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==Events== |
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===January=== |
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* January 29 - [[Face to Face (punk band)|Face to Face]] announced that they will reunite for select shows in the US and internationally.<ref name="facetofacereunion">{{cite web | url = http://www.facetofacemusic.com/blog/?p=4 | title =We’re back!……….sort of | publisher = FaceToFace.com |last=unattributed | date = 2008-01-29 | accessdate = 2008-02-07}}</ref> |
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* [[Rage Against the Machine]] headlined the [[Big Day Out]] festivals in |
* [[Rage Against the Machine]] headlined the [[Big Day Out]] festivals in Australia and New Zealand, their first shows outside of the United States since reforming, and their first Australian shows in 12 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1501119/story.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10466694|title=Rage Against The Machine to play Big Day Out|last=NZPA|date=September 29, 2007|publisher=The New Zealand Herald/APN Holdings NZ Limited |accessdate=2008-05-16}}</ref> |
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===February=== |
===February=== |
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* February 10 - The [[50th Grammy Awards]] took place at the [[Staples Center]] in [[Los Angeles, California]], USA<ref>[http://www.grammy.com/Recording_Academy/Fifty_Years Official Grammy site]</ref>. |
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* February 19 - [[System of a Down]] guitarist, [[Daron Malakian]], told [[MTV|MTV.com]] that the band were never likely to reform any time soon as he would be concentrating on his new band project [[Scars on Broadway]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1581717/20080215/id_0.jhtml | title = Scars On Broadway Is No Side Project | publisher = [[MTV|MTV.com]] | date = 2008-02-19 | accessdate = 2008-02-24}}</ref> |
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* February 20–February 25 - The [[Viña del Mar International Song Festival]] was held in [[Chile]]. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://festival2008.canal13.cl/2008/html/Irq1024.html|title=Festival de la Canción de Viña del Mar|publisher=Festival de la Canción de Viña del Mar|language=Spanish|accessdate=2008-05-17}}</ref> |
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* February 23–March 3 - The second annual [[Australian Soundwave Festival|Soundwave Festival]] was held in Australia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=273060|title=SOUNDWAVE FESTIVAL 2008 ANNOUNCED!|last=Djamoos|first=Anton|date=October 18, 2007|publisher=Absolute Punk|accessdate=2008-05-17}}</ref> |
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* February 26 - The Spice Girls do their last performace together of their tour The Return of the Spice Girls in Toronto. |
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* February 26 - [[Erykah Badu]] makes a comeback in releasing her fifth album, ''[[New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)]]'', her first album in five years. |
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===March=== |
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* March 7 - The [[Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival]] 2008 took place in [[Jakarta]], [[Indonesia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.javajazzfestival.com/2008/|title=Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival 2008|year=2008|publisher=Java Festival Production|accessdate=2008-05-19}}</ref> |
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* [[7$2]]–March 16 - The 2008 [[South By Southwest]] Conference and Festivals was held in [[Austin, Texas]], USA.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://2008.sxsw.com/|title=South by Southwest Conference and Festivals|publisher=South by Southwest, Inc|accessdate=2008-05-19}}</ref> |
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* March 11 - Jazz musician and broadcaster [[Humphrey Lyttelton]] announced his retirement from presenting [[BBC Radio 2]]'s jazz programme after forty years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jazzwise.com/archive/news/L.html|title=Lyttelton to leave radio show|last=unattributed|date=12 March 2008|publisher=Jazzwise Magazine|accessdate=2008-08-22}}</ref> |
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* March 20 - The [[Eagles]] began a tour to promote their album, ''[[Long Road Out of Eden]]''.{{Fact|date=May 2008}} |
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* [[25$2]]–March 29 - The Miami Winter Music Conference was held in Miami Beach Resort & Spa, [[Miami, Florida]], USA.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wintermusicconference.com/|title=Winter Music Conference|year=2008|publisher=Winter Music Conference|accessdate=2008-05-19}}</ref> |
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* March 26 - Guitarist [[Clint Lowery]] rejoined the band [[Sevendust]], replacing [[Sonny Mayo]].{{Fact|date=May 2008}} |
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**<!--March 27--> British singer [[Leona Lewis]] topped the U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100]] with her debut single "[[Bleeding Love]]", the first solo British female singer to do so since [[Kim Wilde]] in |
**<!--March 27--> British singer [[Leona Lewis]] topped the U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100]] with her debut single "[[Bleeding Love]]", the first solo British female singer to do so since [[Kim Wilde]] in 1987.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article3627676.ece|title=Leona Lewis turns back the clock to top US charts|last=Sherwin|first=Adam|date=27 March 2008|publisher=Times Online|accessdate=2008-08-22}}</ref> |
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**<!--March 27--> Rock band [[Def Leppard]] began the first leg of their world tour to promote their album ''[[Songs from the Sparkle Lounge]]''.{{Fact|date=May 2008}} |
**<!--March 27--> Rock band [[Def Leppard]] began the first leg of their world tour to promote their album ''[[Songs from the Sparkle Lounge]]''.{{Fact|date=May 2008}} |
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===April=== |
===April=== |
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* April 1 - [[Scott Weiland]]'s departure from rock band [[Velvet Revolver]] became official.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=94021 | title = It's Official: Velvet Revolver Parts Ways With Singer Scott Weiland | publisher = [[Blabbermouth.net]] | date = 2008-04-01 | accessdate = 2008-04-01}}</ref> Weiland's reunion with his former band, [[Stone Temple Pilots]], and tensions between Weiland and the rest of Velvet Revolver, led to his departure.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN0131840320080401|title=Velvet Revolver splits with rocker Scott Weiland|last=Gorman|first=Steve|date=1 April 2008|publisher=Reuters|accessdate=2008-08-25}}</ref> |
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* April 2 - [[Mariah Carey]]'s new single, "[[Touch My Body]]", from her album ''[[E=MC² (Mariah Carey album)|E=MC²]]'', is officially confirmed as her eighteenth number one single in the United States making her the artist with the second most number one hit singles behind the [[Beatles]] with 20. |
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* April 5 - The reunited [[Face to Face (punk band)|Face to Face]] performed together for the first time in four-and-a-half-years at The Bamboozle Left in [[Irvine, California]], USA.<ref name="facetofacereunion"/> |
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* April 7 - The newly reunited 90s rock band [[Stone Temple Pilots]] held a press conference announcing a 65-date reunion tour and played for the first time since 2002 at a small, private show in [[Los Angeles, California]], USA.{{Fact|date=August 2008}} |
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* April 8 - Japanese superstar [[Ayumi Hamasaki]] celebrates the beginning of her 10th year in the music industry. |
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* April 15 - Mayor [[Antonio Villaraigosa]] officially proclaimed April 15 as ''Mariah Carey Day'' in Los Angeles, California, USA.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mariahcarey.com/news/news.php?uid=2185|title=Mariah Honored by the City of Los Angeles|last=unattributed|date=April 21, 2008|publisher=UltraStar Entertainment LLC|accessdate=2008-05-21}}</ref> |
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* April 19 - With her single, "[[I'm a Fire]]", [[Donna Summer]] became the first artist to have a song reach number one on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot Dance Club Play]] chart in every decade since the chart's inception in 1974.{{Fact|date=May 2008}} |
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* [[19$2]]—April 20 - The [[Festival Imperial]] 2008 was held in Autódromo La Guácima in [[Alajuela]], [[Costa Rica]].{{Fact|date=May 2008}} |
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* [[25$2]]—April 27 |
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**The [[Empire State Building]] in |
**The [[Empire State Building]] in New York City, USA was lit up in Mariah Carey's motif colors — lavender, pink, and white — in celebration of her achievements in the world of music. Carey is the first person in history to be honored by this event.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mariahcarey.com/news/news.php?uid=2197|title=Mariah Lights Up Empire State Building|last=unattributed|date=April 28, 2008|publisher=UltraStar Entertainment LLC|accessdate=2008-05-21}}</ref> |
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**The [[Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival]] was held in [[Indio, California]], USA. {{Fact|date=May 2008}} |
**The [[Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival]] was held in [[Indio, California]], USA. {{Fact|date=May 2008}} |
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* April 26 - The [[MTV Australia Awards 2008]] took place in Sydney, Australia.{{Fact|date=May 2008}} |
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===May=== |
===May=== |
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* May 3 - [[Girls Aloud]] began their [[Tangled Up Tour]] in [[Belfast]], UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metro.co.uk/fame/article.html?in_article_id=146092&in_page_id=7|title=Material Girls Aloud|last=unattributed|date=5 May 2008|publisher=metro.co.uk|accessdate=2008-08-26}}</ref> |
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* [[3$2]]–May 4 - The sixth annual [[The Bamboozle]] festival was held at the [[Meadowlands Sports Complex]] in [[East Rutherford, New Jersey]], USA.{{Fact|date=August 2008}} |
