2004 in music (UK)Musical groups established in 2004Record labels established in 2004 EventsJanuary 1Vienna New Year's Concert by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in Vienna, conducted by Riccardo Muti.Kurt Nilsen wins World Idol.January 3 - Britney Spears marries Jason Allen Alexander, a childhood friend, in Las Vegas. The marriage was annulled two days later.January 15 Valfar, vocalist of black metal band Windir, dies in a blizzard of hypothermia.February 1 - Daron Hagen is appointed President of the Lotte Lehmann Foundation in New York City.February 17BRIT Awards held in London. The Darkness, Dido, Busted, Justin Timberlake, and KRS-One are among the winners.Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan posts a bitter message on his personal blog calling D'Arcy Wretzky a "mean spirited drug addict" and blaming James Iha for the breakup of that band.March 10 - George Michael announces that Patience will be his last commercially released record, telling Jo Whiley of BBC Radio 1 "this album nearly killed me". Future releases will be available from his web site in return for donations to his favourite charities.March 13 - Luciano Pavarotti gives his last performance in an opera, in Tosca at the New York Metropolitan Opera.March 16 - Godsmack releases an EP titled The Other Side, which contains acoustic reworkings of some of their songsMarch 23 - Usher releases his " Confessions " album selling 1.1 million copies its first week , making him the first R&B artist to ever accomplish that. The album would be the top seller of the year with four number one singles.April 6A previously unreleased Johnny Cash album called My Mother's Hymn Book is released less than a year after his death on September 12, 2003.Modest Mouse, an American indie rock band releases Good News for People Who Love Bad News.Anastacia makes come back after cancerApril 20 - Fear Factory returns after their 2002 breakup with the new album Archetype.April 26Deborah Voigt, sacked by Covent Garden for being too fat for an opera role, makes her recital debut to a rapturous reception at Carnegie Hall.Dream Theater performs at the Nippon Budokan Hall in Tokyo, Japan.May - Blender magazine's May issue includes a "50 Worst Songs Ever!" list. "We Built This City," by Starship, is rated worst.May 10 - Keane release Hopes and Fears which converted into the 16th best selling album of the millennium in the UK. It went 8x platinum and was nominated for the Mercury Prize and the BRIT award for best album.May 18 to May 23 - European Festival of Youth Choirs (EJCF) in Basel.May 24 - Madonna starts The Re-Invention Tour in 20 cities with a total of 56 shows and making it the most successful concert tour of the year with a gross of $124.5 million.May 25Jam band Phish announces that after 21 years they will break up following the Summer 2004 Tour.Skinny Puppy releases their first studio album since disbanding in 1996, called The Greater Wrong of the Right.May 26 - Fantasia Barrino wins the third season of American Idol, defeating Diana DeGarmo.JuneStaind start recording their fourth album, produced by David Bottrill.Velvet Revolver's first album Contraband debuts in the top slot on the Billboard album charts, selling over 250,000 copies its first week out.June - The Ramones guitarist Johnny Ramone is hospitalized in Los Angeles with prostate cancer and diagnosed.June 4Karl Jenkins signs a 10-year recording deal with EMI.Creed dissolved. Guitarist Mark Tremonti, Drummer Scott Phillips and Brian Marshall (ex Bassist of Creed) were working on side project Alter Bridge along with Myles Kennedy of The Mayfield Four Their first album is One Day Remains, which is scheduled to be released on August 10th.June 10 - Legendary blues and soul pianist and singer Ray Charles dies of liver disease at the age of 73.June 12 - The Los Angeles, California radio station KROQ airs the 12th Annual KROQ Weenie Roast show with Bad Religion, Beastie Boys, Cypress Hill, The Hives, Hoobastank, The Killers, Modest Mouse, New Found Glory, Story of the Year, The Strokes, The Velvet Revolver, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Yellowcard.June 22 - 14th annual Lollapalooza festival, scheduled for July 17, is cancelled. Organizers cite "poor ticket sales". (See: