Timeline of XL Events

I have looked up the dates for each of the events listed on the brief, and listed them chronologically for reference.

1990 - XL The First Chapter rave compilation is first album release on XL. 
1992 - 10,000 ravers still make it through to XL’s Popham Airport rave, despite police attempts to roadblock the event. Prodigy and SL2 headline.  
1997 - Banned Smack My Bitch Up discussed during Prime Minister’s Question Time.

2000 - Fuck The Pain Away by Peaches becomes a defining track of Berlin’s burgeoning electronic music / arts scene later dubbed ‘Electroclash’. 

2003 - Dizzee Rascal Boy In Da Corner wins Mercury Music Prize. 

2003 - A mysterious John S. O’Leary pops up to sing the chorus on Electric Six’s disco flavoured smash hit Danger! High Voltage. 

2005 - The White Stripes play the Amazon Theatre in Manaus, in the heart of the Amazon. 

2006 - Richard Russell and Joby Talbot produced avant garde orchestral Aluminium album pays tribute to the White Stripes, and is turned into Chroma, a ballet premiered at the Royal Opera House in London. 
2006 - Vampire Weekend come third out of four at Columbia University Battle of
the Bands, their first ever gig.

2007 - Radiohead In Rainbows pay-what-you- want release direct from the band.
2008 - As an escape from the music industry’s long lead times The Raconteurs release their second album Consolers Of The Lonely within a month of announcing it.

2009 - M.I.A. performs at Grammy Awards while nine months pregnant.

2009 - XL Recordings wins Music Week Best Independent Label Award. 
2011 - Adele becomes the first artist since The Beatles to simultaneously have two albums in the Top 5 and two Top 5 singles.

2011 - Drake samples the Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie xx song Take Care

2011 - Tyler, the Creator performs at MTV’s VMAs and wins Best New Artist award. 

2011 - Gil Scott-Heron passes away.
2012 - Bobby Womack The Bravest Man In The Universe wins Best Album at the 2012 Q Awards.

2013 -  Adele Skyfall wins Oscar.