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• 2000 in music (UK)

Events

• January - Gary Glitter
  Gary Glitter
  
  Paul Francis Gadd is an England glam rock singer and songwriter, better known by his stage name Gary Glitter.Glitter first came to prominence in the glam rock era of the early 1970s....
   is released from jail, two months before his sentence for sexual offences ends.
• January 1
• John Tavener
  John Tavener
  
  Sir John Tavener is a United Kingdom composer,British honours systemed in 2000 for his services to music....
   is knighted in the New Year's Honours List.
• At exactly midnight EST in New York City, Prince plays his classic song "1999
  1999 (song)
  
  "1999" is one of Prince 's best-known songs, and a defining moment in his rise to superstar status. The apocalyptic yet upbeat party anthem saw chart success in 1983, peaking at #12 in the US and #25 in the UK ....
  " to celebrate the new century, and then vows to never play it again.
• January 14 - Rolling Stone
  Rolling Stone
  
  Rolling Stone is a United States-based magazine devoted to music, politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J....
   reveals that the two children of Melissa Etheridge
  Melissa Etheridge
  
  Melissa Lou Etheridge is an Academy Award-winning and two-time Grammy Award-winning United States rock music singer-songwriter and musician....
   and her partner, Julie Cypher, were fathered by David Crosby
  David Crosby
  
  David Van Cortlandt Crosby is an United States guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He was a founding member of three bands: The Byrds, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young which is sometimes augmented with Neil Young, and CPR ....
  .
• January 18 - Spencer Goodman is executed by lethal injection in Huntsville, Texas
  Huntsville, Texas
  
  Huntsville is a city in and the county seat of Walker County, Texas, Texas, United States. The population was 35,078 at the United States Census, 2000....
  , for the 1991 kidnap and murder of the wife of ZZ Top
  ZZ Top
  
  ZZ Top is an American Rock music trio formed in late 1969 in Houston, Texas, United States. The group members are Billy Gibbons , Dusty Hill , and Frank Beard ....
   manager Bill Ham
  Bill Ham
  
  Bill Ham is the former manager, producer, and image-maker of ZZ Top, from its inception in late 1969 until September 2006....
   in 1991. Bill is present at the execution.
• February 9 - The Million Dollar Hotel
  The Million Dollar Hotel
  
  The Million Dollar Hotel is 2000 in film drama film based on a concept story by Bono of U2 and Nicholas Klein, and directed by Wim Wenders. It stars Jeremy Davies , Milla Jovovich and Mel Gibson....
  , a film co-written by U2
  U2
  
  U2 are a rock music band from Dublin, Republic of Ireland. The band consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, Jr. .The band formed in 1976 when the members were teenagers with limited musical proficiency....
   lead singer Bono
  Bono
  
  Paul David Hewson , also known by his stage name Bono, is the main vocalist of the Ireland rock band U2. Bono was born and raised in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, and attended Mount Temple Comprehensive School where he met his future wife, Ali Hewson, and the future members of U2....
  , premieres at the 50th Berlinale (Berlin Film Festival).
• February 11 - Diana Ross
  Diana Ross
  
  Diane Ernestine "Diana" Ross is a recording artist, actress, and entertainer. During the 1960s, she helped shape the Motown Sound as lead singer of The Supremes before leaving for a solo career in the beginning of 1970....
   divorces her husband of 14 years
• February 16 - The Silver Tassie, an opera by Mark-Anthony Turnage
  Mark-Anthony Turnage
  
  Mark-Anthony Turnage is an England composer of European classical music. He has also been strongly influenced by jazz, and by Miles Davis in particular....
  , premieres at the London Coliseum, performed by the English National Opera
  English National Opera
  
  English National Opera is the national opera company of England, and one of two opera companies in London, along with the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden....
  .
• February 23
• Israeli
  Israelis
  
  Israelis are citizens of the modern state of Israel regardless of religious heritage or Ethnicity, including most numerously Jews, Muslims, Arab Christians, Arabs, Druze, Circassians, and others....
   singer Ofra Haza
  Ofra Haza
  
  Ofra Haza was a popular Israelis singer, actress and international recording artist.Of Yemenite Jews ancestry, Haza was born the youngest of nine children in the poor Tel Aviv neighborhood of Hatikvah ....
   dies aged 42. The cause is widely reported as organ failure or pneumonia
  Pneumonia
  
  Pneumonia is an Inflammation illness of the lung. Frequently, it is described as lung parenchyma/alveolus inflammation and abnormal alveolar filling with fluid ....
  , arising from HIV
  HIV
  
  Human immunodeficiency virus is a lentivirus that can lead to AIDS , a condition in humans in which the immune system begins to fail, leading to life-threatening opportunistic infections....
  /AIDS
  AIDS
  
  Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the HIV ....
   complications.
• At the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards, Christina Aguilera
  Christina Aguilera
  
  Christina Mar?a Aguilera is an American pop music/contemporary R&B singer and songwriter. Aguilera first appeared on national television in 1990 as a contestant on the Star Search program, and went on to star in Disney Channel's television series The New Mickey Mouse Club#1990s revival from 1993?1994....
   wins Best New Artist beating rival Britney Spears
  Britney Spears
  
  'Britney Jean Spears' is a Grammy Awards-winning American pop music singer, dancer, actress, and glamour model.Raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, Louisiana, Spears first appeared on national television in 1992 as a contestant on the Star Search program, and went on to star in Disney Channel's television series The New Mickey Mouse Club#199...
  .
• February 24 - Italian motorcycle manufacturing company Aprilla SpA wins a lawsuit filed against The Spice Girls
  Spice Girls
  
