The Proms at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport suggested "that the Proms was one of several big cultural events that many people did not feel comfortable attending" and advocated an increase in multicultural works and an effort to broaden the audience. Her comments received wide criticism in the musical world and media as being a fundamental misunderstanding of the nature of the Proms, with Gordon Brown even distancing himself from her remarks. In the 2009 season, which ran from 17 July to 12 September 2009, the total number of concerts reached 100 for the first time. The principal anniversary composers
Up All Night (Take That song) Up All Night (Take That song) "Up All Night" is the second single from British group Take That's fifth studio album, "The Circus" (2008). Released on 2 March 2009, it was the second single from the album "The Circus". The single was only released in the UK and Ireland. The band performed "Up All Night" on "Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway" on 21 February 2009. It was the second live performance of the song, after they performed the song on ITV's "Take That Come to Town". The band also performed the song on BBC's "Comic Relief Does Top of