be Primal Scream's album "XTRMNTR", released in January 2000. 30 December – George Harrison and his wife Olivia fight off a knife attack by an intruder in his Friar Park home. Classical works Arthur Butterworth – Bubu for English horn, viola and harp, Op. 107 Alun Hoddinott – Symphony No. 10 Joe Jackson – Symphony No. 1 Julian Stewart Lindsay – Vox Dei Roger Smalley – Crepuscule, for piano quartet Raymond Yiu – Tranced Opera David Blake – Scoring A Century Jonathan Dove – Tobias and the Angel Musical theatre 6 April – Mamma Mia!, with book by Catherine Johnson and songs by Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, opens at the Prince Edward Theatre. It would later transfer to the Prince of Wales Theatre on 9 June 2004, continuing its run until September 2012, when it moved to the Novello Theatre. Musical films Topsy-Turvy, starring Allan Corduner as Sir Arthur Sullivan and Jim Broadbent as W. S. Gilbert Film scores and incidental music Film Michael Nyman – Wonderland Rachel Portman – The Cider House Rules Television Murray Gold – Queer as Folk Music awards BRIT Awards The 1999 BRIT Awards winners were: Best soundtrack: "Titanic" British album: Manic Street Preachers – "This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours" British breakthrough act: Belle & Sebastian British dance act: Fatboy Slim British female solo artist: Des'ree British group: Manic Street Preachers British male solo artist: Robbie Williams British single: Robbie Williams – "Angels" British video: Robbie Williams – "Millennium" International breakthrough act: Natalie Imbruglia International female: Natalie Imbruglia International group: The Corrs International male: Beck Outstanding contribution: Eurythmics Mercury Music Prize The 1999 Mercury Music Prize was awarded to Talvin Singh – Ok. Record of the Year The Record of the Year was awarded to "Flying Without Wings" by Westlife. Births 28 January – Hrvy, singer April – S1mba, rapper 4 April – Sheku Kanneh-Mason, award-winning cellist 9 December – Aitch, rapper Deaths 14 January – Bryn Jones, British ethnic electronica and experimental musician, 37 (infection) 23 February – Ruth Gipps, composer, oboist, pianist and impresario, 78 2 March – Dusty Springfield, singer, 59 (breast cancer) 21 March – Ernie Wise, entertainer, 73 3 April – Lionel Bart, songwriter, 68 (cancer) 14 April – Anthony Newley, songwriter, actor and singer, 67 19 May – James Blades, orchestral percussionist, 97 16 June – Screaming Lord Sutch, pop musician and politician, 58 12 July