  The Spice Girls are an English pop girl group formed in 1994. They consist of Victoria Beckham, Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm and Geri Halliwell....
   over a sponsorship deal that fell apart when Geri Halliwell
  Geri Halliwell
  
  Geraldine Estelle "Geri" Halliwell is an England pop music singer-songwriter, children's author, actress and UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Population Fund....
   left the group.
• February 26 - Australian rock band AC/DC
  AC/DC
  
  AC/DC are an Australian rock music rock band formed in Sydney in 1973 by brothers Malcolm Young and Angus Young. Although the band are commonly classified as hard rock, and considered pioneers of heavy metal music, they have always classified their music as "rock and roll"....
   releases new studio album Stiff Upper Lip
  Stiff upper lip
  
  One who has a stiff upper lip displays fortitude in the face of adversity, or exercises self control in the expression of emotion. The phrase is most commonly heard as part of the idiom keep a stiff upper lip, and has traditionally been used to describe an attribute of British people, who are sometimes perceived by other cultures as bein...
  , their first since 1995's Ballbreaker
  Ballbreaker
  
  Ballbreaker is an album by the Australian hard rock band AC/DC, released in 1995. It was the band's first studio album in five years, since The Razors Edge ....
  .
• February 28 - Songwriter Stan Penrige files a lawsuit against the rock band KISS
  KISS (band)
  
  Kiss is an United States Rock music Musical ensemble formed in New York City in December 1972. Easily identified by its members' trademark face paint and stage outfits, the group rose to prominence in the mid and late-1970s on the basis of their elaborate live performances, which featured fire breathing, blood spitting, smoking guitars, and...
  , the band's publishing company and Universal Music Group
  Universal Music Group
  
  Universal Music Group is the largest business group and family of record labels in the Record industry. With a 25.5% market share, it is one of the Music industry....
  , claiming that he had not received millions of dollars in publishing royalties that he was owed for the song "Beth".
• March 6 - Foxy Brown is injured in a car accident in Brooklyn, New York, in which her car hit a fence. Police discover that Brown was driving with a suspended driver license and order her to appear in court in April. Brown's license was suspended for failing to appear in court for a parking violation.
• March 13 - Blink-182
  Blink-182
  
  Blink-182 is an United States Rock music trio formed in 1992 in Poway, California that predominantly plays pop punk music. The band, then known simply as "Blink", was originally composed of Tom DeLonge , Mark Hoppus and Scott Raynor ....
   ends its European tour after singer & guitarist Tom Delonge
  Tom DeLonge
  
  Thomas Matthew "Tom" DeLonge, Jr. is an United States musician and the guitarist/vocalist for the punk rock band Blink-182 as well as the alternative rock band Angels & Airwaves....
   and drummer Travis Barker
  Travis Barker
  
  Travis Landon Barker is an United States drummer and the current drummer for punk rock trio Blink-182. He has also been a drummer for several side projects including +44 , Box Car Racer, Transplants and Expensive Taste....
   succumb to strep throat.
• March 24 - After violating a prior probation agreement by getting drunk, Ol' Dirty Bastard
  Ol' Dirty Bastard
  
  Russell Tyrone Jones was an American rapper who went by the stage name Ol' Dirty Bastard . He was one of the founding members of the hip hop music group Wu-Tang Clan....
   is ordered to undergo a 90 day diagnostic evaluation at the California Institute For Men in Chino, California
  Chino, California
  
  Chino is a city in San Bernardino County, California, California, United States. The population was 67,168 at the 2000 census.Chino and its surroundings have long been a center of agriculture and dairy farming, serving the considerable demands for milk products in Southern California and much of the southwestern United States....
  .
• March 28 - Jimmy Page
  Jimmy Page
  
  James Patrick Page Order of the British Empire is an English guitarist, composer and record producer. He began his career as a studio session guitarist in London and was subsequently a member of The Yardbirds from 1966 to 1968, after which he co-founded the English rock band Led Zeppelin....
   wins a lawsuit filed against Ministry
  Ministry (magazine)
  
  Ministry: International Journal for Pastors is the international monthly magazine of the Seventh-day Adventist Ministerial Association of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists....
   magazine, which claimed that Page had contributed to the death of Led Zeppelin
  Led Zeppelin
  
  Led Zeppelin were an English rock music band formed in 1968 by Jimmy Page , Robert Plant , John Paul Jones and John Bonham . With their heavy, guitar-driven sound, Led Zeppelin are regarded as one of the first heavy metal music bands....
   drummer John Bonham
  John Bonham
  
  John Henry "Bonzo" Bonham was an English drummer and member of the band Led Zeppelin. He was renowned for his power, fast right foot, distinctive sound and "feel" for the groove ....
   by wearing a Satanic robe and chanting spells while Bonham was dying. The magazine apologizes and offers to pay Page's legal bills. Page donates the money received from the case to the Action for Brazil's Children Trust.
• April - *NSYNC breaks the previous record of 1.1 million with a 2.4 million debut of No Strings Attached, which is also the first album to sell over 800,000 copies at least 2 weeks.
• April 6 - Shawn Colvin
  Shawn Colvin
  
  Shawn Colvin is a Grammy Award-winning United States singing, songwriter and musician....
  , James Taylor
  James Taylor
  
