This is a summary of2007 in music in the United Kingdom.

• 1 January
  • George Shearing is knighted for services to music inThe Queen's New Year Honours List.Evelyn Glennie becomes a Dame.Imogen Cooper,John Rutter andRod Stewart are appointed aCBE.^[1]
  • Digital downloads are included without restrictions in the charts for the first time.^[2]
• 30 January – Following rumours thatThe Police will reunite for a tour after 23 years to mark the 30th anniversary of the release of "Roxanne",^[3][4] the band announce that they will perform at the opening of the 49th annualGrammy Awards on 11 February^[5] and subsequently announceThe Police Reunion Tour.
• February – A lightning strike severely damagesLlandaff Cathedral organ.^[6]
• 25 March –Elton John playsMadison Square Garden for the 60th time, to celebrate his 60th birthday. The concert sets the record for most performances by an artist at the venue. Longtime songwriting partnerBernie Taupin makes an appearance, as well as celebritiesWhoopi Goldberg andRobin Williams and former PresidentBill Clinton. John performs songs from his back catalogue, including "Ballad of a Well-Known Gun" and "Roy Rogers".
• 7 April –Joss Stone's third studio albumIntroducing Joss Stone enters the U.S.Billboard 200, becoming the highest début entry by a British female solo artist on the U.S. chart; the record was previously held byAmy Winehouse'sBack to Black, which had come in at number seven the previous week.
• 4 May –Peter Hook announces on XFM radio that he has leftNew Order and that he andBernard Sumner are no longer working together.
• 12 May – At theEurovision Song Contest, the UK is represented byScooch, who finish in penultimate place in the final with "Flying the Flag (For You)".
• 30 May–5 June – The Peel Bay Festival takes place on theIsle of Man.
• 22 June-25 June –Glastonbury Festival, headlined byArctic Monkeys,The Killers, andThe Who on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, respectively.Dame Shirley Bassey was also featured.^[7]
• 26 June –The Verve announce their reunion onJo Whiley's show onBBC Radio 1, and announce tour dates and plans for an album. This reunion would be short-lived, as they would split up again 2 years later.
• 28 June – TheSpice Girls announce their reunion at the O2 in London in a press conference televised worldwide.
• 1 July – TheConcert for Diana takes place atWembley Stadium in London. Performers includeDuran Duran,Elton John,Fergie,Joss Stone,Kanye West,Nelly Furtado,Rod Stewart, andTom Jones.
• 4–11 August – TheThree Choirs Festival is held atGloucester, with a programme includingBenjamin Britten'sWar Requiem andMahler'sSymphony No 8.^[8]
• 24 August –Bryn Terfel'sFaenol Festival opens with a concert featuringGirls Aloud. Other artists appearing during the weekend includeRebecca Evans,Carlos Alvarez, andMichael Ball.^[9]
• 22 September–29 September – The 35thNorth Wales International Music Festival is held atSt Asaph.
• 1 October
  • Genesis release the second of 5 planned box sets,Genesis 1983-1998.
  • TheBBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment ofDonald Runnicles as its next Chief Conductor.
  • Jonny Greenwood, guitarist ofRadiohead, announces on the band's website that they will release the new albumIn Rainbows in ten days; consumers can pay whatever price they want.
• 2 December – TheSpice Girls open their reunion tour in Vancouver, Canada.
• 10 December –Led Zeppelin reunite in London for their first show in 25 years.
• 15 December –Leon Jackson is named winner of thefourth series ofThe X Factor.Rhydian Roberts is named runner-up, whileSame Difference andNiki Evans finish in third and fourth place respectively.

• Nigel Hess – Piano Concerto

• Tim Benjamin –The Corley Conspiracy (premièred 19 September)
• Jonathan Dove –The Adventures of Pinocchio (premièred 21 December)^[10]
• James MacMillan –The Sacrifice (premièred 22 September)
• Julian Wagstaff –The Turing Test (premièred 15 August)^[11]

• Blair on Broadway, by Iain Hollingshead, with music by Timothy Muller^[12]
• TONY! The Blair Musical, byChris Bush, with music by Ian McCluskey^[13]
• Quadrophenia, with music byThe Who^[14]

• Across the Universe, with music byThe Beatles^[15]

• Chamber –Brian Ferneyhough:String Quartet No. 5
• Vocal –Oliver Knussen:Requiem – Songs for Sue
• Liturgical –Tarik O'Regan:Threshold of Night
• Stage works –Stephen McNeff:Tarka the Otter
• Choral –Julian Anderson:Heaven is Shy of Earth
• BBC Radio 3 Listeners' Award –Guto Puw:Oboe Concerto

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• Best song – "Elusive" –Scott Matthews
• Best contemporary song – "Rehab" –Amy Winehouse
• Best television soundtrack –The Virgin Queen (Martin Phipps)
• Best original film score –Ice Age: The Meltdown (John Powell)
• Best-selling UK single – "A Moment Like This" –Leona Lewis
• Outstanding Song Collection –Yusuf Islam
• Lifetime Achievement –Peter Gabriel
• Classical Music award –John Rutter
• PRS Outstanding Contribution to British Music –Norman Cook
• Songwriters of the Year –The Feeling

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• Klaxons –Myths of the Near Future

• 14 February –Gareth Morris, flute player and educator, 86
• 22 February –Edgar Evans, operatic tenor, 94
• 23 February –Ian Wallace, drummer (King Crimson), 60
• 24 February –Bryan Balkwill, pianist and orchestral conductor, 84
• 28 February –Billy Thorpe, British-born Australian rock performer, 60
• 4 March –Richard Joseph, computer game composer, 53 (lung cancer)^[18]
• 4 April –Brian Fahey, composer and arranger, 87
• 18 June –Bernard Manning, comedian and singer, 76
• 5 July –George Melly, jazz vocalist, 80
• 15 July – Kelly Johnson, guitarist (Girlschool), 49
• 10 August –Anthony Wilson, record executive (Factory Records), 57
• 1 October –Ronnie Hazlehurst, composer and conductor, 79
• 20 October –Paul Raven, bassist (Killing Joke) 46 (heart attack)
• 1 December –Anton Rodgers, actor and singer, 74
• 25 December –Pat Kirkwood, actress and singer, 86
• 29 December –Joan Ingpen, opera talent manager who helped launchLuciano Pavarotti's career, 91

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