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* [[10$2]]–May 11 - The [[Give It A Name]] 2008 festival was held at [[Earls Court Exhibition Centre|Earls Court]], London, UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/give-it-a-name/8536|title=It may not have a name, but it certainly has a purpose|last=(unattributed)|date=May 16, 2007|publisher=NME/IPC Media|accessdate=2008-05-23}}</ref> |
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* May 16 - [[The Offspring]] began the first leg of their [[Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace Tour]] to promote their new album, ''[[Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace]]''.{{Fact|date=August 2008}} |
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* May 17 - The sixteenth annual [[KROQ-FM|KROQ]] [[KROQ Weenie Roast|Weenie Roast]] was held at the [[Verizon Wireless Amphitheater]] in [[Irvine, California]], USA.{{Fact|date=August 2008}} |
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*May 21 - [[David Cook (singer)|David Cook]] won season 7 of the television talent contest [[American Idol]], with the contest decided by a record breaking 97 million votes.{{Fact|date=August 2008}} |
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*May 24 – The [[Eurovision Song Contest 2008|53rd Eurovision Song Contest]] final was held in [[Belgrade]], [[Serbia]]. 43 countries competed in the event, including newcomers [[San Marino]] and [[Azerbaijan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/eurovision/news/07.shtml|title=Eurovision Song Contest coverage across the BBC|last=(unattributed)|date=(undated)|publisher=BBC|accessdate=2008-05-27}}</ref> The contest was won by the Russian entry with the Ukrainians coming second and the Greeks third.{{Fact|date=August 2008}} |
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* [[24$2]]–May 26 - The [[Sasquatch! Music Festival]] was held over [[Memorial Day]] weekend at [[The Gorge Amphitheatre]] in central [[Washington]], USA.{{Fact|date=August 2008}} |
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* May 30–June 1 |
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** [[Rock In Rio#Rock In Rio Lisboa & Madrid|Rock In Rio Lisboa]] 2008 took place in [[Parque da Bela Vista]], Chelas, [[Lisbon]], |
** [[Rock In Rio#Rock In Rio Lisboa & Madrid|Rock In Rio Lisboa]] 2008 took place in [[Parque da Bela Vista]], Chelas, [[Lisbon]], Portugal. The festival continued on [[5$2]]–June 6.{{Fact|date=August 2008}} |
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** The fourth annual [[Mountain Jam (festival)|Mountain Jam Festival]] was held in [[Hunter Mountain (New York)|Hunter Mountain]], |
** The fourth annual [[Mountain Jam (festival)|Mountain Jam Festival]] was held in [[Hunter Mountain (New York)|Hunter Mountain]], New York, USA.{{Fact|date=August 2008}} |
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===June=== |
===June=== |
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* June 1 - [[Westlife]] played their 10th anniversary concert at Europe's fourth biggest stadium, [[Croke Park]], in [[Dublin]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mcd.ie/home/fn.php?c=9617084&ar=publicinformationnotice&cat=all|title=Public Information Notice for Celine Dion and Westlife Concerts|last=unattributed|date=23 May 2008|publisher=MCD|accessdate=2008-08-27}}</ref> |
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* [[6$2]] and June 7 - [[Foo Fighters]] played their biggest UK stadium shows at [[Wembley Stadium]] in London.{{Fact|date=August 2008}} |
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* June 10 - [[Rancid (band)|Rancid]] began the first leg of their tour to promote their seventh studio album.<ref>{{cite web | date=April 1, 2008 | title=Rancid compile music videos on new DVD, announce tour dates | publisher=[[Punknews.org]] | url=http://www.punknews.org/article/28337 | accessdate=2008-04-06}}</ref> |
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* June 11 - [[Ira Losco]] released her third studio album [[Fortune Teller]]. It was produced by Ira herself and Howard Keith (Jagged House) |
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* [[12$2]] – June 15 - [[Bonnaroo Music Festival#2008|Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival]] was held in [[Manchester]], [[Tennessee]], USA.{{Fact|date=August 2008}} |
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* [[13$2]] – June 15 |
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**The seventh [[Isle of Wight Festival 2008|Isle of Wight Festival]] took place in [[Seaclose Park]], [[Newport, Isle of Wight]], |
**The seventh [[Isle of Wight Festival 2008|Isle of Wight Festival]] took place in [[Seaclose Park]], [[Newport, Isle of Wight]], UK.{{Fact|date=August 2008}} |
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**The sixth annual [[Download Festival]] took place in [[Donington Park]], UK.{{Fact|date=August 2008}} |
**The sixth annual [[Download Festival]] took place in [[Donington Park]], UK.{{Fact|date=August 2008}} |
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* June 17 - [[George Michael]] began the American leg of his [[25 Live]] tour in [[San Diego, California]], USA, his first U.S. tour for 17 years.{{Fact|date=August 2008}} |
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* June 20 - [[My Bloody Valentine]] played their first reunion show at the [[Roundhouse (venue)|Roundhouse]], London, UK. <ref>{{cite web|date=June 24, 2008|title=My Bloody Valentine at Roundhouse, NW1|publisher=[[Times Online]]|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/live_reviews/article4199762.ece|accessdate=2008-09-18}}</ref> |
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*June 27 - The [[Nelson Mandela 90th Birthday Tribute]] charity concert took place in [[Hyde Park]] in London, in support of Mandela's [[46664 (concerts)|46664]] Aids Foundation.{{Fact|date=August 2008}} |
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* [[27$2]] – June 29 - [[Glastonbury Festival]] was held at Worthy Farm, [[Somerset]], UK.{{Fact|date=August 2008}} |
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**''[[Guitar Hero: Aerosmith]]'', the first video game in the ''[[Guitar Hero]]'' series to be based around a single music group ([[Aerosmith]]), was released.<ref>{{cite web| title = Wii Preview: Guitar Hero: Aerosmith | work = Neal Ronaghan | publisher = [[Nintendo World Report]] | url=http://nintendoworldreport.com/previewArt.cfm?artid=15660 | accessdate=2008-04-01}}</ref> |
**''[[Guitar Hero: Aerosmith]]'', the first video game in the ''[[Guitar Hero]]'' series to be based around a single music group ([[Aerosmith]]), was released.<ref>{{cite web| title = Wii Preview: Guitar Hero: Aerosmith | work = Neal Ronaghan | publisher = [[Nintendo World Report]] | url=http://nintendoworldreport.com/previewArt.cfm?artid=15660 | accessdate=2008-04-01}}</ref> |
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**The [[Live at the Marquee (festival)|Marquee at Cork Festival]], was held in Ireland.{{Fact|date=August 2008}} |
**The [[Live at the Marquee (festival)|Marquee at Cork Festival]], was held in Ireland.{{Fact|date=August 2008}} |
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* July 1 – [[Crüe Fest]] commenced in [[West Palm Beach]], [[Florida]] |
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* [[3$2]] – July 6 |
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** The [[Wireless Festival# 2008|O2 Wireless Festival]] took place in [[Hyde Park]], |
** The [[Wireless Festival# 2008|O2 Wireless Festival]] took place in [[Hyde Park]], London, UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.o2wirelessfestival.co.uk/home/index.aspx|title=O2 Wireless Festival|last=unattributed|year=2008|publisher=Live Nation (Music) UK Limited|accessdate=2008-09-01}}</ref> |
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** The [[Roskilde Festival]] took place in |
** The [[Roskilde Festival]] took place in Denmark.{{Fact|date=August 2008}} |
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** The [[Rothbury Music Festival]] took place in [[Rothbury, Michigan]], |
** The [[Rothbury Music Festival]] took place in [[Rothbury, Michigan]], USA.{{Fact|date=August 2008}} |
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* [[3$2]] – July 7 - The [[Rock Werchter]] festival took place in Belgium.{{Fact|date=August 2008}} |
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* [[3$2]] – July 13 - The [[Ottawa Bluesfest]] took place in [[Ottawa]], Canada.{{Fact|date=August 2008}} |
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* [[4$2]] – July 6 - The [[Heineken Open'er Festival]] took place in [[Gdynia]], Poland.{{Fact|date=August 2008}} |
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* [[10$2]] – July 13 - The [[EXIT (festival)# EXIT 08|EXIT Festival 08]] took place at [[Petrovaradin Fortress]], in [[Novi Sad]], [[Serbia]].{{Fact|date=June 2008}} |
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** The [[T4 On The Beach]] music festival took place in [[Weston-super-Mare]], UK.{{Fact|date=August 2008}} |
** The [[T4 On The Beach]] music festival took place in [[Weston-super-Mare]], UK.{{Fact|date=August 2008}} |
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** The [[Oxegen#2008 Festival|Oxegen]] music festival took place in [[Kildare]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]].{{Fact|date=June 2008}} |
** The [[Oxegen#2008 Festival|Oxegen]] music festival took place in [[Kildare]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]].{{Fact|date=June 2008}} |
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** The [[All Good Music Festival]] took place in [[Masontown, West Virginia]], USA.{{Fact|date=June 2008}} |
** The [[All Good Music Festival]] took place in [[Masontown, West Virginia]], USA.{{Fact|date=June 2008}} |
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** The [[T in the Park]] music festival took place at [[Balado]] airfield, [[Kinross]], |
** The [[T in the Park]] music festival took place at [[Balado]] airfield, [[Kinross]], Scotland.{{Fact|date=August 2008}} |
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* [[1$2]] – August 3 - The [[Lollapalooza]] music festival took place in Chicago, USA. |
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* [[12$2]] – August 18 - [[Sziget#2008|Sziget Festival 2008]] took place in [[Budapest]], Hungary. |
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* August 24 - Season 6 of the television talent contest, ''[[Australian Idol]]'', began. |
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* August 30 - Filipino rock band, [[Eraserheads]], held their one night only reunion concert in the Fort open field. This is their first concert since 2001. After the 20-minute break, vocalist [[Ely Buendia]] was rushed to the hospital because of chest pain due to emotional stress. |
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===September=== |
===September=== |
