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This is a summary of 2003 in music in the United Kingdom. ==Events== *6 January – The annual Park Lane Group Young Artists festival of contemporary music opens with two concerts in the Purcell Room at the Southbank Centre, London. The first concert, given by the Gallimaufry Ensemble, included the premiere of a new wind quintet by 23-year-old Benjamin Wallfisch; the second concert featured solo bass clarinettist Sarah Watts, who premiered Marc Yeats ''Vox'' for solo bass clarinet and Michael Smetanin's ''Ladder of Escape'' for bass clarinet with prerecorded ensemble of six bass and two contrabass clarinets.〔Richard Morrison, "PLG Young Artists", ''The Times'' (Wednesday January 8, 2003): 15.〕 *10 January - Following an investigation by The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and London detectives, police raids in the UK and the Netherlands recover 500 original Beatles studio tapes, recorded during the ''Let It Be'' sessions. Five people are arrested. The tapes have been used for bootleg releases for years. *13 January - The Who guitarist Pete Townshend is arrested on suspicion of possessing and making indecent images of children and of incitement to distribute them. Townshend claims in a statement that he did not download any such images and accessed Web sites advertising child pornography because he was researching material for his autobiography, which will include passages about his abusive childhood. *18 January - A two-day festival of the music of Mark-Anthony Turnage is given at the Barbican Centre, London, with three world premieres and chamber concerts by the Nash Ensemble and the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group.〔Ivan Hewett, "Momentum: The Music of Mark-Anthony Turnage: Barbican, London EC2, Jan 18-19", ''The Times'' (January 18, 2003): 10; Richard Morrison, "Blood on the Floor", ''The Times'' (January 20, 2003): 17.〕 *21 April – S Club announce live on stage at London's Docklands Arena that they are to split after five years together. Their final single, "Say Goodbye", enters the chart at #2 a month after the announcement. Rachel Stevens from the group launched her successful solo career shortly afterwards with the song "Sweet Dreams My LA Ex". *7 May - Pete Townshend is cleared of the charges stemming from his arrest in January on suspicion of possessing child pornography, but is formally cautioned and placed on the sex offenders register for five years. *24 May * *The Eurovision Song Contest is held in Riga, Latvia. "Cry Baby", performed by Jemini, receives no points in the voting, the worst-ever result for the UK. Some blame the United Kingdom's involvement in the Iraq War, whilst others attribute the result to a bad performance. * *After a 40-year gap, former Beatle Paul McCartney performs in Russia, on the Red Square in Moscow. *27–29 June – Glastonbury Festival, U.K., headline acts included David Gray, Primal Scream, Morcheeba, The Flaming Lips, Radiohead, Super Furry Animals, Lamb, Feeder, Manic Street Preachers, and Doves. *14 November - The legal incarnation of the band Pink Floyd reunites to perform at the funeral of their manager Steve O'Rourke. *6 December - Elvis Costello and Diana Krall are married in a private ceremony at Elton John's estate. *8 December - Ozzy Osbourne is rushed into emergency surgery after having a serious accident riding an all-terrain vehicle on the grounds of his English estate. Osbourne broke his collarbone, eight ribs and a vertebra in his neck.〔(Osbourne 'stable' after accident ), BBC News, December 9, 2003.〕 *12 December - Mick Jagger is knighted for services to music by The Prince of Wales at Buckingham Palace.〔(Stones frontman becomes Sir Mick ), BBC News, December 12, 2003.〕 *18 December - John Rutter tells US television programme ''60 Minutes'' that he is not a particularly religious man yet still deeply spiritual and inspired by the spirituality of sacred verses and prayers. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2003 in British music」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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