Overview of the events of 2006 in British music
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This is a summary of 2006 in music in the United Kingdom.
18 February – The Rolling Stones give a free concert to two million people in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil .22 February – The one billionth song is downloaded on iTunes ; the song is "Speed of Sound " by Coldplay .3 March – Disgraced glam rock singer Gary Glitter is convicted of sexually abusing two young girls at his villa in Vietnam and is sentenced to three years in jail.10 March – David Gilmour begins his first world tour since Pink Floyd 's 1994 world tour, in support of his On an Island 11 March – James Blunt , with his single "You're Beautiful ", becomes the first British artist to top the US Billboard Hot 100Elton John with "Candle in the Wind 1997 "20 May – Finnish monster rock band Lordi win the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 . The UK entry , "Teenage Life" by Daz Sampson , finishes in 19th place with 25 points.30 July – The last weekly edition of the British television chart show, Top of the Pops 2 August – Anthony Payne 's reconstruction of Pomp and Circumstance March No. 6 by Edward Elgar from the composer's sketches, gets its world premiere at the Proms .10 October – Justin Hawkins , lead singer of The Darkness announces he is leaving the band.25 October – Guitarist Brian May announces on his website that Queen is returning to the studio for recording sessions. The new lineup, Queen + Paul Rodgers , features May, Paul Rodgers (the former lead vocalist of Free ) and former Queen drummer Roger Taylor .26 October – Duran Duran lead guitarist Andy Taylor once again leaves the band after a series of disagreements surrounding their latest album, which was still incomplete by the year's end. Reasons given are his disapproval of the usage of both Timbaland and Justin Timberlake in the creation of the band's album. The band hires an interim guitarist to supplant Taylor, with no real replacement being announced.31 October – The Who release Endless Wire , their first studio album for 24 years.16 November – Snow Patrol become the first British rock band in 13 years to reach the top five of the US Billboard Hot 100[1] 16 December – Leona Lewis is named winner of the third series of The X Factor UK Ray Quinn is named runner-up, while Ben Mills and The MacDonald Brothers finish in third and fourth place respectively.Film and incidental music [ edit ] British Composer Awards [ edit ] [2]
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Mercury Music Prize [ edit ] 12 January – Jack Wilson , jazz pianist, 988 February – Elton Dean , saxophonist (Soft Machine ), 60 (liver disease)14 February – Lynden David Hall , English singer-songwriter and producer, 31 (Hodgkin's lymphoma)15 February – Eric Shilling , opera singer and producer, 85[4] 3 March – Ivor Cutler , poet, songwriter and humorist, 8326 March – Nikki Sudden , singer-songwriter, 49 (heart attack).[5] 3 April – Martin Gilks , drummer, (The Wonder Stuff ), 41 (motorcycle accident)9 April – Robin Orr , composer, 9617 April – Calum Kennedy , singer, 7718 April – John Burch , pianist, composer and bandleader, 7419 May – Freddie Garrity , singer (Freddie and the Dreamers ), 6920 June – Maurice Bevan , operatic bass-baritone and composer, 8529 June – Joyce Hatto , pianist and teacher, 775 July – Don Lusher , trombonist, 827 July – Syd Barrett , singer, songwriter, guitarist and founding-member of Pink Floyd , 60 (pancreatic cancer)1 August – John Mole , bass guitarist, 57[6] 8 August – Michael Hurd , composer and musicologist, 7728 August – Pip Pyle , drummer (Hatfield and the North and Gong ), 564 September – Clive Lythgoe , pianist, 7921 September – Boz Burrell , bass guitarist of Bad Company and King Crimson , 6023 September – Malcolm Arnold , composer, 8418 October – Anna Russell , singer and comedian, 9426 October – John Kentish , operatic tenor, 9619 November – Emanuel Hurwitz , violinist, 876 December – Wiz , singer, guitarist, (Mega City Four ), 447 December – Desmond Briscoe , composer, sound engineer and studio manager, 819 December – Freddie Marsden, drummer of Gerry & The Pacemakers 17 December – Denis Payton (The Dave Clark Five ), 6330 December – Robert Ashfield , organist, choirmaster and composer, 95
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