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* September 6 - Six members of [[The Specials]] re-unite at the [[Bestival]] as a 'Surprise Act'. The group was named "Terry Hall and Friends", because [[Jerry Dammers]], who owns the bands name, did not participate in the event. |
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* September 7 - The [[2008 MTV Video Music Awards]] event took place at [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount Studios]], [[Hollywood, Los Angeles, California|Hollywood]]. |
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* September 12 - The season 4 of the Finnish talent contest, ''[[Idols (Finland)|Idols]]'', began. |
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* September 18 - [[Ben Folds Five]] played a sold out reunion show in [[Chapel Hill, NC]] performing the entirety of their 1999 album ''[[The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner]]'', that was filmed for DVD and web release by [[MySpace]] in benefit for [[Operation Smile]] <ref>http://www.thesuburbs.org.uk/news/Reunion_DVD_Looks_Likely</ref> |
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* September 18 - [[Crystal Castles]] played their biggest headline show to date. A sold out show at [[Electric Ballroom]] in Camden, London |
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* September 20 - [[Pink (singer)|Pink]] scored her first solo number-one hit in her native USA, with the song "[[So What (Pink song)|So What]]" |
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* September 21 - The [[Eric Burdon]] show in [[Oklahoma]] was cancelled due his [[health]] problems. |
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* September 25 - Former Beatle [[Paul McCartney]] made a single concert in Israel at [[Tel Aviv]] park for the first time since [[The Beatles]] were banned from Israel since 1965. |
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===October=== |
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* October 16 - [[Britney Spears]] sets a new record for the largest jump to number one on the [[Billboard Hot 100]], rising from number 96 to number one in just one week, with her single "[[Womanizer]]". This gave Spears her first American number one song since her debut single "[[...Baby One More Time]]".<ref>http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003874105</ref> |
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* October 22 - [[Guns N' Roses]] release their first single in 9 years. The title track from their ''[[Chinese Democracy]]'' album is released as the first single for the album. |
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==Bands formed== |
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* [[Beneath the Sky]] |
* [[Beneath the Sky]] |
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* [[Be Your Own Pet]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/142730-be-your-own-pet-break-up|title=Be Your Own Pet Break Up|author=Maher, Dave|date=2008-08-01|publisher=[[Pitchfork Media]]|accessdate=2008-22-10}}</ref> |
* [[Be Your Own Pet]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/142730-be-your-own-pet-break-up|title=Be Your Own Pet Break Up|author=Maher, Dave|date=2008-08-01|publisher=[[Pitchfork Media]]|accessdate=2008-22-10}}</ref> |
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* [[Blinded Black]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=306576|title=Blinded Black Break Up|last=Tate|first=Jason|date= |
* [[Blinded Black]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=306576|title=Blinded Black Break Up|last=Tate|first=Jason|date=March 24, 2008|publisher=AbsolutePunk, LLC|accessdate=2008-07-02}}</ref> |
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* [[Boy Kill Boy]] |
* [[Boy Kill Boy]] |
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* [[The Chalets]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hotpress.com/archive/4446834.html|title=The Chalets split|last=unattributed|date= |
* [[The Chalets]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hotpress.com/archive/4446834.html|title=The Chalets split|last=unattributed|date=February 15, 2008|publisher=Hot Press|accessdate=2008-07-02}}</ref> |
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* [[The Dead 60s]] |
* [[The Dead 60s]] |
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* [[Dead To Fall]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=310430|title=Dead To Fall Breaks Up|last=Kohli|first=Rohan|date= |
* [[Dead To Fall]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=310430|title=Dead To Fall Breaks Up|last=Kohli|first=Rohan|date=April 8, 2008|publisher=AbsolutePunk, LLC|accessdate=2008-07-02}}</ref> |
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* [[Dirty Pretty Things (band)|Dirty Pretty Things]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/146124-dirty-pretty-things-to-split-after-fall-tour|title=Dirty Pretty Things to Split After Fall Tour|last= Sargeant|first=Roger|date= |
* [[Dirty Pretty Things (band)|Dirty Pretty Things]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/146124-dirty-pretty-things-to-split-after-fall-tour|title=Dirty Pretty Things to Split After Fall Tour|last= Sargeant|first=Roger|date=October 3, 2008|publisher=Pitchfork Media|accessdate=2008-10-10}}</ref> |
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* [[The Departure]] |
* [[The Departure]] |
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* [[Elle Milano]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/news/elle-milano-reveal-split|title=Elle Milano reveal split|date= |
* [[Elle Milano]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/news/elle-milano-reveal-split|title=Elle Milano reveal split|date=October 27, 2008|publisher=This is Fake DIY|accessdate=2008-10-27}}</ref> |
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* [[Etan]] |
* [[Etan]] |
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* [[Fastlane]] |
* [[Fastlane]] |
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* [[Harrisons]] |
* [[Harrisons]] |
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* [[Help She Can't Swim]] |
* [[Help She Can't Swim]] |
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* [[Himsa]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.decoymusic.com/vb/showthread.php?t=31261|title=And Himsa Have Now Broken Up|first=Aaron|date= |
* [[Himsa]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.decoymusic.com/vb/showthread.php?t=31261|title=And Himsa Have Now Broken Up|first=Aaron|date=June 21, 2008|publisher=decoymusic.com|accessdate=2008-07-02}}</ref> |
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* [[Hootie & the Blowfish]] |
* [[Hootie & the Blowfish]] |
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* [[Hopesfall]] |
* [[Hopesfall]] |
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* [[¡Forward, Russia!]] (indefinite hiatus)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/news/forward-russia/38864|title=¡Forward, Russia! to Split?|last=unattributed|date= |
* [[¡Forward, Russia!]] (indefinite hiatus)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/news/forward-russia/38864|title=¡Forward, Russia! to Split?|last=unattributed|date=August 13, 2008|publisher=nme.com|accessdate=2008-08-14}}</ref> |
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* [[Big & Rich]] (until 2009, due to a neck injury suffered by [[Big Kenny]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gactv.com/gac/nw_headlines/article/0,,GAC_26063_5795670,00.html|title=Big Kenny On Big & Rich's Hiatus|last=unattributed|date=29 January 2008|publisher=Great American Country|accessdate=2008-09-12}}</ref> |
* [[Big & Rich]] (until 2009, due to a neck injury suffered by [[Big Kenny]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gactv.com/gac/nw_headlines/article/0,,GAC_26063_5795670,00.html|title=Big Kenny On Big & Rich's Hiatus|last=unattributed|date=29 January 2008|publisher=Great American Country|accessdate=2008-09-12}}</ref> |
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* [[Fear Factory]] |
* [[Fear Factory]] |
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* [[Glue Gun (band)|Glue Gun]] |
* [[Glue Gun (band)|Glue Gun]] |
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* [[Hell Is for Heroes (band)]] |
* [[Hell Is for Heroes (band)]] |
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* [[Incubus (band)|Incubus]] (on break from touring and recording)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/incubus_to_take_a_break.html|title=Incubus To Take A Break|last=unattributed|date= |
* [[Incubus (band)|Incubus]] (on break from touring and recording)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/incubus_to_take_a_break.html|title=Incubus To Take A Break|last=unattributed|date=July 1, 2008|publisher=[[Ultimate Guitar Archive|Ultimate-Guitar.com]]|accessdate=2008-07-02}}</ref> |
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* [[Monkey Swallows the Universe]] (indefinite hiatus) |
* [[Monkey Swallows the Universe]] (indefinite hiatus) |
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* [[June (band)|June]] (indefinite hiatus) |
* [[June (band)|June]] (indefinite hiatus) |
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* [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] (2 year hiatus)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.muchmusic.com/news/story.asp?id=20996|title=Chili Peppers (Sort Of) Break-Up|last=unattributed|date= |
* [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] (2 year hiatus)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.muchmusic.com/news/story.asp?id=20996|title=Chili Peppers (Sort Of) Break-Up|last=unattributed|date=May 22, 2008|publisher=muchmusic.com|accessdate=2008-06-30}}</ref> |
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* [[Reuben]] |
* [[Reuben]] |
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* [[Social Distortion]] (due to their lead singer undertaking a solo tour) |
* [[Social Distortion]] (due to their lead singer undertaking a solo tour) |
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* [[The Dresden Dolls]] (indefinite break) |
* [[The Dresden Dolls]] (indefinite break) |
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* [[The Starting Line]] (indefinite break)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=301596|title=The Starting Line Press Conference|last=Jason|first=Tate|date= |
* [[The Starting Line]] (indefinite break)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=301596|title=The Starting Line Press Conference|last=Jason|first=Tate|date=March 5, 2008|publisher=AbsolutePunk, LLC|accessdate=2008-06-30}}</ref> |
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* [[Velvet Revolver]] (whilst looking for a new lead singer) |
* [[Velvet Revolver]] (whilst looking for a new lead singer) |
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* [[Westlife]] (a one year break) |
* [[Westlife]] (a one year break) |
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===January=== |