  James Vernon Taylor is a Grammy Award winning United States singer-songwriter and guitarist born in Boston, Massachusetts, and raised in Carrboro, North Carolina, North Carolina....
  , Cyndi Lauper
  Cyndi Lauper
  
  Cynthia Ann Stephanie "Cyndi" Lauper is an Music of the United States Grammy- and Emmy award winning singer-songwriter and actress. She achieved success in the mid-1980s with the release of the album She's So Unusual, and became the first artist to have four top-five singles released from one album....
  , Richard Thompson, Sweet Honey, Elton John
  Elton John
  
  Sir Elton Hercules John Order of the British Empire is an England singer-songwriter, composer and pianist.In his four-decade career, John has been one of the dominant forces in rock and popular music, especially during the 1970s....
  , Cassandra Wilson
  Cassandra Wilson
  
  Cassandra Wilson is an American jazz musician, vocalist, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi. She has won two Grammy Awards....
  , Wynonna Judd
  Wynonna Judd
  
  Wynonna Judd is an American country music singer. Born Christina Claire Ciminella, she was renamed Wynonna Ellen Judd, a name adapted from the line "Don't forget Winona, Arizona" in the pop song "Route 66 "....
  , k.d. lang
  K.D. Lang
  
  k.d. lang Order of Canada is a Canada pop music and country music singer-songwriter. The artist gives her name in lowercase letters, with the given names contracted to initials and no space between these initials....
  , Bryan Adams
  Bryan Adams
  
  Bryan Adams, Order of Canada, Order of British Columbia is a Canada Rock music singer-songwriter and photographer. Rolling Stone magazine describes Adams as having an ?unerring gift for radio-friendly pop hooks" and in 1992, Adams won the Grammy Awards of 1992, for "Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media" fo...
  , and Mary Chapin Carpenter
  Mary Chapin Carpenter
  
  Mary Chapin Carpenter is an American folk and country music artist. Carpenter spent several years singing in Washington, D.C. clubs before signing in the late 1980s with Columbia Records, who marketed her as a country singer....
   perform in New York as part of a tribute to Joni Mitchell
  Joni Mitchell
  
  Joni Mitchell, Order of Canada is a Canada musician, songwriter, and Painting.Mitchell began singing in small nightclubs in her native Western Canada and then busking on the streets of Toronto....
  .
• April 4 - Mick Jagger
  Mick Jagger
  
  Sir Michael Philip "Mick" Jagger is an England rock musician best known as the lead vocalist of the The Rolling Stones. As well as a songwriter, he is an actor, and record producer and film producer....
   attends the opening of an arts center at Dartford Grammar School in southeast England which was named after him.
• April 12 - Metallica
  Metallica
  
  Metallica is an American heavy metal music band that formed in 1981 in Los Angeles. Founded when drummer Lars Ulrich posted an advertisement in a local newspaper, Metallica's line-up has primarily consisted of Ulrich, rhythm guitarist and vocalist James Hetfield, and lead guitarist Kirk Hammett, while going through a number of bassists....
   files a lawsuit against Napster
  Napster
  
  Napster was an online music Peer-to-peer file sharing service created by Shawn Fanning while he was attending Northeastern University in Boston and operating between June 1999 and July 2001....
  , Yale University
  Yale University
  
  Yale University is a private university in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1701 as the Collegiate School, Yale is the Colonial Colleges institution of higher education in the United States and is a member of the Ivy League....
  , University of Southern California
  University of Southern California
  
  The University of Southern California is a private university, nonsectarian, research university located in the University Park, Los Angeles, California neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, California, United States....
   and Indiana University
  Indiana University Bloomington
  
  Indiana University is the flagship campus of the Indiana University. It is also known as "Indiana University Bloomington", "Indiana", or simply IU, and is located in Bloomington, Indiana....
   for copyright
  Copyright
  
  Copyright is a form of intellectual property which gives the creator of an original work exclusive rights for a certain time period in relation to that work, including its publication, distribution and adaptation; after which time the work is said to enter the public domain....
   infringement. Yale and Indiana are later dropped from the suit when they block access to Napster on campus computers.
• May 1 - A $1.8 million civil fraud lawsuit is filed against Neil Young
  Neil Young
  
  Neil Percival Young Order of Manitoba is a Canada singer-songwriter, musician and film director.Young's work is characterized by deeply personal lyrics, distinctive guitar work, and signature falsetto tenor singing voice....
   in Los Angeles Superior Court by a former Village Voice writer. The lawsuit charges that Young broke an agreement to have a biography written about him when he blocked the book's publication.
• May 4 - Letters To Cleo
  Letters to Cleo
  
  Letters to Cleo is an alternative rock band from Boston, Massachusetts. The band was made up of members Michael Eisenstein, Kay Hanley, Stacy Jones, Greg McKenna, Scott Riebling, and Tom Polce....
   play their last concert in Boston; they disband the following month.
• May 5 - Rod Stewart
  Rod Stewart
  
  Roderick David "Rod" Stewart Order of the British Empire is a British singer and songwriter born and raised in London, England and currently residing in Epping....
   undergoes an hour-long throat operation at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
  Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
  
  Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is a hospital located in Los Angeles, California, USA....
   in Los Angeles, California
  Los Angeles, California
  
  Los Angeles is the largest city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles is rated as a beta global city, has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California....
   to remove a growth on his thyroid, which turns out to be benign.
• May 6 - John Mellencamp
  John Mellencamp
  