Lollapalooza 2004 lineup.)June 23 - UK DJ Tony Blackburn is suspended by radio station Classic Gold Digital for playing songs by Cliff Richard, against station policy.July 10 Ex- S Club star Rachel Stevens sets a world record for completing the fastest promotional circuit in just 24 hours- including a run for the charity Sport Relief. American Idol winner Fantasia becomes the first artist in history to debut at number-one on the Hot 100 with a first record.July 11 McFly debut at #1 on the UK album charts with Room On The 3rd Floor. They break the record set by The Beatles as the youngest group ever to debut at #1 on the album charts.New classic rock and New Wave-influenced bands such as the Killers begin to oust numetal bands.July 20 - Van Halen releases The Best of Both Worlds, a 36-song compilation album featuring three new recordings with Sammy Hagar on vocals.July 24 - The Robert Smith organized Curiosa Festival kicks off with a concert in West Palm Beach, Florida. Performing along with The Cure are Interpol, The Rapture, Mogwai, Cursive, Muse, Head Automatica, Thursday, Scarling., The Cooper Temple Clause, and Melissa Auf Der Maur.July 31 - Dispatch performs their last live show at the DCR Hatchshell in Boston, MA.August - Wes Borland returns to Limp Bizkit.August 8 - Dave Matthews Band's tour bus dumps 800 lb (360 kg) of human feces from a Chicago bridge, intending to unload it in the river, but it lands on an architecture tour boat. The bus driver and the band are sued by the state of Illinois.August 15 - Phish performs their final concert at a two-day festival in Coventry, Vermont.September 28Brian Wilson completes SMiLE, 37 years after its original planned release.October 11 - The original lineup of Duran Duran release their new album Astronaut, which was preceded by the single "(Reach Up For The) Sunrise".October 23 - Ashlee Simpson is accused of lip-synching after an abortive live performance on the television show Saturday Night Live.October 26 - Legendary DJ John Peel dies, after 40 years of massive influence upon popular music.November 4 - Three members of the band RAM, who all lived in a neighborhood known for its support of the then-recently deposed former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, are detained by Haitian police during a concert performance in Port-au-Prince; no charges are ever filed or official explanation for the detentions given.November 12 - Eminem's fourth studio album is released four days before planned to combat bootleggers. The album sells 710,000 copies in only three days and becomes Eminem's third consecutive album to debut at #1 on the billboard charts.November 15 - "Breathe" single by Fabolous was released.December - Ned's Atomic Dustbin begins touring with 5 upcoming shows.November 30 - "Jay-Z and Linkin Park's album Collision Course debuts at number #01 at the Billboard 200, and the album converted in the most selling CD/DVD of that year.December 7 - Lindsay Lohan releases her debut album SpeakDecember 11-12 - The Los Angeles, California radio station KROQ airs the 15th Annual of the Acoustic Christmas with Chevelle, Franz Ferdinand, Good Charlotte, Green Day, Hoobastank, Incubus, Interpol, Jimmy Eat World, Keane, The Killers, Modest Mouse, Muse, The Music, My Chemical Romance, Papa Roach, Snow Patrol, Social Distortion, Sum 41, Taking Back Sunday, The Shins, The Used, and Velvet Revolver.December 14th - Clint Lowery leaves Sevendust due to fights with band about gaining control of the band and doubts of the band's future after being released from their label TVT Records. Bands formedA Little BitterAhabAlesanaAlter BridgeArctic MonkeysAsobi SeksuBand of HorsesCartelCancer BatsCatherineThe Car Is on FireCelestiialChrome DivisionCirca SurviveCold War KidsFolkearthFrostHazen StreetHeavyHeavyLowLowThe Hush SoundI Am the AvalancheThe MoogNightmare of YouParamorePortugal. The ManRBDSaosinScar SymmetryTest IciclesVeda Bands disbandedAudioventB2KThe Beta BandBeulahCreedDamageplanEve 6GeneGive Up the GhostGod Lives UnderwaterThe LibertinesOnelinedrawingOrbitalPhishSixpence None the RicherSmall Brown BikeSoluna (hiatus)The UnicornsThe WatchmenWindir Bands re-formedFear Factory (without original member Dino Cazares.)MegadethRestless Heart Albums released