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Singles events, including those organized by religious organizations, have been criticized for frequently being meet/meat markets [13] [14] —places where attendees are rapidly sizing up members of the opposite sex with objectifying criteria, such as attractiveness, wealth, and fashion sense, before taking the time to get to know attendees on a deeper level.
This list shows singles that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart during 2025, as well as singles which peaked in 2024 and 2026 but were in the top 10 in 2025. The entry date is when the song appeared in the top 10 for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart is announced).
20 August – The UK government gives the go ahead to plans for a northern version of London's BRIT School, based in Bradford. [ 55 ] 23 August – An advertisement for a fictional glass repair business in the Hackney Gazette is believed to be a teaser for a new Rolling Stones album as it contains several references to the band's past songs.
UK music fans spent £2.4bn on streaming and vinyl during 2024, data shows, exceeding the previous record of £2.2bn in 2001. [5] A UK inquest into the death of singer Liam Payne opens, and hears that he died as a result of "polytrauma". [6] 10 January – Chappell Roan wins BBC Radio 1's Sound of 2025. [7]
19 June – Alan Bush's 1950 opera Wat Tyler receives its UK première at Sadler's Wells Theatre, the only time one of Bush's operas has been staged in the UK. [1] 20 July – The first Knebworth Concert is held, headlined by the Allman Brothers Band. 2 November – George Harrison launches his George Harrison & Friends North American Tour in ...
The biggest British musical event of 1985 was the Live Aid concert in London's Wembley Stadium on 13 July. Held to follow up the previous year's charity record "Do They Know It's Christmas?", the biggest-selling single ever at the time, popular acts such as The Who, U2 and Queen performed in front of an estimated audience of 1.9 billion viewers.
1977 is the first year for which "full year" UK year-end charts exist – in order to be published in the year's final issue of Music Week and to be broadcast on BBC Radio 1 on New Year's Day, the collection of sales data had a cut-off point sometime in early December each year.
4 March – The Rolling Stones open their UK tour in Newcastle upon Tyne, intended as a "farewell" to the UK prior to the band's relocation to France as "tax exiles". 5 March – Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, sees the first live performance of Led Zeppelin's song "Stairway to Heaven".