  John Mellencamp, previously known by the stage names John Cougar and John Cougar Mellencamp, is a Grammy-winning United States rock music singer-songwriter, musician, artist and occasional actor....
   receives an honorary Doctor of Music
  Doctor of Music
  
  The Doctor of Music degree , like other doctorates, is an academic degree of the highest level. The D.Mus. is intended for musicians and composers who wish to combine the highest attainments in their area of specialization with doctoral-level academic study in music....
   degree as the commencement speaker for Indiana University's Class of 2000.
• May 13 - Eurovision Song Contest
  Eurovision Song Contest
  
  The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition....
   final in Sweden
• May 16 - Britney Spears
  Britney Spears
  
  'Britney Jean Spears' is a Grammy Awards-winning American pop music singer, dancer, actress, and glamour model.Raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, Louisiana, Spears first appeared on national television in 1992 as a contestant on the Star Search program, and went on to star in Disney Channel's television series The New Mickey Mouse Club#199...
  's second LP, Oops!… I Did It Again sells 1.3 million copies in its debut week, making it the highest debut by a female artist in US history.
• May 30 - Eminem
  Eminem
  
  Marshall Bruce Mathers III , known by his primary stage name Eminem, or by his alter-ego Slim Shady, is an American rapper, record producer and actor....
  's second LP, The Marshall Mathers LP
  The Marshall Mathers LP
  
  The Marshall Mathers LP is the third studio album by American rapper Eminem, released in 2000. Widely seen as his magnum opus, the album sold over 1.76 million copies in its first week, earning a spot in the Guinness World Records as the fastest-selling rap album ever....
   sells 1.76 million copies on its debut week, becoming the fastest selling rap album ever according to the Guinness Book of World Records. Produced by Dr. Dre
  Dr. Dre
  
  Andre Romelle Young , primarily known by his stage name Dr. Dre, is an American record producer, rapper, record executive, and actor. He is the founder and current CEO of Aftermath Entertainment and a former co-owner and artist of Death Row Records, also having produced albums for and overseeing the careers of many rappers signed to tho...
  , the album breaks the previous record of 803,000 copies set by Snoop Dogg
  Snoop Dogg
  
  Cordozar Calvin Broadus, Jr. , better known by his stage name Snoop Dogg , is a Grammy Award-nominated American rapper, record producer, and actor....
  's Doggystyle
  Doggystyle
  
  Doggystyle is the debut solo album of American West Coast hip hop rapper Snoop Dogg, released November 23, 1993 on Death Row Records. The album was recorded soon following the release of Dr....
  , also produced by Dr. Dre
• June 13 - Bon Jovi
  Bon Jovi
  
  Bon Jovi is an United States hard rock band from Sayreville, New Jersey. Fronted by lead singer and namesake Jon Bon Jovi, the group originally achieved large-scale success in the 1980s....
   release their highly anticipated album Crush
  Crush (album)
  
  Crush is Bon Jovi's seventh studio album, released on June 13, 2000. It was their first studio album since These Days was released in 1995....
  , their first album in almost five years.
• June 30 - Nine people are crushed to death during Pearl Jam
  Pearl Jam
  
  Pearl Jam is an American rock music band that formed in Seattle, Washington in 1990. Since its inception, the band's line-up has included Eddie Vedder , Jeff Ament , Stone Gossard , and Mike McCready ....
  's set at the Roskilde Festival
  Roskilde Festival
  
  Roskilde Festival is held south of Roskilde in Denmark and is one of the four biggest annual Music festival in Europe . It was created in 1971 by two high school students, Mogens Sandf?r and Jesper Switzer M?ller, and promoter Carl Fischer....
  , in Roskilde
  Roskilde
  
  Roskilde Roskilde train station is a major stop between Copenhagen and the region of Denmark located to its west. The city is an economic center for the region....
  , Denmark.
• July 21 and July 22 - Oasis
  Oasis (band)
  
  Oasis are an English rock music band that formed in Manchester in 1991. Originally known as "The Rain", the group was formed by Liam Gallagher , Paul Arthurs , Paul McGuigan and Tony McCarroll , who were soon joined by Liam's older brother Noel Gallagher ....
   plays at Wembley Stadium. The first of this night is featured on the double CD and the DVD Familiar to Millions
  Familiar to Millions
  
  Familiar to Millions is a live album by Oasis from their July 21, 2000 concert at Wembley Stadium . It debuted at #5 in the UK charts with 57,000 copies sold in the first week....
  .
• August 20 - Skinny Puppy
  Skinny Puppy
  
  Skinny Puppy is a Canada band, formed in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1982 in music. Initially envisioned as an experimental side project by cEvin Key while he was in the new wave band , Nivek Ogre soon joined as vocalist and Skinny Puppy evolved into a full-time project....
   reunite for a concert at the Doomsday Festival
  Doomsday Festival
  
  The 'Doomsday Festival' was a two-day music festival held August 19-20, 2000 in music, at the Ostragehege in Dresden, Germany. The event featured a wide range of bands, but is best known as the occasion of Skinny Puppy's reunion concert, which closed the festival and was recorded for the live album Doomsday: Back and Forth Series 5: Live in D...
   in Dresden, Germany.
• September 7 - Rage Against the Machine
  Rage Against the Machine
  