===January=== |
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*January 3 - [[Henri Chopin]], 85, French sound poet |
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*January 11 - [[Pete Candoli]], 84, American jazz trumpeter |
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*January 13 - [[Sergejus Larinas]], 51, Russian [[tenor]] |
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*January 17 - [[Madeleine Milhaud]], 105, French [[Libretto|librettist]] |
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*January 19 - [[Andy Palacio]], 47, Belizean [[Punta]] musician |
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*January 19 - Trevor Taylor, 50, German singer ([[Bad Boys Blue]]) |
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*January 19 - [[John Stewart (musician)|John Stewart]], 68, American [[singer-songwriter]] |
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*January 20 - [[Tommy McQuater]], 93, British jazz trumpeter |
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*January 25 - [[Evelyn Barbirolli]], 97, British oboist |
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*January 30 - [[Miles Kington]], 66, British bassist |
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===February=== |
===February=== |
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*February 4 - [[Tata Güines]], 77, Cuban percussionist and composer |
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* |
*February 10 - [[Freddie Bell and the Bellboys|Freddie Bell]], 76, American musician |
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*February 10 - [[Inga Nielsen]], 61, Danish [[soprano]] |
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*February 13 - [[Henri Salvador]], 90, French singer |
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*February 15 - [[Willie P. Bennett]], 56, Canadian folk singer-songwriter |
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* |
*February 19 - [[Yegor Letov]], 43, Russian [[Punk rock|punk]] singer |
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*February 19 - [[Teo Macero]], 82, American jazz saxophonist, record producer and composer |
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*February 21 - [[Joe Gibbs (record producer)|Joe Gibbs]], Jamaican record producer |
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*February 24 - [[Larry Norman]], 60, American musician |
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* |
*February 25 - [[Static Major|Stephen "Static Major" Garrett]], 33, singer |
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*February 26 - [[Buddy Miles]], 60, American drummer |
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* |
*February 27 - [[Ray Kane]], 82, American [[slack-key guitar]]ist |
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* |
*February 27 - [[Ivan Rebroff]], 76, German singer |
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*February 28 - [[Mike Smith (Dave Clark Five)|Mike Smith]], 64, British singer and producer ([[The Dave Clark Five]]) |
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===March=== |
===March=== |
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*March 2 - [[Jeff Healey]], 41, blind Canadian musician and actor. |
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* |
*March 3 - [[Giuseppe Di Stefano]], 86, Italian tenor |
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* |
*March 3 - [[Norman Smith (record producer)|Norman Smith]], 85, British record producer and musician |
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* |
*March 4 - [[Leonard Rosenman]], 83, American composer |
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* |
*March 12 - [[Alun Hoddinott]], 78, British composer |
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* |
*March 13 - [[The Blue Sky Boys|Bill Bolick]], 90, [[Country music|country]] musician |
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* |
*March 15 - [[Mikey Dread]], 53, Jamaican [[reggae]] musician and broadcaster |
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* |
*March 16 - [[Ola Brunkert]], 61, Swedish drummer |
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*March 21 - [[Klaus Dinger]], 61, German drummer |
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* |
*March 21 - [[Shusha Guppy]], 72, Iranian folk-singer and composer |
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* |
*March 22 - [[Cachao López]], 89, Cuban bassist |
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*March 23 - [[Neil Aspinall]], 66, British music industry executive |
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*March 29 - [[Allan Ganley]], 77, British jazz drummer |
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===April=== |
===April=== |
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* |
*April 15 - [[Sean Costello]], 28, American [[blues]] musician |
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* |
*April 15 - [[Brian Davison (drummer)|Brian Davison]], 65, British drummer |
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* |
*April 17 - [[Danny Federici]], 58, American rock multi-instrumentalist |
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* |
*April 20 - [[Louis and Bebe Barron|Bebe Barron]], 82, American electronic music pioneer |
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* |
*April 20 - [[VL Mike]], 30, American [[Rapping|rap]] artist |
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* |
*April 24 - [[Tristram Cary]], 82, British composer |
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* |
*April 24 - [[Jimmy Giuffre]], 86, American jazz musician |
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* |
*April 25 - [[Humphrey Lyttelton]], 86, British jazz musician |
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* |
*April 26 - [[Henry Brant]], 94, American composer |
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* |
*April 27 - [[Frances Yeend]], 95, American [[soprano]] |
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* |
*April 29 - [[Micky Waller]], 66, British drummer |
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===May=== |
===May=== |
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*May 4 - [[Kishan Maharaj]], 84, Indian [[tabla]] player |
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* |
*May 5 - [[Jerry Wallace]], 79, American country music singer |
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* |
*May 6 - [[Franz Jackson]], 95, American jazz saxophonist |
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* |
*May 8 - [[Eddy Arnold]], 89, American country music singer |
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* |
*May 8 - [[Larry Levine]], 80, American [[Audio engineering|audio engineer]] |
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* |
*May 10 - [[Leyla Gencer]], 79, Turkish [[soprano]] |
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* |
*May 11 - [[Dottie Rambo]], 74, American [[Gospel music|gospel]] singer |
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* |
*May 11 - [[John Rutsey]], 54 or 55, Canadian drummer |
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* |
*May 15 - [[Alexander Courage]], 88, American composer |
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* |
*May 15 - [[Bob Florence]], 75, American jazz pianist |
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* |
*May 17 - [[Wilfrid Mellers]], 94, British [[Musicology|musicologist]] and composer |
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* |
*May 21 - [[Siegmund Nissel]], 86, Austrian violinist |
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*May 23 - [[Utah Phillips]], 73, American folk [[singer-songwriter]] |
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* |
*May 24 - [[Jimmy McGriff]], 72, American jazz organist |
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* |
*May 26 - [[Earle Hagen]], 88, American composer |
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* |
*May 28 - [[Danny Moss]], 80, British jazz saxophonist |
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*May 30 - [[Campbell Burnap]], 68, British jazz trombonist and broadcaster |
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*May 30 - [[Nat Temple]], 94, British [[big band]] leader |
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===June=== |
===June=== |
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* |
*June 1 - [[Al Jones]], 62, British folk musician |
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*June 2 - [[Bo Diddley]], 79, American rock and roll and blues singer, songwriter and guitarist |
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* |
*June 4 - [[Bill Finegan]], 91, American jazz pianist and arranger |
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* |
*June 8 - [[Šaban Bajramović]], 72, Serbian [[Roma people|Roma]] musician |
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* |
*June 12 - [[Danny Davis (country musician)|Danny Davis]], 83, American band leader |
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* |
*June 14 - [[Jamelão]], 95, Brazilian [[samba]] singer |
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* |
*June 14 - [[Esbjörn Svensson]], 44, Swedish jazz pianist |
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* |
*June 16 - [[Margaret Kitchin]], 94, Swiss pianist |
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* |
*June 17 - [[Cyd Charisse]], 86, American dancer and actress |
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* |
*June 24 - [[Ira Tucker]], 83, American [[Gospel music|gospel]] singer |
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* |
*June 27 - [[Raymond Lefèvre]], 78, French [[easy listening]] musician |
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* |
*June 27 - [[Daihachi Oguchi]], 84, Japanese drummer |
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*June 27 - [[Leonard Pennario]], 83, American pianist |
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*June 30 - [[Ángel Tavira]], 83, Mexican violinist and composer |
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===July=== |
===July=== |
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* |
*July 1 - [[Mel Galley]], 60, British guitarist |
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* |
*July 3 - [[Oliver Schroer]], 52, Canadian [[fiddle]]r and composer |
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* |
*July 6 - [[Bobby Durham (Jazz musician)|Bobby Durham]], 71, American jazz drummer |
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* |
*July 7 - [[Hugh Mendl]], 88, British record producer |
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* |
*July 13 - [[Gerald Wiggins]], 86, American jazz pianist |
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* |
*July 16 - [[Jo Stafford]], 90, American singer |
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* |
