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	* ] – Neil Young announces he will headline Glastonbury a day after saying he had turned down a slot because of the BBC's involvement in the event.<ref>{{Cite web \|first=Mark \|last=Savage \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgrwvgj0149o \|title=Neil Young reverses Glastonbury Festival 'boycott' \|date=3 January 2025 \|website=BBC News \|publisher=BBC \|accessdate=4 January 2025}}</ref>		* ] – Neil Young announces he will headline Glastonbury a day after saying he had turned down a slot because of the BBC's involvement in the event.<ref>{{Cite web \|first=Mark \|last=Savage \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgrwvgj0149o \|title=Neil Young reverses Glastonbury Festival 'boycott' \|date=3 January 2025 \|website=BBC News \|publisher=BBC \|accessdate=4 January 2025}}</ref>
	* ] – A statue of musician ] is unveiled at ]'s ].<ref>{{Cite web \|first=Ross \|last=McKee \|first2=Bernie \|last2=Allen \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ced8jpdevjeo \|title=Belfast: Rory Gallagher statue unveiled outside Ulster Hall \|date=4 January 2025 \|website=BBC News \|publisher=BBC \|accessdate=4 January 2025}}</ref>		* ] – A statue of musician ] is unveiled at ]'s ].<ref>{{Cite web \|first=Ross \|last=McKee \|first2=Bernie \|last2=Allen \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ced8jpdevjeo \|title=Belfast: Rory Gallagher statue unveiled outside Ulster Hall \|date=4 January 2025 \|website=BBC News \|publisher=BBC \|accessdate=4 January 2025}}</ref>
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	* ~~] –~~ UK music fans spent £2.4bn on streaming and vinyl during 2024, data shows, exceeding the previous record of £2.2bn in 2001.<ref>{{Cite web \|first=Mark \|last=Savage \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg7rl3z3jmzo \|title=Music sales hit a 20-year high, thanks to streaming and vinyl \|date=8 January 2025 \|website=BBC News \|publisher=BBCB \|accessdate=8 January 2025}}</ref>		**UK music fans spent £2.4bn on streaming and vinyl during 2024, data shows, exceeding the previous record of £2.2bn in 2001.<ref>{{Cite web \|first=Mark \|last=Savage \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg7rl3z3jmzo \|title=Music sales hit a 20-year high, thanks to streaming and vinyl \|date=8 January 2025 \|website=BBC News \|publisher=BBCB \|accessdate=8 January 2025}}</ref>
			**A UK inquest into the death of singer ] opens, and hears that he died as a result of "]".<ref>{{Cite web \|first=Yasmin \|last=Rufo \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg4z4kg39r7o \|title=Liam Payne's medical cause of death confirmed as polytrauma \|date=8 January 2025 \|website=BBC News \|publisher=BBC \|accessdate=8 January 2025}}</ref>

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2025 in music
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List of albums released

2020s in music in the UK
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Events

January

1 January – BBC One sees in the New Year with Sophie Ellis-Bextor, who performs and hosts a "New Year Disco".
2 January – Neil Young announces he will not play the 2025 Glastonbury Festival because it is partnered with the BBC and he believes it to be "under corporate control".
3 January – Neil Young announces he will headline Glastonbury a day after saying he had turned down a slot because of the BBC's involvement in the event.
4 January – A statue of musician Rory Gallagher is unveiled at Belfast's Ulster Hall.
8 January –
- UK music fans spent £2.4bn on streaming and vinyl during 2024, data shows, exceeding the previous record of £2.2bn in 2001.
- A UK inquest into the death of singer Liam Payne opens, and hears that he died as a result of "polytrauma".

March

1 March – The 2025 Brit Awards are scheduled to take place at The O2 in London.

Bands formed

Bands disbanded

Bands reformed

Classical works

New operas

British music awards

Charts and sales

Number-one singles

The singles chart includes a proportion for streaming.

Chart date (week ending)	Song	Artist(s)	Chart sales	References
2 January	"Last Christmas"	Wham!	114,290
9 January	"That's So True"	Gracie Abrams	46,869

Number-one albums

The albums chart includes a proportion for streaming.

Chart date (week ending)	Album	Artist(s)	Chart sales	References
2 January	Christmas	Michael Bublé	27,016
9 January	+–=÷× (Tour Collection)	Ed Sheeran	15,606

Number-one compilation albums

The albums chart includes a proportion for streaming.

