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| 2025 | The Microsoft Sound was selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress, recognized for its cultural, historical, and aesthetic significance. |
| 2025 | Published 'What Art Does', a book co-authored with Bette Adriaanse exploring the role of art in society and its impact on human experience. |
| March 2025 | Released a new solo album Aurum, exclusive to Apple Music. |
| 2024 | Filmmaker Gary Hustwit released a documentary titled 'Eno,' which uses a computer program to randomly select elements from 30 hours of interviews and 500 hours of archival footage, creating a unique show at each screening. |
| May 23 2024 | Eno's work Enough was nominated for the Best Contemporary Song Ivor Novello Award. |
| 2023 | Oldfield's label announces his retirement from music. |
| November 2023 | Eno signed another open letter calling for a ceasefire and an end to Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip. |
| November 7 2023 | Released Philip Glass Piano Etudes: The Complete Folios 1–20 & Essays from Fellow Artists, a deluxe boxed set with piano etudes and essays |
| October 2023 | Eno signed an open letter from artists advocating for a ceasefire during the Israeli bombardment of Gaza. |
| June 2023 | Eno released a collaborative single with The Leisure Society titled 'Brave Are The Waves' on Willkommen Records. |
| May 2023 | Eno released a collaborative album with Fred again.. called Secret Life through Four Tet's label Text Records. |
| May 26 2023 | A 50th anniversary edition of Tubular Bells was released, featuring a new master of the original album and an additional 8-minute previously unreleased track, 'Introduction to Tubular Bells 4'. |
| April 2023 | An instrumental version of the record Foreverandevernomore, entitled the Forever Voiceless Edition, was released. |
| February 2023 | The single Making Gardens Out of Silence in the Uncanny Valley, was released, which replaced the concluding track on the Japanese version of Foreverandevernomore. |
| 2022 | Awarded the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award, further cementing his status as a groundbreaking contemporary composer. |
| 2022 | The Metropolitan Opera's production of Akhnaten won the Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording. |
| October 2022 | Eno released a mostly voice-based album called Foreverandevernomore. |
| 2021 | Eno continued his work on the audio-video conferencing project into 2021. |
| 2021 | Eno co-founded EarthPercent, a charity that raises funds for climate causes with support from various notable artists. |
| 2021 | Eno provided original music for Ben Lawrence's documentary Ithaka about John Shipton's battle to save his son, Julian Assange. |
| April 2021 | Eno participated in the online concert 'Live for Gaza,' featuring artists from Gaza including Osprey V, Wafaa Alnjeili, and Badeel Band. |
| January 2021 | Told the Los Angeles Times about working on an open-source audio-video conferencing software as an alternative to Zoom during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2020 | Eno began working with developers on audio-video conferencing software that addresses issues of existing corporate solutions. |
| 2020 | Receives the Grammy Trustees Award. |
| March 2020 | Brian Eno and his brother, Roger Eno, released their collaborative album Mixing Colours. |
| 2019 | Brian Eno was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the glam rock group Roxy Music. |
| 2019 | Eno participated in DAU, contributing six auditory ambiances to an immersive installation in Paris. |
| 2019 | Brian Eno was awarded the Stephen Hawking Medal for Science Communication for Music & Arts at the Starmus Festival. |
| December 2019 | Alongside 42 other cultural figures, Eno signed a letter endorsing the Labour Party and its manifesto under Corbyn's leadership in the 2019 general election. |
| November 2019 | Eno signed a letter supporting Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn during the 2019 UK general election, describing him as a 'beacon of hope' against far-right nationalism. |
| May 18 2019 | The naming of Asteroid 81948 Eno was officially published by the Minor Planet Center. |
| January 10 2019 | Premiered Symphony No. 12, based on David Bowie's album Lodger, at Walt Disney Concert Hall with the Los Angeles Philharmonic conducted by John Adams |
| 2018 | Eno released Music for Installations, a box set that compiled various works created for art installations. |
| 2018 | Receives the Kennedy Center Honors. |
| April 2018 | Eno released The Weight Of History / Only Once Away My Son, a collaborative double A-side with Kevin Shields for Record Store Day. |
| 2017 | Eno signed an open letter as a member of the Labour Party, stating that voting for the Liberal Democrats was akin to 'voting Tory without admitting it.' |
| 2017 | Eno released Sisters as a web download, continuing his innovative approach to music distribution. |
| 2017 | Eno delivered the Andrew Carnegie Lecture at Edinburgh University. |
| 2017 | Eno was appointed President of the Stop the War Coalition, an organization he has been involved with since its establishment in 2001. |
| 2017 | Eno showcased 'Speaker Flowers and Lightboxes' at Castello Svevo in Trani, Italy, further exploring the concept of sound-producing sculptures. |
| 2017 | Publicly expressed support for US President Donald Trump and Brexit in an interview. |
| September 22 2017 | Premiered Piano Concerto No. 3 with pianist Simone Dinnerstein at Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory of Music. |
| January 2017 | Oldfield released Return to Ommadawn, a sequel to his earlier album Ommadawn, which reached No. 4 in the UK charts. |
| January 31 2017 | Premiered Symphony No. 11 at Carnegie Hall on his 80th birthday, conducted by Dennis Russell Davies |
| January 1 2017 | Eno released Reflection, an album of ambient, generative music, through Warp Records. |
| 2016 | Eno also released Reflection, furthering his exploration of generative music. |
| 2016 | Eno's light boxes were first shown commercially at the Paul Stolper Gallery in London as part of the Light Music exhibition, which included lenticular paintings by the artist. |
| 2016 | '77 Million Paintings' was projected onto the giant Lovell Telescope at the Jodrell Bank Observatory. |
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