*July 18 - [[Tauno Marttinen]], 95, Finnish composer |
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* |
*July 18 - [[Dennis Townhill]], 83, British organist and composer |
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* |
*July 20 - [[Artie Traum]], 65, American [[Folk music|folk]] musician and composer |
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* |
*July 22 - [[Joe Beck]], 62, American jazz guitarist |
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* |
*July 24 - [[Norman Dello Joio]], 95, American composer |
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* |
*July 25 - [[Hiram Bullock]], 52, American [[jazz fusion]] guitarist |
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* |
*July 25 - [[Johnny Griffin]], 80, American jazz saxophonist |
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* |
*July 27 - [[Horst Stein]], 80, German conductor |
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* |
*July 28 - [[Wendo Kolosoy]], 83, Congolese [[rumba]] musician |
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* |
*July 31 - [[Lee Young]], 94, American jazz drummer and singer |
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===August=== |
===August=== |
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* |
*August 3 - [[Erik Darling]], 74, American [[Folk music|folk]] musician |
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* |
*August 3 - [[Louis Teicher]], 83, American pianist |
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* |
*August 4 - [[Nicola Rescigno]], 92, [[Italian American]] [[conductor]] |
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* |
*August 5 - [[Robert Hazard]], 59, American songwriter |
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* |
*August 5 - [[Reg Lindsay]], 79, Australian [[country music]] singer |
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* |
*August 10 - [[Isaac Hayes]], 65, American [[rhythm and blues]] musician |
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* |
*August 10 - [[Alexander Slobodyanik]], 66, Ukrainian pianist |
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* |
*August 11 - [[Don Helms]], 81, American steel guitarist |
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* |
*August 12 - [[Donald Erb]], 81, American composer |
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* |
*August 14 - [[Lita Roza]], 82, British singer |
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* |
*August 15 - [[Jerry Wexler]], 91, American producer |
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* |
*August 16 - [[Dorival Caymmi]], 94, Brazilian singer-songwriter |
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* |
*August 16 - [[Ronnie Drew]], 73, Irish folk musician ([[The Dubliners]]) |
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* |
*August 16 - [[Johnny Moore (trumpeter)|Johnny Moore]], 70, Jamaican trumpeter ([[The Skatalites]]) |
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* |
*August 18 - [[Pervis Jackson]], 70, American R&B singer ([[The Spinners (U.S. band)|The Spinners]]) |
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* |
*August 19 - [[LeRoi Moore]], 46, American saxophonist ([[Dave Matthews Band]]) |
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* |
*August 20 - [[Phil Guy]], 68, American blues guitarist |
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* |
*August 21 - [[Jerry Finn]], 39, American record producer |
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* |
*August 21 - [[Buddy Harman]], 79, American session drummer |
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* |
*August 25 - [[Pehr Henrik Nordgren]], 64, Finnish composer |
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* |
*August 31 - [[Jerry Reed]], 71, American country musician |
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===September=== |
===September=== |
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* |
*September 2 - [[Arne Domnérus]], 83, Swedish jazz saxophonist |
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* |
*September 7 - Christian Dudek, 42, German drummer of ([[Sodom (band)|Sodom]]) |
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* |
*September 7 - [[Peter Glossop]], 80, British opera singer |
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* |
*September 8 - [[Hector Zazou]], 60, French composer and producer |
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* |
*September 8 - Jason Stuart, 39, keyboardist ([[Hawkwind]]) |
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* |
*September 9 - [[Bheki Mseleku]], 53, South African jazz musician |
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* |
*September 10 - [[Vernon Handley]], 77, British conductor |
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* |
*September 12 - [[Marjorie Thomas]], 85, British contralto |
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* |
*September 12 - [[Charlie Walker (musician)|Charlie Walker]], 81, American country musician |
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* |
*September 15 - [[Richard Wright (musician)|Richard Wright]], 65, British keyboardist ([[Pink Floyd]]) |
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* |
*September 16 - [[Norman Whitfield]], 68, American songwriter and producer |
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* |
*September 16 - [[Andrei Volkonsky]], 75, Russian (emigré/defector) composer, conductor and harpischordist |
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* |
*September 18 - Opal Courtney Jr, 71, American R&B/doo-wop singer ([[The Spaniels]]) |
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* |
*September 18 - [[Mauricio Kagel]], 76, Argentine composer |
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* |
*September 19 - [[Earl Palmer]], 84, American drummer, member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame |
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* |
*September 19 - [[Dick Sudhalter]], 70, American jazz trumpeter and critic |
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* |
*September 20 - [[Nappy Brown]], 78, American blues singer |
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* |
*September 22 - [[Connie Haines]], 87, American singer |
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* |
*September 24 - [[Vice Vukov]], 72, Croatian singer |
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* |
*September 25 - [[Horaţiu Rădulescu]], 66, Romanian composer |
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* |
*September 26 - [[Bernadette Greevy]], 68, Irish mezzo-soprano |
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===October=== |
===October=== |
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* |
*October 1 - [[Nick Reynolds]], 75, American folk musician |
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* |
*October 3 - [[Johnny "J"]], 39, American songwriter, music producer and rapper |
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* |
*October 4 - [[Levi Kereama]], 27, Australian musician |
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* |
*October 4 - [[Alfred Gallodoro]], 95, American jazz musician |
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* |
*October 9 - [[Gidget Gein]], 39, American bassist ([[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]]) |
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* |
*October 11 - [[Russ Hamilton (singer)|Russ Hamilton]], 78, British singer |
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* |
*October 13 - [[Gus Chambers]], 52, British vocalist |
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* |
*October 15 - Frankie Venom, 51, Canadian vocalist ([[Teenage Head (band)|Teenage Head]]) |
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* |
*October 17 - [[Levi Stubbs]], 71, American vocalist ([[The Four Tops]]) |
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* |
*October 18 - [[Dee Dee Warwick]], 63, American soul singer |
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* |
*October 18 - [[Dave McKenna]], 78, American jazz pianist |
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* |
*October 24 - [[Merl Saunders]], 74, American musician<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-saunders27-2008oct27,0,5811025.story |title = Merl Saunders Dies At 74 |accessdate = 2008-11-09 |date = 2008-10-27 |publisher = ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' }}</ref> |
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* |
*October 27 - [[Ray Ellis]], 85, American musician<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-ellis5-2008nov05,0,5099381.story |title = Ray Ellis Dies At 85 |accessdate = 2008-11-09 |author = Thurber, Jon |date = 2008-11-05 |publisher = ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' }}</ref> |
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* |
*October 29 - [[Mike Baker (singer)|Mike Baker]], 45, American singer ([[Shadow Gallery]])<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=108016 |title = Shadow Gallery Vocalist Michael A. Baker Dead At 45 |accessdate = 2008-11-09 |date = 2008-10-31 |publisher = [[blabbermouth.net]] }}</ref> |
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*October 31 - [[Frank Navetta]], American punk rock guitarist ([[Descendents (band)|Descendents]])<ref name="exclaim">{{cite web |url = http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/generalarticlesynopsfullart.aspx?csid1=115&csid2=844&fid1=34636 |title = R.I.P. Descendents Guitarist/Co-Founder Frank Navetta |accessdate = 2008-11-08 |author = Thissen, Brock |date = 2008-11-03 |publisher = ''[[Exclaim!]]'' }}</ref> |
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===November=== |
===November=== |
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*November 1 - [[Jimmy Carl Black]], 70, American drummer ([[The Mothers of Invention]]) |
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*November 1 - [[Nathaniel Mayer]], 64, American R&B singer<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/generalarticlesynopsfullart.aspx?csid1=115&csid2=844&fid1=34693 |title = RIP Nathaniel Mayer |accessdate = 2008-11-09 |author = Schneider, Jason |date = 2008-11-06 |publisher = ''[[Exclaim!]]'' }}</ref> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
Revision as of 14:09, 9 November 2008
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2008.
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Events
January
- January 29 - Face to Face announced that they will reunite for select shows in the US and internationally.[1]
- Rage Against the Machine headlined the Big Day Out festivals in Australia and New Zealand, their first shows outside of the United States since reforming, and their first Australian shows in 12 years.[2]
February
- February 10 - The 50th Grammy Awards took place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, USA[3].
