The document provides a brief history of popular music genres and artists from the 1940s to the 1990s. It summarizes the origins and most famous songs or albums of key bands like Queen, The Beatles, Radiohead, and the Spice Girls. It also gives overviews of some major music festivals in the UK like Reading and Leeds, Glastonbury, and how the UK music charts are compiled.

2. 1940´s
Jitterbug / boogie-woogie
Bing Crosby
1950´s
Rock and Roll
Elvis Presley The Beatles
1960´s
British Rock and Roll

3. 1970´s
Glam Rock
1980´s
Hip Hop and Rap
1990´s
Britpop
David Bowie RadioheadRun DMC

6.  They were a British rock band formed in
1970 in London.
 Originally consisted of four
people, Freddie Mercury (lead vocals
and piano), Brian May (guitar and
vocals), John Deacon (bass guitar) and
Roger Taylor (drums and vocals).
 Their most famous and well known songs
include: “Bohemian Rhapsody”, “We Will
Rock You” and “We Are The Champions”.

8.  They were a British rock band formed in 1960 in
Liverpool.
 The original four included: John Lennon (lead
singer), Paul McCartney (guitar and vocals),
George Harrison (lead guitar) and Ringo Starr
(drums).
 They became widely regarded as the greatest
and most influential act of the rock era.
 In 1964 they had become international stars,
leading the “British Invasion” of the United States
pop market.
 Their most famous songs include: Yellow
Submarine and Hey Jude.

10.  The band formed in 1996 and still record
songs now.
 Originally all the band are from London.
 The band has won a number of music
awards throughout their career
including, eight Brit Awards, five MTV
music video awards and seven Grammy
awards from 25 nominations .

11.  The were a British pop
girl group formed in
1994.
 After the band broke
up, they decided to
do a reunion tour in
2007-2008.
 In 1997 they released
a box-office film,
Spice world.

14.  Reading and Leeds festival takes place
once a year and the selected artists play
both venues on alternative days.
 Reading festival hosts 90,000 people
while Leeds festival hosts 75,000.
 The festival is held over the August Bank
Holiday weekend however guests usually
camp at the venue for four or five nights.

17.  This is the largest festival held in Sommerset,
South West, England.
 It is an annual festival and lasts for three days.
 The festival hosts up to 175,000 people which
camp over the three day period in the fields.
 In addition to contempary music, the festival
hosts dance, comedy, theatre, circus as well as
other arts.
 Previous headlining acts include: The Smiths,
Oasis, U2, Kings Of Leon, Arctic Monkeys,
Beyonce and The Killers.

20.  The charts are updated every Sunday
evening
 Top 40 most popular singles are listed as
well as the top 40 albums.
 The official chart show is done by the
BBC.