  Rage Against the Machine is an American Rock music band, formed in Los Angeles, California in 1991. The band's lineup, unchanged since formation, consists of vocalist Zack de la Rocha, guitarist Tom Morello, bassist Tim Commerford, and drummer Brad Wilk....
  's Tim Commerford
  Tim Commerford
  
  Tim Robert Commerford , also known by his various monikers/stage names is the Grammy Award winning Bassist/backing vocalist for American rock band Rage Against The Machine and the now-defunct Audioslave....
   is arrested for climbing on the set at MTV
  MTV
  
  MTV is an United States cable television network based in Media of New York City. Launched on August 1, 1981, the original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJ ....
  's Video Music Awards
  MTV Video Music Awards
  
  The MTV Video Music Awards were established in the end of the summer of 1984 in television by MTV to celebrate the top music videos of the year....
  .
• September 18 - Madonna
  Madonna (entertainer)
  
  Madonna is an American recording artist, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan and raised in Rochester Hills, Michigan, Madonna moved to New York City in 1977, for a career in modern dance....
   releases her album, Music
  Music (Madonna album)
  
  Music is the eighth studio album by United States singer-songwriter Madonna , released on September 19, 2000 by Maverick Records. On its release, it set a new company record for Warner Music International in shipping three million units worldwide, and entered the charts at number one position in 15 countries....
  , which hits number one on the album charts and becomes Madonna's first number one album since her 1989's Like a Prayer
  Like a Prayer
  
  Like a Prayer is the fourth studio album by United States singer-songwriter Madonna , released on March 21, 1989 by Sire Records. The RIAA certified it RIAA certification on July 16 1997, recognizing four million shipments in the U.S....
   album.
• September 23 - Isaac Stern
  Isaac Stern
  
  Isaac Stern was a Jewish violin virtuoso born in the Ukraine.He was renowned for his Sound recordings and for discovering new musical talent....
   celebrates his 80th birthday together with his 40th anniversary as President of Carnegie Hall
  Carnegie Hall
  
  Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City located at 881 Seventh Avenue , occupying the east stretch of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street , two blocks south of Central Park....
  .
• October - The Beatles
  The Beatles
  
  The Beatles were a rock music and pop music band from Liverpool, England that formed in 1960. During their career, the group primarily consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr ....
   release a hardcover book version of The Beatles Anthology
  The Beatles Anthology
  
  The Beatles Anthology is the name of a documentary series, a series of three albums and a book, all of which focus on the history of The Beatles....
  , containing newly published photos and interviews with band members. The book went straight to the top of the New York Times bestsellers list.
• October 17 - Limp Bizkit
  Limp Bizkit
  
  Limp Bizkit is an United States nu metal band from Jacksonville, Florida, Florida. The band achieved success with over 50 million albums sold worldwide....
   release Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water selling over a million copies in it first week of release, a new record for a rock album.
• October 18 - Zack de la Rocha
  Zack de la Rocha
  
  Zacar?as Manuel "Zack" de la Rocha is an United States rapping, singer, musician, poet, and Activism of Mexican-American descent. He is best known as the vocalist and lyricist of Rage Against the Machine and is currently the frontman of the music duo, One Day as a Lion....
   leaves Rage Against the Machine
  Rage Against the Machine
  
  Rage Against the Machine is an American Rock music band, formed in Los Angeles, California in 1991. The band's lineup, unchanged since formation, consists of vocalist Zack de la Rocha, guitarist Tom Morello, bassist Tim Commerford, and drummer Brad Wilk....
   saying that the band's decision making process has completely failed.
• November 5 - The fourth Terrastock
  Terrastock
  
  Terrastock is a music festival organised periodically by Phil McMullen, formerly editor of the Ptolemaic Terrascope and since 2005 the publisher of the Terrascope Online website....
   festival is held in Seattle.
• December - Tripp Eisen
  Tripp Eisen
  
  Tripp Eisen , is an American musician, best known as the former guitarist of the industrial metal band Static-X. He is also a former member of Dope , Murderdolls, and Ace Frehley tribute band called 'Fractured Mirror', Roughhouse , and local east coast bands such as: The Right, Ego, and Lovesick....
   formerly of Dope
  Dope (band)
  
  Dope is an American nu metal band from Chicago, Illinois, formed in 1997 in New York City, New York.The band received some level of success in the late 1990s and early 2000s....
   replaces Koichi Fukuda
  Koichi Fukuda
  
  Koichi Fukuda is a Japanese American musician, and the lead guitarist, music sequencer, and keyboardist for the industrial metal band Static-X....
   in Static-X
  Static-X
  
  Static-X is an industrial metal band. Formed in 1994, they are signed to Warner Bros. Records and have released five albums, their most recent being Cannibal , which was released on April 3, 2007....
  .
• December 2
• The Backstreet Boys
  Backstreet Boys
  
  Backstreet Boys are a Grammy Award-nominated United States boy band. They were the first group launched by fallen boy band mogul Lou Pearlman. They have had 13 Top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 and have sold close to 200 million records including over 100 million albums worldwide, making them one of the best selling boy bands of all time;...
   debuts with 1.6 million with Black & Blue
  Black & Blue
  
  Black & Blue is the follow-up album to the Backstreet Boys' 1999 studio release Millennium . It is their fourth album . In the United States, Black & Blue sold 1.6 million discs in its first week of release, making them the first group in Soundscan history to have million-plus first-week sales with back-to-back albums....
   and becomes the first artists in history to achieve back-to-back million-plus first week sales. Also sells 5 million worldwide and sets a record for the best International Sales Week in History.
• The Smashing Pumpkins
  The Smashing Pumpkins
  