- February 19 - System of a Down guitarist, Daron Malakian, told MTV.com that the band were never likely to reform any time soon as he would be concentrating on his new band project Scars on Broadway.[4]
- February 20–February 25 - The Viña del Mar International Song Festival was held in Chile. [5]
- February 23–March 3 - The second annual Soundwave Festival was held in Australia.[6]
- February 26 - The Spice Girls do their last performace together of their tour The Return of the Spice Girls in Toronto.
- February 26 - Erykah Badu makes a comeback in releasing her fifth album, New Amerykah Part One (4th World War), her first album in five years.
March
- March 7 - The Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival 2008 took place in Jakarta, Indonesia.[7]
- 7$2–March 16 - The 2008 South By Southwest Conference and Festivals was held in Austin, Texas, USA.[8]
- March 11 - Jazz musician and broadcaster Humphrey Lyttelton announced his retirement from presenting BBC Radio 2's jazz programme after forty years.[9]
- March 20 - The Eagles began a tour to promote their album, Long Road Out of Eden.[citation needed]
- 25$2–March 29 - The Miami Winter Music Conference was held in Miami Beach Resort & Spa, Miami, Florida, USA.[10]
- March 26 - Guitarist Clint Lowery rejoined the band Sevendust, replacing Sonny Mayo.[citation needed]
- March 27
- British singer Leona Lewis topped the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 with her debut single "Bleeding Love", the first solo British female singer to do so since Kim Wilde in 1987.[11]
- Rock band Def Leppard began the first leg of their world tour to promote their album Songs from the Sparkle Lounge.[citation needed]
April
- April 1 - Scott Weiland's departure from rock band Velvet Revolver became official.[12] Weiland's reunion with his former band, Stone Temple Pilots, and tensions between Weiland and the rest of Velvet Revolver, led to his departure.[13]
- April 2 - Mariah Carey's new single, "Touch My Body", from her album E=MC², is officially confirmed as her eighteenth number one single in the United States making her the artist with the second most number one hit singles behind the Beatles with 20.
- April 5 - The reunited Face to Face performed together for the first time in four-and-a-half-years at The Bamboozle Left in Irvine, California, USA.[1]
- April 7 - The newly reunited 90s rock band Stone Temple Pilots held a press conference announcing a 65-date reunion tour and played for the first time since 2002 at a small, private show in Los Angeles, California, USA.[citation needed]
- April 8 - Japanese superstar Ayumi Hamasaki celebrates the beginning of her 10th year in the music industry.
- April 15 - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa officially proclaimed April 15 as Mariah Carey Day in Los Angeles, California, USA.[14]
- April 19 - With her single, "I'm a Fire", Donna Summer became the first artist to have a song reach number one on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in every decade since the chart's inception in 1974.[citation needed]
- 19$2—April 20 - The Festival Imperial 2008 was held in Autódromo La Guácima in Alajuela, Costa Rica.[citation needed]
- 25$2—April 27
- The Empire State Building in New York City, USA was lit up in Mariah Carey's motif colors — lavender, pink, and white — in celebration of her achievements in the world of music. Carey is the first person in history to be honored by this event.[15]
- The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival was held in Indio, California, USA. [citation needed]
- April 26 - The MTV Australia Awards 2008 took place in Sydney, Australia.[citation needed]
May
- May 3 - Girls Aloud began their Tangled Up Tour in Belfast, UK.[16]
- 3$2–May 4 - The sixth annual The Bamboozle festival was held at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA.[citation needed]
- 10$2–May 11 - The Give It A Name 2008 festival was held at Earls Court, London, UK.[17]
- May 16 - The Offspring began the first leg of their Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace Tour to promote their new album, Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace.[citation needed]
- May 17 - The sixteenth annual KROQ Weenie Roast was held at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Irvine, California, USA.[citation needed]
- May 21 - David Cook won season 7 of the television talent contest American Idol, with the contest decided by a record breaking 97 million votes.[citation needed]
- May 24 – The 53rd Eurovision Song Contest final was held in Belgrade, Serbia. 43 countries competed in the event, including newcomers San Marino and Azerbaijan.[18] The contest was won by the Russian entry with the Ukrainians coming second and the Greeks third.[citation needed]
- 24$2–May 26 - The Sasquatch! Music Festival was held over Memorial Day weekend at The Gorge Amphitheatre in central Washington, USA.[citation needed]
- May 30–June 1
- Rock In Rio Lisboa 2008 took place in Parque da Bela Vista, Chelas, Lisbon, Portugal. The festival continued on 5$2–June 6.[citation needed]
- The fourth annual Mountain Jam Festival was held in Hunter Mountain, New York, USA.[citation needed]
June
- June 1 - Westlife played their 10th anniversary concert at Europe's fourth biggest stadium, Croke Park, in Dublin, Ireland.[19]
- 6$2 and June 7 - Foo Fighters played their biggest UK stadium shows at Wembley Stadium in London.[citation needed]
- June 10 - Rancid began the first leg of their tour to promote their seventh studio album.[20]
- June 11 - Ira Losco released her third studio album Fortune Teller. It was produced by Ira herself and Howard Keith (Jagged House)
- 12$2 – June 15 - Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival was held in Manchester, Tennessee, USA.[citation needed]
- 13$2 – June 15
- The seventh Isle of Wight Festival took place in Seaclose Park, Newport, Isle of Wight, UK.[citation needed]
- The sixth annual Download Festival took place in Donington Park, UK.[citation needed]
- June 17 - George Michael began the American leg of his 25 Live tour in San Diego, California, USA, his first U.S. tour for 17 years.[citation needed]
- June 20 - My Bloody Valentine played their first reunion show at the Roundhouse, London, UK. [21]
- June 27 - The Nelson Mandela 90th Birthday Tribute charity concert took place in Hyde Park in London, in support of Mandela's 46664 Aids Foundation.[citation needed]
- 27$2 – June 29 - Glastonbury Festival was held at Worthy Farm, Somerset, UK.[citation needed]
- June 29
- Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, the first video game in the Guitar Hero series to be based around a single music group (Aerosmith), was released.[22]
- The Marquee at Cork Festival, was held in Ireland.[citation needed]
- Linkin Park and Jay-Z performed at Projekt Revolution at the National Bowl in Milton Keynes, UK.[citation needed]
July
- July 1 – Crüe Fest commenced in West Palm Beach, Florida
- 3$2 – July 6
- The O2 Wireless Festival took place in Hyde Park, London, UK.[23]
- The Roskilde Festival took place in Denmark.[citation needed]
- The Rothbury Music Festival took place in Rothbury, Michigan, USA.[citation needed]
- 3$2 – July 7 - The Rock Werchter festival took place in Belgium.[citation needed]
- 3$2 – July 13 - The Ottawa Bluesfest took place in Ottawa, Canada.[citation needed]
- 4$2 – July 6 - The Heineken Open'er Festival took place in Gdynia, Poland.[citation needed]
- 10$2 – July 13 - The EXIT Festival 08 took place at Petrovaradin Fortress, in Novi Sad, Serbia.[citation needed]
- July 20
- The T4 On The Beach music festival took place in Weston-super-Mare, UK.[citation needed]
- The Oxegen music festival took place in Kildare, Ireland.[citation needed]
- The All Good Music Festival took place in Masontown, West Virginia, USA.[citation needed]
- The T in the Park music festival took place at Balado airfield, Kinross, Scotland.[citation needed]
August
- 1$2 – August 3 - The Lollapalooza music festival took place in Chicago, USA.
- 12$2 – August 18 - Sziget Festival 2008 took place in Budapest, Hungary.
- August 24 - Season 6 of the television talent contest, Australian Idol, began.
- August 30 - Filipino rock band, Eraserheads, held their one night only reunion concert in the Fort open field. This is their first concert since 2001. After the 20-minute break, vocalist Ely Buendia was rushed to the hospital because of chest pain due to emotional stress.
September
- September 6 - Six members of The Specials re-unite at the Bestival as a 'Surprise Act'. The group was named "Terry Hall and Friends", because Jerry Dammers, who owns the bands name, did not participate in the event.
- September 7 - The 2008 MTV Video Music Awards event took place at Paramount Studios, Hollywood.
- September 12 - The season 4 of the Finnish talent contest, Idols, began.
- September 18 - Ben Folds Five played a sold out reunion show in Chapel Hill, NC performing the entirety of their 1999 album The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner, that was filmed for DVD and web release by MySpace in benefit for Operation Smile [24]
- September 18 - Crystal Castles played their biggest headline show to date. A sold out show at Electric Ballroom in Camden, London
- September 20 - Pink scored her first solo number-one hit in her native USA, with the song "So What"
- September 21 - The Eric Burdon show in Oklahoma was cancelled due his health problems.
- September 25 - Former Beatle Paul McCartney made a single concert in Israel at Tel Aviv park for the first time since The Beatles were banned from Israel since 1965.
