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Brit Music Scene Review Of The Year 2008 - Part One: January To March

Posted: 28 Dec 2008 09:05 AM PST

2009 is approaching fast and so it’s time to look back at 2008. Here we’ll see the high and lowlights of the first three months of the year, with a selection of stories we covered between January and March.

January

The month began with Queen being named as the best British band of all time, beating The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Take That, and Oasis. Sad news in the middle of the month when Lily Allen suffered a miscarriage. She later split with boyfriend Ed Simons.

Geri Halliwell claimed that the Spice Girls wouldn’t make a penny from their huge world tour despite it selling out everywhere. She was later proved a liar when it was revealed the girls had made $20 million apiece. Then the once-great girl group canceled the tour and split up again.

The Cribs took Johnny Marr, formerly of The Smiths, on as a fourth member, while Amy Winehouse finally entered rehab.

February

The month began with me listing 10 British Artists I Wouldn't Want To Switch Places With For All The Tea In England. Just a few days later, Amy Winehouse won five Grammy awards via satellite.

The middle of the month saw me live blogging the Brit Awards 2008. In a four post spectacular, I gave my views on everything that happened at the ceremony. Read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4.

News also reached us that the Spice Girls were never going to tour again, a pronouncement that elicited a huge round of applause from me. While Rihanna and Klaxons Brit Awards collaboration was eyed as a future release. It hasn’t happened yet.

March

The month of March began with news that Robert Plant had turned down a huge £100 million to tour with led Zeppelin once more. This story ended up rumbling on all year. Meanwhile, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr argued over the merits of being a former Beatle.

I asked whether Estelle was a diva or simply a breath of fresh air in light of some rather nasty comments she made about her fellow female singers.

The end of the month saw Leona Lewis hit number one in the U.S., the first solo British female to do so for 21 years. Not bad for a reality television show winner. While Amy Winehouse’ new material prompted questions over her already fragile state of mind.

The Brit Music Scene Review Of The Year will continue until New Year.

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