  The Smashing Pumpkins are an American alternative rock band that formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1988. While the group has gone through several lineup changes, The Smashing Pumpkins consisted of Billy Corgan , James Iha , D'arcy Wretzky , and Jimmy Chamberlin for most of the band's recording career....
   played what was to be their final concert at the Metro Club in Chicago. The band has since returned and they continue to perform live.
• December 5 - Daft Punk
  Daft Punk
  
  Daft Punk is an electronic music duo consisting of French musicians Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter . After Daft Punk reached significant popularity in the late 1990s house music movement in France, other artists such as Air , Cassius , and Dimitri from Paris began to receive a similar amount of attention....
  's "One More Time
  One More Time (Daft Punk song)
  
  "One More Time" is a song by Daft Punk first released as a single on November 13, 2000 and later included in the 2001 album Discovery . The song's vocal performance by Romanthony is heavily Auto-Tune and Audio level compression....
  " is released and made #61 on the US Hot 100 songs.
• December 22 - Madonna
  Madonna (entertainer)
  
  Madonna is an American recording artist, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan and raised in Rochester Hills, Michigan, Madonna moved to New York City in 1977, for a career in modern dance....
   marries film director Guy Ritchie
  Guy Ritchie
  
  Guy Stuart Ritchie is an England screenwriter and filmmaker....
  , at Skibo Castle
  Skibo Castle
  
  Skibo Castle is located to the west of Dornoch in Sutherland, Highland , Scotland, UK overlooking the Dornoch Firth. Although the castle dates back to the 12th century, the present structure is largely of the 19th century, and early 20th century, when it was the home of industrialist Andrew Carnegie....
   in Dornoch
  Dornoch
  
  Dornoch is a town and seaside resort, and former Royal burgh in the Highlands of Scotland, on the north shore of the Dornoch Firth, close to where it opens into the Moray Firth to the east....
  , Sutherland
  Sutherland
  
  Sutherland is a registration county, Lieutenancy areas of Scotland and historic administrative Counties of Scotland of Scotland. It is now within the Highland Council areas of Scotland....
  , Scotland with Gwyneth Paltrow
  Gwyneth Paltrow
  
  Gwyneth Kate Paltrow born September 27, 1972) is an Academy Award-, Golden Globe- and double Screen Actors Guild Award- winning United States actress....
  , Stella McCartney
  Stella McCartney
  
  Stella Nina McCartney is an England fashion designer. She is the daughter of former The Beatles Sir Paul McCartney and his first wife, deceased rock photographer and animal rights activist Linda McCartney....
  , Sting, George Clooney
  George Clooney
  
  George Timothy Clooney is an Academy Award- and Golden Globe Award-winning United States of America actor, Film director, film producer and screenwriter....
  , Jon Bon Jovi
  Jon Bon Jovi
  
  John Francis Bongiovi, Jr. , better known as Jon Bon Jovi, is an United States musician, songwriter and actor, best known as the lead singer and founder of Bon Jovi....
  , Celine Dion
  Celine Dion
  
  C?line Marie Claudette Dion Order of Canada National Order of Quebec is a Canadian singer-songwriter and actor. Born to a large, impoverished family, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband Ren? Ang?lil mortgaged his home to finance her first record....
  , Bryan Adams
  Bryan Adams
  
  Bryan Adams, Order of Canada, Order of British Columbia is a Canada Rock music singer-songwriter and photographer. Rolling Stone magazine describes Adams as having an ?unerring gift for radio-friendly pop hooks" and in 1992, Adams won the Grammy Awards of 1992, for "Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media" fo...
  , Rupert Everett
  Rupert Everett
  
  Rupert James Hector Everett is a two-time Golden Globe-nominated England actor and singer. He first came to public attention in the early 1980s, when he was cast in Julian Mitchell's play and subsequent film Another Country as an openly homosexual student at an English public school, set in the 1930s....
   and others in attendance.
• The Joel and Ethan Coen film, O Brother, Where Art Thou?
  O Brother, Where Art Thou?
  
  O Brother, Where Art Thou? is a comedy-adventure film made by the Coen Brothers. Released in 2000 in film, the film is set in Mississippi during the Great Depression ....
   is released, with a T-Bone Burnett
  T-Bone Burnett
  
  Joseph Henry "T-Bone" Burnett is an American songwriter, musician and producer. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and raised in Fort Worth, Texas....
  -produced soundtrack that revives the popularity of traditional American folk music and bluegrass.
• Deporitaz releases Outsmart his first album, on MP3.com.

Bands formed

• Ajattara
  Ajattara (band)
  
  Ajattara is a five-piece black metal band from Helsinki, Finland. They formed in 1996 and are still active. They are signed to Spikefarm Records and have released five albums, their most recent being Kalmanto, which was released in September 2007....
  
• Ambulance LTD
  Ambulance LTD
  
  Ambulance LTD is an indie rock group formed in Spanish Harlem, New York in 2000. The band was founded by singer and guitarist Michael Di Liberto and Dave Longstreth of Ohio....
  
• Anathallo
  Anathallo
  
  Anathallo is a music ensemble originally from Mt. Pleasant, Michigan and now based in Chicago, Illinois. The band started practicing in the fall of 2000 and played their first show soon afterward....
  
