2008 in music

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January

January 1 – Julia Fischer makes her début as a concert pianist, performing Edvard Grieg's Piano Concerto in A minor with the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie at the Alte Oper, Frankfurt. The concert was conducted by Matthias Pintscher, who replaced Sir Neville Marriner. On the same occasion she also performed the Violin Concerto no. 3 in B minor by Camille Saint-Saëns.

January 5 – The Salzburg Festival launches the "Herbert von Karajan Jubilee Year" with a concert in Salzburg's Grosses Festspielhaus.

January 29

Face to Face announce that they will reunite for select shows in the US and internationally.
Rage Against the Machine headline the Big Day Out festivals in Australia and New Zealand, their first shows outside the United States since reforming, and their first Australian shows in 12 years.

Face to Face announce that they will reunite for select shows in the US and internationally.

Rage Against the Machine headline the Big Day Out festivals in Australia and New Zealand, their first shows outside the United States since reforming, and their first Australian shows in 12 years.

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2008 in British music

This is a summary of 2008 in music in the United Kingdom.

Events

31 January – Laura Attwood of the King Edward VI School in Morpeth wins the second Eileen Bowler Award.

20 February - The 2008 BRIT Awards ceremony is hosted by Ozzy, Sharon, Kelly and Jack Osbourne, at Earls Court in London.

26 February – The Return of the Spice Girls tour comes to a close in Toronto.

28 February - The Shockwaves NME Awards 2008 ceremony is held at The O₂ in London. Winners include The Enemy, The Killers, Klaxons, Manic Street Preachers and Radiohead.

1 March - The X Factor finalist Andy Abraham's song "Even If" wins the BBC's Eurovision: Your Decision 2008 show, and is thus chosen to represent the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 final in Belgrade, Serbia.

31 March – theJazz radio station stops broadcasting.

3 May – Girls Aloud begin their Tangled Up Tour in Belfast, UK.

8 May - The Classical BRIT Awards ceremony is hosted by Myleene Klass.

10–11 May – The Give It A Name 2008 festival is held at Earls Court, London, UK.

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