October
- October 16 - Britney Spears sets a new record for the largest jump to number one on the Billboard Hot 100, rising from number 96 to number one in just one week, with her single "Womanizer". This gave Spears her first American number one song since her debut single "...Baby One More Time".[25]
- October 22 - Guns N' Roses release their first single in 9 years. The title track from their Chinese Democracy album is released as the first single for the album.
Bands formed
Bands reformed
- Amebix[28]
- Atomic Kitten[citation needed]
- Bad Company (reformed for a one-off show)[citation needed]
- Ben Folds Five (reformed for a one time reunion show for Operation Smile on September 18, 2008 as part of myspace's Front to Back series)
- Big Drill Car (reformed for six shows only)[citation needed]
- Bleed the Dream (the three remaining founding members started playing and writing music again)[citation needed]
- Blind Faith (Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood, reformed for three performances)[citation needed]
- Bone Thugs-N-Harmony[citation needed]
- Boyzone[citation needed]
- Carcass[citation needed]
- D:Ream[citation needed]
- Died Pretty (reformed for five shows only)[citation needed]
- Dogs Die In Hot Cars [29]
- Dynamite Boy (reformed for two shows only)[citation needed]
- En Vogue[30]
- Eraserheads (reformed for one night only)[citation needed]
- Eve 6[citation needed]
- Face to Face[citation needed]
- Green River (reformed for a one-off show)[citation needed]
- Kidneythieves[citation needed]
- Liberty X[citation needed]
- Living Sacrifice[citation needed]
- New Kids on the Block[31]
- No Doubt[32]
- Oneida[citation needed]
- The Pharcyde[citation needed]
- Pestilence[citation needed]
- Rival Schools[citation needed]
- Sixpence None the Richer[citation needed]
- Snot[citation needed]
- Spineshank (shortly after the official break-up, the band reformed with Jonny Santos)[citation needed]
- Stone Temple Pilots[33]
- Teenage Jesus & the Jerks (reformed for a one-off show)[citation needed]
- Vision of Disorder[citation needed]
Returning performers
- AC/DC (first album in 8 years)
- David Byrne & Brian Eno (first album in 27 years)
- Vanessa Amorosi
- Anastacia
- Brandy
- Boyzone
- CDB
- Dido
- Eminem (first album in 4 years)
- Guns N' Roses (first album in 14 years)
- Matchbox Twenty
- New Kids on the Block (first album in 13 years)
- No Doubt
- Snow Patrol (first album in 2 years)
- The Offspring (first album in 5 years)
- The Specials (as "Terry Hall and Friends")
- Toadies (first album in 7 years)
Bands disbanded
- 3LW
- Across Five Aprils
- An Angle
- Battle (band)
- Beneath the Sky
- Be Your Own Pet[34]
- Blinded Black[35]
- Boy Kill Boy
- The Chalets[36]
- The Dead 60s
- Dead To Fall[37]
- Dirty Pretty Things[38]
- The Departure
- Elle Milano[39]
- Etan
- Fastlane
- Folly
- From a Second Story Window
- From Autumn To Ashes
- The Fully Down
- The Hellacopters
- Harrisons
- Help She Can't Swim
- Himsa[40]
- Hootie & the Blowfish
- Hopesfall
- I Was A Cub Scout
- Jakobinarina
- Junior Senior [41]
- Kubichek!
- The Long Blondes[42]
- Meet Me In St. Louis
- Milburn
- Ministry
- Modern Life Is War
- Moros Eros
- Mumm-Ra[43]
- The Police
- The Procussions
- Quiet Riot
- Raging Speedhorn
- The Receiving End of Sirens
- Ride the Sky
- The Servant
- Shot Down Sun
- Spice Girls (disbanded after their final concert together)
- SikTh
- Spineshank (on hiatus since 2004 and officially announced split in February 2008)
- Still Remains
- Submersed
- The Summer Obsession
- This Et Al
- Toto
- Trick Pony
- Yellow Swans
- YouInSeries
Bands on hiatus
- ¡Forward, Russia! (indefinite hiatus)[44]
- Big & Rich (until 2009, due to a neck injury suffered by Big Kenny)[45]
- Fear Factory
- Foo Fighters
- The Format
- From Autumn to Ashes
- Glue Gun
- Hell Is for Heroes (band)
- Incubus (on break from touring and recording)[46]
- Monkey Swallows the Universe (indefinite hiatus)
- June (indefinite hiatus)
- Red Hot Chili Peppers (2 year hiatus)[47]
- Reuben
- Social Distortion (due to their lead singer undertaking a solo tour)
- The Dresden Dolls (indefinite break)
- The Starting Line (indefinite break)[48]
- Velvet Revolver (whilst looking for a new lead singer)
- Westlife (a one year break)
- Wolfmother (whilst looking for new musicians)
- Yellowcard
- My Chemical Romance (Recording Hiatus)
Albums to be released
Top selling singles in the world
These were the top selling singles in 2008 as of the week of November 1-8, 2008 (Week 46), according to United World Chart.[49]
Position | Single title | Artist name | Points cum. | Peak (2008) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | "Bleeding Love" | Leona Lewis | 9,325,000 | 1 |
2 | "4 Minutes" | Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake and Timbaland | 7,623,000 | 1 |
3 | "Apologize" | Timbaland presents OneRepublic | 7,062,000 | 1 |
4 | "Viva La Vida" | Coldplay | 6,418,000 | 1 |
5 | "Mercy" | Duffy | 6,396,000 | 3 |
6 | "I Kissed A Girl" | Katy Perry | 6,341,000 | 1 |
7 | "Low" | Flo Rida featuring T-Pain | 6,010,000 | 3 |
8 | "Don't Stop the Music" | Rihanna | 5,853,000 | 1 |
9 | "Love Song" | Sara Bareilles | 5,593,000 | 7 |
10 | "No Air" | Jordin Sparks feat. Chris Brown | 5,356,000 | 7 |
Best selling albums in the world
The best sold records in 2008 according to UWC as of the week of November 8-15, 2008 (Week 46). Some records were released in 2006 and 2007, their total sales are behind their sales in 2008 (plus the estimated +7.5% that UWC doesn't cover). All album sales information is from the United World Chart.[50]
Position | Album Title | Artist | Sales | Total Sales | Highest Position in 2008 | Position Change from Last Week |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends | Coldplay | 5,728,000 | 5,728,000 | 1 | – |
2 | Back to Black | Amy Winehouse | 5,234,000 | 11,190,000 | 1 | – |
3 | Rockferry | Duffy | 3,758,000 | 3,758,000 | 2 | – |
4 | Spirit | Leona Lewis | 3,552,000 | 4,734,000 | 1 | – |
5 | Good Girl Gone Bad | Rihanna | 3,157,000 | 6,152,000 | 1 | – |
6 | Hard Candy | Madonna | 3,001,000 | 3,001,000 | 1 | – |
7 | Mamma Mia! The Movie Soundtrack | Mamma Mia! (cast) | 3,000,000 | 3,000,000 | 1 | 1 |
8 | Tha Carter III | Lil Wayne | 2,863,000 | 2,863,000 | 1 | 1 |
9 | Death Magnetic | Metallica | 2,857,000 | 2,857,000 | 1 | 1 |
10 | As I Am | Alicia Keys | 2,750,000 | 6,058,000 | 1 | 1 |
Deaths
January
- January 3 - Henri Chopin, 85, French sound poet
- January 11 - Pete Candoli, 84, American jazz trumpeter
- January 13 - Sergejus Larinas, 51, Russian tenor
- January 17 - Madeleine Milhaud, 105, French librettist
- January 19 - Andy Palacio, 47, Belizean Punta musician
- January 19 - Trevor Taylor, 50, German singer (Bad Boys Blue)
- January 19 - John Stewart, 68, American singer-songwriter
- January 20 - Tommy McQuater, 93, British jazz trumpeter
- January 25 - Evelyn Barbirolli, 97, British oboist
- January 30 - Miles Kington, 66, British bassist
February
- February 4 - Tata Güines, 77, Cuban percussionist and composer
- February 10 - Freddie Bell, 76, American musician
- February 10 - Inga Nielsen, 61, Danish soprano
- February 13 - Henri Salvador, 90, French singer
- February 15 - Willie P. Bennett, 56, Canadian folk singer-songwriter
- February 19 - Yegor Letov, 43, Russian punk singer
- February 19 - Teo Macero, 82, American jazz saxophonist, record producer and composer
- February 21 - Joe Gibbs, Jamaican record producer
- February 24 - Larry Norman, 60, American musician
- February 25 - Stephen "Static Major" Garrett, 33, singer
- February 26 - Buddy Miles, 60, American drummer
- February 27 - Ray Kane, 82, American slack-key guitarist
- February 27 - Ivan Rebroff, 76, German singer
- February 28 - Mike Smith, 64, British singer and producer (The Dave Clark Five)
March
- March 2 - Jeff Healey, 41, blind Canadian musician and actor.