• Animal Collective
  Animal Collective
  
  Animal Collective is a music collective of avant-garde musicians originally from Baltimore, Maryland. Animal Collective consists of Avey Tare , Panda Bear , Deakin, or Deacon as spelled on Strawberry Jam , and Geologist ....
  
• Autolux
  Autolux
  
  Autolux is a Los Angeles, California-based trio comprising Eugene Goreshter , Greg Edwards and Carla Azar . The trio formed in 2000 and has since recorded one promotion EP, Demonstration, and released one full-length studio album, Future Perfect, in 2004....
  
• Bardot
  Bardot
  
  Bardot was an Australian girl group which formed in 1999 on the original Australian reality television series of Popstars. Aired in early 2000, the program was a fresh concept to audiences, attracting high Television ratings and much hype in the media....
  
• Benton Falls
  Benton Falls (band)
  
  Benton Falls was a Rock music Musical ensemble from Santa Rosa, California, which originally formed in 2000. The trio formerly consisted of Michael Richardson, Vance Gore, and Eli Deering, with second guitarist Gerb leaving after the release of Fighting Starlight ....
  
• The Birthday Massacre
  The Birthday Massacre
  
  The Birthday Massacre is a synthpop band, based in Toronto, Canada. The band was officially formed in 1999, known at that time as Imagica, a name taken from a novel by Clive Barker....
  
• British Sea Power
  British Sea Power
  
  British Sea Power is a four-man indie rock band based in Brighton, England, although three of the band come originally from Kendal in Cumbria. Their style ranges from the sweeping, often epic, guitar pop sound to the visceral and angular....
  
• Chamberlain
  Chamberlain (band)
  
  Chamberlain was an indie rock band from Indianapolis & Bloomington, Indiana, previously having been known as Split Lip, they changed their name and their general sound away from hardcore punk in 1996....
  
• Circle Takes the Square
  Circle Takes the Square
  
  Circle Takes the Square is an Experimental metal screamo band from Savannah, Georgia, Georgia , USA.Their debut release was a 7-track Self-Titled EP in 2001, followed later by a 7" split with fellow screamo band pg....
  
• Deporitaz
• From Autumn to Ashes
  From Autumn to Ashes
  
  From Autumn to Ashes was an American band that formed in Long Island in 2000. While the band had gone through many line-up changes, the members include Francis Mark , Brian Deneeve , Mike Pilato , Rob Lauritsen , and Jeff Gretz ....
  
• Flobots
  Flobots
  
  Flobots are an alternative band from Denver, Colorado, formed in 2000 by Jamie Laurie, who has been the only constant member. To date, they have released two albums and one EP....
  
• The Go! Team
  The Go! Team
  
  The Go! Team are an England, Brighton-based six piece band whose songs are a mixture of action theme music, cheerleader chants, guitars and early Hip hop music, with a hint of '70s funk....
  
• The Good Life
  The Good Life (band)
  
  The Good Life is an indie rock band on Saddle Creek records.Started as a solo project of Cursive 's frontman Tim Kasher, The Good Life quickly grew to become its own established group....
  
• Horse the band
  HORSE the band
  
  Horse the band is an metalcore band from Lake Forest, CA. Their current keyboardist uses a special keyboard to achieve an History of video game consoles -influenced sound, a reason behind their tongue-in-cheek labeling of "Nintendocore"....
  
• I Am the World Trade Center
  I Am the World Trade Center
  
  I Am The World Trade Center is a synth-pop duo consisting of musician Daniel Geller and vocalist Amy Dykes. Geller creates almost all of the music using his laptop, occasionally using drum machines, Keyboard instruments, or other instruments....
  
• Mutual Admiration Society
  Mutual Admiration Society
  
  Mutual Admiration Society is a musical collaboration between singer/songwriter Glen Phillips and progressive bluegrass trio Nickel Creek....
  
• The New Amsterdams
• Scars of Life
  Scars of Life
  
  Scars of Life or SOL are a five-piece alternative metal band from Pompano Beach, Florida . They began in 2000 in music but renamed after the lead singer left and became Burning Red....
  
• t.A.T.u.
  T.A.T.u.
  
  t.A.T.u. is a Russian duo formed in Moscow, Russia in 1999 by Ivan Shapovalov. The group consists of Lena Katina and Yulia Volkova. Early on, Katina and Volkova put forth an image of a lesbian couple, but their 2003 documentary, Anatomy of t.A.T.u., made it clear that this was just part of the group's image, and that they were not lesbia...
  
• Tomahawk
  Tomahawk (band)
  
  Tomahawk is an experimental rock heavy metal music/alternative rock Supergroup from the United States. They formed in 2000 when Fant?mas , ex-Mr....
  
• The Walkmen
  The Walkmen
  
  The Walkmen are an indie rock band from New York City. The band formed in 2000 with three members from Jonathan Fire*Eater—Paul Maroon , Walter Martin , and Matt Barrick —and two from The Recoys, Peter Bauer and Hamilton Leithauser ....
  
• the Used
  The Used
  
  The Used is an United States rock music band from Orem, Utah. Their sound has been classified under many sub-genres of rock. They signed with Reprise Records in late 2001 and rose to fame in June 2002 after releasing their debut self-titled album, The Used ....
  
• Wolfmother
  Wolfmother
  
  Wolfmother is an Australian hard rock band that formed in Erskineville, New South Wales, Sydney in 2000. Originally comprising vocalist and guitarist Andrew Stockdale, bassist and keyboardist Chris Ross and drummer Myles Heskett, the band has released one studio album – Wolfmother – which reached number three on the Australi...
  