Chart date (week ending)	Album	Chart sales	References
2 January	Wicked: The Soundtrack	12,338
9 January	Wicked: The Soundtrack	8,919

Deaths

2 January – Russ North, 59, English heavy metal singer (Cloven Hoof).

Notes

References

Savage, Mark (21 November 2024). "Sophie Ellis-Bextor to play the BBC's New Year Eve concert". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
Glynn, Paul (2 January 2025). "Neil Young shuns Glastonbury over BBC 'corporate control'". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
Savage, Mark (3 January 2025). "Neil Young reverses Glastonbury Festival 'boycott'". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
McKee, Ross; Allen, Bernie (4 January 2025). "Belfast: Rory Gallagher statue unveiled outside Ulster Hall". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
Savage, Mark (8 January 2025). "Music sales hit a 20-year high, thanks to streaming and vinyl". BBC News. BBCB. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
Rufo, Yasmin (8 January 2025). "Liam Payne's medical cause of death confirmed as polytrauma". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
Dunworth, Liberty (18 September 2024). "Date revealed for The BRIT Awards 2025". NME. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
"Official Singles Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
"Official Singles Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
"Official Albums Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
"Official Albums Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
"Official Compilations Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
"Official Compilations Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
"CLOVEN HOOF - È morto Russ North" (in Italian). Loud and Proud Italy. 2 January 2025. Retrieved 2 January 2025.

Music of the United Kingdom

Art music

Early music
- England
- Ireland
- Scotland
- Wales
Baroque
Classical

History of popular music

Traditional genres

Contemporary
popular genres

Ethnic music

Media and
performance

Music awards	BBC Music Awards BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards Brit Awards Classic Brit Awards Global Awards Gramophone Classical Music Awards Ivor Novello Awards Kerrang! Awards Mercury Prize MOBO Awards
Music charts	Albums chart Classical charts Compilation chart Dance chart Download chart Indie chart R&B chart Rock chart Singles chart Subscription plays chart
Music festivals	Boomtown C2C: Country to Country Cambridge Folk Download Edinburgh Eisteddfod Glastonbury Isle of Wight Knebworth Royal National Mòd The Proms Reading and Leeds Sidmouth T in the Park V
Music media	fRoots The Gramophone Kerrang! Melody Maker Mojo NME Q The Wire
National anthem	"God Save the King"

Regional music

British Isles	Birmingham (Classical music, Jazz, Popular music) Cardiff Cornwall Liverpool Manchester Newport Northumbria Somerset Sussex Yorkshire
Overseas	Anguilla Bermuda Cayman Islands Gibraltar Montserrat Turks and Caicos Virgin Islands

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	* ] – Neil Young announces he will headline Glastonbury a day after saying he had turned down a slot because of the BBC's involvement in the event.<ref>{{Cite web \|first=Mark \|last=Savage \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgrwvgj0149o \|title=Neil Young reverses Glastonbury Festival 'boycott' \|date=3 January 2025 \|website=BBC News \|publisher=BBC \|accessdate=4 January 2025}}</ref>		* ] – Neil Young announces he will headline Glastonbury a day after saying he had turned down a slot because of the BBC's involvement in the event.<ref>{{Cite web \|first=Mark \|last=Savage \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgrwvgj0149o \|title=Neil Young reverses Glastonbury Festival 'boycott' \|date=3 January 2025 \|website=BBC News \|publisher=BBC \|accessdate=4 January 2025}}</ref>
	* ] – A statue of musician ] is unveiled at ]'s ].<ref>{{Cite web \|first=Ross \|last=McKee \|first2=Bernie \|last2=Allen \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ced8jpdevjeo \|title=Belfast: Rory Gallagher statue unveiled outside Ulster Hall \|date=4 January 2025 \|website=BBC News \|publisher=BBC \|accessdate=4 January 2025}}</ref>		* ] – A statue of musician ] is unveiled at ]'s ].<ref>{{Cite web \|first=Ross \|last=McKee \|first2=Bernie \|last2=Allen \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ced8jpdevjeo \|title=Belfast: Rory Gallagher statue unveiled outside Ulster Hall \|date=4 January 2025 \|website=BBC News \|publisher=BBC \|accessdate=4 January 2025}}</ref>
			* ] –
	* ~~] –~~ UK music fans spent £2.4bn on streaming and vinyl during 2024, data shows, exceeding the previous record of £2.2bn in 2001.<ref>{{Cite web \|first=Mark \|last=Savage \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg7rl3z3jmzo \|title=Music sales hit a 20-year high, thanks to streaming and vinyl \|date=8 January 2025 \|website=BBC News \|publisher=BBCB \|accessdate=8 January 2025}}</ref>		**UK music fans spent £2.4bn on streaming and vinyl during 2024, data shows, exceeding the previous record of £2.2bn in 2001.<ref>{{Cite web \|first=Mark \|last=Savage \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg7rl3z3jmzo \|title=Music sales hit a 20-year high, thanks to streaming and vinyl \|date=8 January 2025 \|website=BBC News \|publisher=BBCB \|accessdate=8 January 2025}}</ref>
			**A UK inquest into the death of singer ] opens, and hears that he died as a result of "]".<ref>{{Cite web \|first=Yasmin \|last=Rufo \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg4z4kg39r7o \|title=Liam Payne's medical cause of death confirmed as polytrauma \|date=8 January 2025 \|website=BBC News \|publisher=BBC \|accessdate=8 January 2025}}</ref>

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