- March 3 - Giuseppe Di Stefano, 86, Italian tenor
- March 3 - Norman Smith, 85, British record producer and musician
- March 4 - Leonard Rosenman, 83, American composer
- March 12 - Alun Hoddinott, 78, British composer
- March 13 - Bill Bolick, 90, country musician
- March 15 - Mikey Dread, 53, Jamaican reggae musician and broadcaster
- March 16 - Ola Brunkert, 61, Swedish drummer
- March 21 - Klaus Dinger, 61, German drummer
- March 21 - Shusha Guppy, 72, Iranian folk-singer and composer
- March 22 - Cachao López, 89, Cuban bassist
- March 23 - Neil Aspinall, 66, British music industry executive
- March 29 - Allan Ganley, 77, British jazz drummer
April
- April 15 - Sean Costello, 28, American blues musician
- April 15 - Brian Davison, 65, British drummer
- April 17 - Danny Federici, 58, American rock multi-instrumentalist
- April 20 - Bebe Barron, 82, American electronic music pioneer
- April 20 - VL Mike, 30, American rap artist
- April 24 - Tristram Cary, 82, British composer
- April 24 - Jimmy Giuffre, 86, American jazz musician
- April 25 - Humphrey Lyttelton, 86, British jazz musician
- April 26 - Henry Brant, 94, American composer
- April 27 - Frances Yeend, 95, American soprano
- April 29 - Micky Waller, 66, British drummer
May
- May 4 - Kishan Maharaj, 84, Indian tabla player
- May 5 - Jerry Wallace, 79, American country music singer
- May 6 - Franz Jackson, 95, American jazz saxophonist
- May 8 - Eddy Arnold, 89, American country music singer
- May 8 - Larry Levine, 80, American audio engineer
- May 10 - Leyla Gencer, 79, Turkish soprano
- May 11 - Dottie Rambo, 74, American gospel singer
- May 11 - John Rutsey, 54 or 55, Canadian drummer
- May 15 - Alexander Courage, 88, American composer
- May 15 - Bob Florence, 75, American jazz pianist
- May 17 - Wilfrid Mellers, 94, British musicologist and composer
- May 21 - Siegmund Nissel, 86, Austrian violinist
- May 23 - Utah Phillips, 73, American folk singer-songwriter
- May 24 - Jimmy McGriff, 72, American jazz organist
- May 26 - Earle Hagen, 88, American composer
- May 28 - Danny Moss, 80, British jazz saxophonist
- May 30 - Campbell Burnap, 68, British jazz trombonist and broadcaster
- May 30 - Nat Temple, 94, British big band leader
June
- June 1 - Al Jones, 62, British folk musician
- June 2 - Bo Diddley, 79, American rock and roll and blues singer, songwriter and guitarist
- June 4 - Bill Finegan, 91, American jazz pianist and arranger
- June 8 - Šaban Bajramović, 72, Serbian Roma musician
- June 12 - Danny Davis, 83, American band leader
- June 14 - Jamelão, 95, Brazilian samba singer
- June 14 - Esbjörn Svensson, 44, Swedish jazz pianist
- June 16 - Margaret Kitchin, 94, Swiss pianist
- June 17 - Cyd Charisse, 86, American dancer and actress
- June 24 - Ira Tucker, 83, American gospel singer
- June 27 - Raymond Lefèvre, 78, French easy listening musician
- June 27 - Daihachi Oguchi, 84, Japanese drummer
- June 27 - Leonard Pennario, 83, American pianist
- June 30 - Ángel Tavira, 83, Mexican violinist and composer
July
- July 1 - Mel Galley, 60, British guitarist
- July 3 - Oliver Schroer, 52, Canadian fiddler and composer
- July 6 - Bobby Durham, 71, American jazz drummer
- July 7 - Hugh Mendl, 88, British record producer
- July 13 - Gerald Wiggins, 86, American jazz pianist
- July 16 - Jo Stafford, 90, American singer
- July 18 - Tauno Marttinen, 95, Finnish composer
- July 18 - Dennis Townhill, 83, British organist and composer
- July 20 - Artie Traum, 65, American folk musician and composer
- July 22 - Joe Beck, 62, American jazz guitarist
- July 24 - Norman Dello Joio, 95, American composer
- July 25 - Hiram Bullock, 52, American jazz fusion guitarist
- July 25 - Johnny Griffin, 80, American jazz saxophonist
- July 27 - Horst Stein, 80, German conductor
- July 28 - Wendo Kolosoy, 83, Congolese rumba musician
- July 31 - Lee Young, 94, American jazz drummer and singer
August
- August 3 - Erik Darling, 74, American folk musician
- August 3 - Louis Teicher, 83, American pianist
- August 4 - Nicola Rescigno, 92, Italian American conductor
- August 5 - Robert Hazard, 59, American songwriter
- August 5 - Reg Lindsay, 79, Australian country music singer
- August 10 - Isaac Hayes, 65, American rhythm and blues musician
- August 10 - Alexander Slobodyanik, 66, Ukrainian pianist
- August 11 - Don Helms, 81, American steel guitarist
- August 12 - Donald Erb, 81, American composer
- August 14 - Lita Roza, 82, British singer
- August 15 - Jerry Wexler, 91, American producer
- August 16 - Dorival Caymmi, 94, Brazilian singer-songwriter
- August 16 - Ronnie Drew, 73, Irish folk musician (The Dubliners)
- August 16 - Johnny Moore, 70, Jamaican trumpeter (The Skatalites)
- August 18 - Pervis Jackson, 70, American R&B singer (The Spinners)
- August 19 - LeRoi Moore, 46, American saxophonist (Dave Matthews Band)
- August 20 - Phil Guy, 68, American blues guitarist
- August 21 - Jerry Finn, 39, American record producer
- August 21 - Buddy Harman, 79, American session drummer
- August 25 - Pehr Henrik Nordgren, 64, Finnish composer
- August 31 - Jerry Reed, 71, American country musician
September
- September 2 - Arne Domnérus, 83, Swedish jazz saxophonist
- September 7 - Christian Dudek, 42, German drummer of (Sodom)
- September 7 - Peter Glossop, 80, British opera singer
- September 8 - Hector Zazou, 60, French composer and producer
- September 8 - Jason Stuart, 39, keyboardist (Hawkwind)
- September 9 - Bheki Mseleku, 53, South African jazz musician
- September 10 - Vernon Handley, 77, British conductor
- September 12 - Marjorie Thomas, 85, British contralto
- September 12 - Charlie Walker, 81, American country musician
- September 15 - Richard Wright, 65, British keyboardist (Pink Floyd)
- September 16 - Norman Whitfield, 68, American songwriter and producer
- September 16 - Andrei Volkonsky, 75, Russian (emigré/defector) composer, conductor and harpischordist
- September 18 - Opal Courtney Jr, 71, American R&B/doo-wop singer (The Spaniels)
- September 18 - Mauricio Kagel, 76, Argentine composer
- September 19 - Earl Palmer, 84, American drummer, member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
- September 19 - Dick Sudhalter, 70, American jazz trumpeter and critic
- September 20 - Nappy Brown, 78, American blues singer
- September 22 - Connie Haines, 87, American singer
- September 24 - Vice Vukov, 72, Croatian singer
- September 25 - Horaţiu Rădulescu, 66, Romanian composer
- September 26 - Bernadette Greevy, 68, Irish mezzo-soprano
October
- October 1 - Nick Reynolds, 75, American folk musician
- October 3 - Johnny "J", 39, American songwriter, music producer and rapper
- October 4 - Levi Kereama, 27, Australian musician
- October 4 - Alfred Gallodoro, 95, American jazz musician
- October 9 - Gidget Gein, 39, American bassist (Marilyn Manson)
- October 11 - Russ Hamilton, 78, British singer
- October 13 - Gus Chambers, 52, British vocalist
- October 15 - Frankie Venom, 51, Canadian vocalist (Teenage Head)
- October 17 - Levi Stubbs, 71, American vocalist (The Four Tops)
- October 18 - Dee Dee Warwick, 63, American soul singer
- October 18 - Dave McKenna, 78, American jazz pianist
- October 24 - Merl Saunders, 74, American musician[51]
- October 27 - Ray Ellis, 85, American musician[52]
- October 29 - Mike Baker, 45, American singer (Shadow Gallery)[53]
- October 31 - Frank Navetta, American punk rock guitarist (Descendents)[54]
November
- November 1 - Jimmy Carl Black, 70, American drummer (The Mothers of Invention)
- November 1 - Nathaniel Mayer, 64, American R&B singer[55]
See also
- 2008 in British music
- 2008 in heavy metal music
- 2008 in hip hop
- List of albums released in 2008
- Timeline of musical events
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