October - Alvin Stardust, singer, 72[45]
- 25 October - Jack Bruce, bassist (Cream), 71[46]
- 31 October - Ian Fraser, composer and conductor, 81[47]
- 6 November - Maggie Boyle, folk singer and musician, 57 (cancer)[48]
- 14 November - Mike Burney, jazz saxophonist, 70[49]
- 15 November - Cherry Wainer, South African-born organist (Lord Rockingham's XI), 79[50]
- 17 November - Jeff Fletcher, guitarist (Northern Uproar), 36[51]
- 20 November - Arthur Butterworth, English composer and conductor, 91[52]
- 3 December - Ian McLagan, keyboardist (Small Faces), 69 (stroke)[53]
- 4 December - Nick Talbot, singer-songwriter (Gravenhurst), 37[54] (death announced on this date)
- 22 December - Joe Cocker, singer, 70[55]
References
- ↑ [BBC News - "Sir Thomas Allen to receive Queen's Medal for Music", 7 January 2014]. Accessed 12 January 2014
- ↑ "Brit Awards nominations 2014: full list", The Telegraph, 9 January 2014. Accessed 12 January 2014
- ↑ Brit Awards 2014 - Official website. Accessed 12 January 2014
- ↑ Guardian music. "Kate Bush announces first live shows since 1979". the Guardian.
- ↑ Academy of St Martin in the Fields - Sir Neville Marriner's Birthday Celebration Concert. Accessed 10 September 2014
- ↑ "Classic FM Hall of Fame 2014". Classic FM. 21 April 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
- ↑ Mark Brown (2014-10-18). "Julian Lloyd Webber 'devastated' over end of cello career". The Guardian. Retrieved 2014-10-18.
- ↑ Southbank Centre: Michael Nyman 70th Birthday Concert (archived). Accessed 9 June 2014
- ↑ Hope, Christopher (21 June 2012). "Gary Barlow's OBE is no problem despite tax avoidance claims, says Downing Street". The Telegraph (UK).
- ↑ "Take That stars could face tax bill of millions after court decision". BBC News (UK). 10 May 2013.
- ↑ "Take That's Jason Orange quits; bandmates say it's a huge loss". BBC Newsbeat. 25 September 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
- ↑ Johnston, Chris (25 September 2014). "Jason Orange leaves Take That". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
- ↑ "BBC News - Katherine Jenkins' wedding blessed by Neath vicar Stephen Ryan". BBC News.
- ↑ "Cats review – glamourpuss Nicole Scherzinger hits high notes in carnival revival", The Guardian, 12 December 2014. Accessed 6 January 2015
- ↑ BBC Four - Rule Britannia!. Accessed 22 April 2014
- ↑ "Dancing Cheek to Cheek, BBC Four, review: 'ebullient'", The Telegraph, 20 November 2014. Accessed 20 November 2014
- ↑ "Sundance 2014: Belle & Sebastian frontman Stuart Murdoch on his musical ode to Glasgow, 'God Help The Girl'". Retrieved April 14, 2014.
- ↑ Beaumont-Thomas, Ben (21 October 2014). "Cycle complete: Orbital announce split after 25 years". The Guardian (London, England: Guardian Media Group). Retrieved 21 October 2014.
- ↑ Official website: Upcoming performances. Accessed 9 June 2014
- ↑ "Brits 2014: Winners in full". BBC News. 19 February 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
- ↑ "Brit Awards 2014: the winners in full". The Daily Telegraph (London, England: Telegraph Media Group). 19 February 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
- ↑ Pakinkis, Mike (22 May 2014). "Ivor Novello Awards 2014: All the winners". Music Week (London, England: Intent Media). Retrieved 24 June 2014.
- ↑ Ellis-Petersen, Hannah (22 May 2014). "James Blake and London Grammar honoured at Ivor Novello awards". The Guardian (London, England: Guardian Media Group).
- ↑ Savage, Mark (29 October 2014). "Mercury Prize 2014: Young Fathers win". Retrieved 3 January 2015.
- ↑ "Samantha Juste - obituary". The Daily Telegraph (Telegraph Media Group). 10 February 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
- ↑ "Veteran BBC radio broadcaster Frank Wappat dies". BBC News. 17 February 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
- ↑ John Amis (2014-03-07). "Marion Thorpe obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 2014-10-18.
- ↑ Barry Millington (2014-04-09). "John Shirley-Quirk obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 2014-10-18.
- ↑ liverpoolecho Administrator. "Liverpool singer-songwriter Stan Kelly has died". liverpoolecho.
- ↑ "Brian Priestman, 87, former Denver Symphony conductor".
- ↑ "Antony Hopkins - obituary". Telegraph.co.uk. 6 May 2014.
- ↑ Martin Kettle (2014-05-08). "Sir George Christie obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 2014-10-18.
- ↑ "Douglas Cummings". The Times. 2014-06-19. Retrieved 2014-10-18.
- ↑ "Jeff Kruger: Businessman who opened the Flamingo Club, which was at the epicentre of the British jazz and r’n’b scene". The Independent.
- ↑ Raymond Head (2014-06-17). "Malcolm MacDonald obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 2014-10-18.
- ↑ Millington, Barry (23 July 2014). "David Brown obituary". The Guardian (London). Retrieved 18 August 2014.
- ↑ "Scottish folk singer Jean Redpath dies". BBC News.
- ↑ AP (29 August 2014). "Former Jethro Tull bass player Glenn Cornick dies".
- ↑ "Singer Lynsey De Paul dies aged 64". BBC News.
- ↑ Dean Van Nguyen (3 October 2014). "The Holloways' Rob Skipper has died". NME.COM.
- ↑ Guardian music. "Jerry Dammers pays tribute to late Hyperdub MC the Spaceape". the Guardian.
- ↑ "Andrew Kerr, organiser of the 1971 Glastonbury Fair dies at 80". Central Somerset Gazette.
- ↑ "Mark Bell of LFO Dies: Warp Records Confirms; Fans Tweet ‘RIP’". The Epoch Times. 14 October 2014.
- ↑ "Baker Street saxophone player Raphael Ravenscroft dies". BBC News. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
- ↑ "Singer Alvin Stardust dies aged 72". BBC News.
- ↑ David, Renshaw (25 October 2014). "Former Cream musician Jack Bruce dies, aged 71". NME. David Renshaw. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
- ↑ Los Angeles Times (31 October 2014). "Ian Fraser, famed composer who worked alongside Julie Andrews, dead at 81". latimes.com.
- ↑ Maggie Boyle obituary
- ↑ "Mike Burney 1944-2014 R.I.P.". thejazzbreakfast. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
- ↑ Cherry Wainer - obituary
- ↑ "Jeff Fletcher: Family pays tribute to Northern Uproar guitarist killed in Stockport horror crash". Manchester Evening News. 17 November 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
- ↑ Death of Arthur Butterworth
- ↑ Ian McLagan Dies at Age 69
- ↑ Gravenhurst's Nick Talbot Dies Aged 37
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