Bands Disbanded

• Ben Folds Five
  Ben Folds Five
  
  Ben Folds Five was an alternative rock trio formed in 1993 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, North Carolina. The group comprised Ben Folds on vocals, piano, and principal songwriting; Robert Sledge played Bass guitar and provided backing vocals; and Darren Jessee played Drum kit, sang backing vocals and co-wrote some of the songs....
  
• Color Me Badd
  Color Me Badd
  
  Color Me Badd was an R&B vocal group that was formed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States The original members of the group were Bryan Abrams ; Mark Calderon ; Sam Watters and Kevin Thornton ....
  
• Pezz (legal issue with band name, changed name to Billy Talent
  Billy Talent
  
  Billy Talent is a Canada post-hardcore band formed in 1993 in Mississauga, Ontario. The band consists of Benjamin Kowalewicz , Ian D'Sa , Jonathan Gallant and Aaron Solowoniuk ....
  )
• Candlebox
  Candlebox
  
  Early HistoryCandlebox is a Rock music band from Seattle, Washington. Formed in November 1991, the band originally went by the name Uncle Duke; they later changed their name purportedly as a tribute to a Midnight Oil song of the same name....
  
• dc Talk
  DC Talk
  
  DC Talk is the first studio album released from DC Talk. This is the most hip hop oriented of all of their albums....
  
• Hi-Standard
  Hi-Standard
  
  Hi-Standard were a Japanese punk rock/pop punk band who formed in 1991. Since then, they have become a popular and influential part of Japanese non-mainstream music....
  
• Jack Off Jill
  Jack Off Jill
  
  Jack Off Jill was an alternative rock band from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, formed in 1992 by Jessicka, Tenni "Ah-Cha-Cha" Arslanyan, Robin Moulder, and Michelle "Michelle Inhell" Oliver....
  
• June of 44
• Knapsack
• Luna Sea
  Luna Sea
  
  Luna Sea is a Japanese Rock music band. It was formed in 1989 by Ryuichi Kawamura, SUGIZO, Inoran, J and Shinya Yamada, a lineup that remained consistent until the band's breakup in 2000....
  
• Luscious Jackson
  Luscious Jackson
  
  Luscious Jackson was an Alternative rock/pop-rock group formed in 1991. They are named after now-retired United States basketball player Lucious Jackson, whose name was mispronounced "luscious" during a sportscast....
  
• The Make-Up
• Phish
  Phish
  
  eruses4|the band|deceptive internet practices|Phishing}}Phish is an United States band noted for their musical improvisation, extended jam sessions, exploration of music between genres, and their "fiercely loyal fans." Formed at the University of Vermont in 1983, the band's four members performed together for over 20 years until their hia...
   (hiatus until 2002
  2002 in music
  
  This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2002....
  , disband in 2004
  2004 in music
  
  See also:* 2004 in music * :Category:Record labels established in 2004...
  )
• The Posies
  The Posies
  
  The Posies are an United States alternative rock group. The band was formed in 1987 in Bellingham, Washington by primary songwriters Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow....
   (reformed in 2004)
• Primus
  Primus (band)
  
  Primus is an United States Rock music band currently composed of singer and bass guitar Les Claypool, guitarist Larry LaLonde, and drummer Tim Alexander....
   (hiatus until 2004)
• Rage Against the Machine
  Rage Against the Machine
  
  Rage Against the Machine is an American Rock music band, formed in Los Angeles, California in 1991. The band's lineup, unchanged since formation, consists of vocalist Zack de la Rocha, guitarist Tom Morello, bassist Tim Commerford, and drummer Brad Wilk....
   (reformed in 2007)
• Screaming Trees
  Screaming Trees
  
  Screaming Trees was an American Rock music band formed in Ellensburg, Washington in 1985 by vocalist Mark Lanegan, guitarist Gary Lee Conner, bass player Van Conner and drummer Mark Pickerel....
  
• Skunk Anansie
  Skunk Anansie
  
  Skunk Anansie were an England rock music band whose members included Skin , Cass , Ace and Mark Richardson . The group formed in 1994 and disbanded in 2001....
  
• The Smashing Pumpkins
  The Smashing Pumpkins
  
  The Smashing Pumpkins are an American alternative rock band that formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1988. While the group has gone through several lineup changes, The Smashing Pumpkins consisted of Billy Corgan , James Iha , D'arcy Wretzky , and Jimmy Chamberlin for most of the band's recording career....
   (reformed in 2006)
• Soul Coughing
  Soul Coughing
  
  Soul Coughing is a New York City-based alternative rock band . The band found modest mainstream success during the mid-to-late 90's. Soul Coughing developed a devout fanbase and have garnered largely positive response from critics....
  
• Urban Dance Squad
  Urban Dance Squad
  
  Urban Dance Squad was a Netherlands band formed after what was originally intended at a one-time jam-session at a festival in Utrecht on December 20 1986....
  
• All Saints
  All Saints (band)
  
  All Saints were a BRIT Awards-winning British-Canadian all-female vocal group. Founded in 1996, the group consisted of founding members Melanie Blatt and Shaznay Lewis, and sisters Nicole Appleton and Natalie Appleton....
   (reformed in 2006)

Bands reformed

• The Presidents of the United States of America (after 1998 break)

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