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

Musical comedy

Musical films

Charts

Artists/Groups reformed

Groups disbanded

Classical works

Opera

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. "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.
  8. "Simon Halsey awarded the Queen's Medal for Music". Gramophone. 2015-03-11. Retrieved 2015-03-15.
  9. Classic FM "Julian Lloyd Webber is new principal of Birmingham Conservatoire", 18 March 2015
  10. Vale of Glamorgan Festival. Accessed 6 January 2015
  11. BBC Media Centre. Accessed 6 January 2015
  12. "Reginald D Hunter's Songs of the South, BBC Two, review: 'fascinating'", The Telegraph, 8 March 2015. Accessed 18 March 2015
  13. Yamato, Jen (3 March 2014). "Jim Piddock Joins Britpop Comedy Adaptation ‘Kill Your Friends’". deadline.com. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  14. Ivan Hewett (2015-03-15). "London Philharmonic Orchestra and Carolin Widmann, Royal Festival, Hall, review: 'divine'". Telegraph. Retrieved 2015-03-15.
  15. BBC Radio 3, Choral Evensong, 4 March 2015
  16. What's on at Cadogan Hall. Accessed 10 January 2015
  17. Glyndebourne - Events. Accessed 28 January 2015
  18. Debbie Wiseman official website. Accessed 28 January 2015
  19. "Matthew Cogley dead: The Inbetweeners musician passes away on New Year's Day", Mirror, 3 January 2015
  20. Percival
  21. Margot Moir Of The Moir Sisters Dead At 55
  22. New Romantic pioneer Strange dies
  23. Composer and pianist John McCabe dies aged 75
  24. Chris Rainbow, Singer With Alan Parsons Project and Camel, Dies
  25. Andy Fraser Dies
  26. Singer-songwriter Jackie Trent dies, aged 74
  27. Roy Douglas, composer - obituary
  28. Liverpool musician Pete Wylie heartbroken after death of The Mighty Wah! performer Josie Jones
  29. Music mourns a Great Scot
  30. Dave Ball passed away
  31. Multifaceted Music Critic Andrew Porter Dies At 86