Music, music, music

The British music scene is extremely varied. There are many different types of music and groups that you can enjoy. If you want to, you can go to a techno night at the local club on Friday, a classical concert on Saturday and see a reggae band live on stage on Sunday.

It is difficult for groups in Britain to have lots of fans or sell lots of records because there are so many different types of music: heavy metal, house, indie, pop, ragga, rap, soul, rave, techno, reggae, and others. Bands do not last long and very few groups stay in the Top 20, a list of the best-selling records, for more than one or two weeks. Even if they are in the Top 20, it does not necessarily mean that they sell many records.

Michael Vaughan-Rees, Geraldine Sweeney, Picot Cassidy: In Britain; Cornelsen Verlag, 2000, page 48