2010 in European music
The following is a list of notable events and releases that occurred in 2010 in mainland European music.
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Events
January – March
- February 12 – Jesper Strömblad quits In Flames.
- March 29 – Protesters interrupt a concert by the Jerusalem Quartet at London's Wigmore Hall.[1]
April – June
- May 8–9 – Collective premiere of the 21 works of the Klang cycle by Karlheinz Stockhausen takes place in Cologne, Germany, by members of musikFabrik and others, in 176 individual concerts, as part of the MusikTriennale Köln.[2]
- May 18 – The 2010 World Music Awards ceremony is held in Monte Carlo, Monaco. Guest performers include Andrea Bocelli and Tiziano Ferro.
- May 29 – The Final of the 55th annual Eurovision Song Contest takes place in Oslo, Norway. It is won by 19-year-old singer Lena Meyer-Landrut, singing Satellite and representing Germany.
- Rock in Rio Festival returns to Lisboa, Portugal and Madrid, Spain.
July – September
- Toto temporarily reform for a short tour through Europe in honor of their former bassist Mike Porcaro, who suffers from ALS.[3]
- July 24 – The last Loveparade took place in Duisburg implying the deaths of 21 people.
October – December
- December 4 – Norwegian group A-ha break up with a concert in Oslo at the end of a world tour.
Groups reformed
Groups disbanded
Albums set to be released
January
January 20
Unspecific date
February
8
- The Underworld Regime by Ov Hell[9]
February 9
February 19
- Grosse Freiheit by Unheilig
February 23
February 24
- We Are The Void by Dark Tranquility[12]
July
2
- The Panic Broadcast by Soilwork
July 13
20
- The Sledgehammer Files: The Best of Soilwork 1998-2008 by Soilwork
Unspecified date
- Blood of the Nations by Accept[13]
- Untitled by Blind Guardian[14]
- Untitled by Blindside[15]
- Henzi by Kraftwerk[16]
- Sting in the Tail by Scorpions[17]
- Untitled by Valkyrja[18]
- Untitled by WIZO[19]
- Untitled by Lena Katina[20]
- The Seven Temptations by Doda
- Untitled by Anna Vissi
Top hits on record
Classical
- Hans Werner Henze – Der Opfergang, for choir
- Magnus Lindberg – Al largo for orchestra
- Wolfgang Rihm – Gegenstück for bass saxophon, percussion and piano (revised version)
Deaths
- March 10 – Peter Van Wood, 82, Dutch guitarist, singer, songwriter, actor and astrologer.
- March 16 – Ksenija Pajcin, 32, Serbian singer.
- June 3 – Elodie Lauten, French-American composer and educator, 63
- June 10 – Rock-Olga (Birgit Magnusson), 70, Swedish rock singer.
- August 20 – Charles Haddon, 22, Lead singer of British synthpop/electropop group 'Ou est le swimming pool'.
- December 30 – Bobby Farrell, 61, Frontman of Boney M.
See also
References
- Charlotte Higgins (March 30, 2010). "Arts Diary". The Guardian. UK. Archived from the original on April 5, 2010. Retrieved April 4, 2010.
- Othmar Gimpel (ed.), Karlheinz Stockhausen, KLANG, 8. und. 9. Mai [Unpaginated programme booklet] (Cologne: MusikTriennale Köln, 2010); Olaf Weiden, "Kölner Musiktriennale: Wie klingt eigentlich Klang? Archived July 19, 2011, at the Wayback Machine" Kölnische Rundschau (May 9, 2010).
- http://www.toto99.com/blog/news.php%5B%5D
- http://www.wizo.de/
- http://www.soberweb.com/
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on August 28, 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- http://studio.sonsofthesystem.com/hello-world/
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 25, 2009. Retrieved October 22, 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "HIM: New Album Artwork, Release Date Revealed". Blabbermouth.net. November 22, 2009. Archived from the original on November 26, 2009. Retrieved November 22, 2009.
- http://trianglemusic.blogspot.com/2009/10/shout-out-louds-to-release-work-in.html
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 7, 2009. Retrieved August 5, 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=53004
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on November 18, 2009. Retrieved August 5, 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- http://www.blindsideonline.com/
- http://consequenceofsound.net/2009/10/07/kraftwerk-plans-new-album-for-2010/
- http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_releases/scorpions_release_new_album_early_2010.html
- "BLABBERMOUTH.NET - VALKYRJA Begins Recording New Album".
- http://www.wizo.de/
- "Zahlsysteme – Wie bezahle ich im Casino".
| Preceded by 2009 |
European Music 2010 |
Succeeded by 2011 |
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