2001 in British music

none December 2012 September 2020 2001 2001 British music This is a summary of 2001 in music in the United Kingdom. Events 13 February – Peter Frampton receives the Orville H. Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award. 17 February – Manic Street Preachers become the first western rock band to play in Cuba. (Fidel Castro is in attendance.) They did not tour, meaning that an unsigned British rock band, Sandstone Veterans, remain the only band from the western world to tour Cuba. 8 March – Melanie C announces she does not intend to do any more work with the Spice Girls. Although the group denies it is splitting, it would not be active again until 2007.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1210127.stm Mel C 'not quitting Spices' 8 March 2001 BBC News 5 November 2012 26 March – Damon Albarn's project Gorillaz releases their eponymous debut studio album, which would sell over seven million copies worldwide by 2007, earning them an entry in the Guinness Book of World Records as the Most Successful Virtual Band. 28 March – Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 replaces Max Bruch's violin concerto at #1 in the Classic FM Hall of Fame. 4 April – Original Zombies lead singer Colin Blunstone and keyboardist Rod Argent reunite for a two-part performance at London's Jazz Cafe, the first time the two had performed together in over 30 years. 21 May – The first UK performance of Richard Rodney Bennett's Marimba Concerto takes place at the Fairfield Halls, Croydon. The US premiere was in 1988. 16 June – Romanian tenor Marius Brenciu becomes the first performer to win both the main prize and the song prize in the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition.https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00f80zc 2001 – The Final BBC Cardiff Singer of the World BBC 16 June 2018 2 July – Liverpool Airport is rechristened Liverpool John Lennon Airport in an official ceremony.https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/liverpool-honors-lennon-242832/ Liverpool Honors Lennon 2 July 2001 Christina Saraceno Rolling Stone 3 February 2019 3 September – Gorillaz withdraw from the nominations list for the Mercury Prize, stating that being nominated is "like carrying a dead albatross around your neck for eternity". 21 September – Welsh band Catatonia split up amicably, and after Cerys Matthews' treatment in rehab for alcohol and smoking problems.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/1556250.stm Troubled Catatonia split up 21 September 2001 BBC News 11 January 2021 1 November – The governing body of the UK Singles Chart, Chart Information Network Ltd. (CIN), changes its name to The Official UK Charts Company. 4 December – Promoters for So Solid Crew cancel their then planned tour – after a shooting at a gig at the London Astoria on 4 November, which saw two men hospitalised. 26 December – After denying rumours prior to their greatest hits album, pop group Steps shock their fans by announcing their split, a move that was heavily criticised by the fans. The group would reunite 10 years later. Classical music Summary Russell Watson came to the fore in 2001, with the release of his best-selling album The Voice. Another hit album was the score from Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Stephen Warbeck. Karl Jenkins "mass for peace", entitled The Armed Man, went quickly into the Classic FM top 300 annual chart, making him the highest-placed living composer. Works Robat Arwyn – Atgof o'r Sêr Peter Maxwell Davies – Symphony No. 8 (Antarctic Symphony) Howard Goodall – In Memoriam Anne Frank Christopher Gunning – Piano Concerto John McCabe – Woman by the Sea (piano, string quartet) Stuart Mitchell – Seven Wonders Suite for Choir & Orchestra Hilary Tann – The Grey Tide and the Green Opera Julian Wagstaff – John Paul JonesThe Scotsman, 11 July 2001 Albums Karl Jenkins – Adiemus IV: The Eternal Knot Julian Lloyd Webber – Celebration Russell Watson – The Voice Musical films Strictly Sinatra, directed by Peter Capaldi, starring Ian Hart Film scores and incidental music John Barry – Enigma Patrick Doyle Bridget Jones's Diary Gosford Park John Powell Evolution Rat Race I Am Sam Stephen Warbeck Captain Corelli's Mandolin Charlotte Gray Music awards BRIT Awards The 2001 BRIT Awards winners were: Best soundtrack: "American Beauty" British album: Coldplay – "Parachutes" British breakthrough act: a1 British dance act: Fatboy Slim British female solo artist: Sonique British group: Coldplay British male solo artist: Robbie Williams British single: Robbie Williams – "Rock DJ" British video: Robbie Williams – "Rock DJ" International breakthrough act: Kelis International female: Madonna International group: U2 International male: Eminem Outstanding contribution: U2 Pop act: Westlife Mercury Music Prize The 2001 Mercury Music Prize was awarded to PJ Harvey – Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea. Record of the Year The Record of the Year was awarded to "Don't Stop Movin" by S Club 7. Deaths 4 January – Lawrence Leonard, cellist, conductor and composer, 77 Lawrence Leonard obituary Music and Vision http://www.mvdaily.com/news/item.cgi?id=101375 2006-09-01 21 February – Ronnie Hilton, singer, 75 9 April – Ken Rattenbury, jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer, 80 11 April – Sir Harry Secombe, entertainer, 79 29 April – Rita Hunter, operatic soprano, 67 6 May – Mike Hazlewood, singer, composer and songwriter, 59 (heart attack)The Dead Rock Stars Club 2001. Thedeadrockstarsclub.com. Retrieved on 2013-01-04. 21 May – Tony Ashton, keyboardist, singer and composer, 55 (cancer) 25 May – Delme Bryn-Jones, operatic baritone, 67John Davies John Davies (historian) Nigel Jenkins Nigel Jenkins Baines Menna Peredur I. Lynch The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales 2008 95 University of Wales Press Cardiff, UK 978-0-7083-1953-6 12 June – Thomas Wilson, composer, 83 19 June – Lindsay L. Cooper, musician, 61 3 July – Delia Derbyshire, electronic musician and composer, 64Hodgson Brian Brian Hodgson Obituary: Delia Derbyshire The Guardian 7 July 2001 https://www.theguardian.com/news/2001/jul/07/guardianobituaries1 12 July – James Bernard, film composer, 75 22 July – Emmanuel Fisher, conductor and composer, 79 24 October – Kim Gardner, musician, 53 16 November – Rosemary Brown, composer, pianist and spiritualist, 85 31 October – Bill Le Sage, jazz pianist, 74 28 November – Norman Lumsden, opera singer and actor, 95Obituary of Norman Lumsden, 2 December 2001 in The Daily Telegraph 29 November – George Harrison, singer, musician, music and film producer, 58 16 December – Stuart Adamson, guitarist with Big Country, 43 (suicide)Mike Wade, Autopsy shows star was drunk at time of suicide, The Scotsman, 26 January 2002. 18 December – Clifford T. Ward, singer-songwriter, 57 References External links Category:British music by year