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- Events
- Classical music New works Opera Albums
- Film and TV scores and incidental music Film Television
- Musical films
- Music awards BRIT Awards Mercury Music Prize Record of the Year
- Deaths
- See also
- References
{{Use British English|date=December 2012}}{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2012}}{{2000s in music (UK)}}This is a summary of 2000 in music in the United Kingdom. Events- 1 January - British composer John Tavener is knighted in the New Year's Honours List.
- 11 January
- Gary Glitter is released from jail, two months before his sentence for sexual offences ends.
- Sharon Osbourne quits as manager of Smashing Pumpkins after only three months. In a brash press release she announces she had to resign "for medical reasons: Billy Corgan was making me sick."[1]
- 16 February – The Silver Tassie, an opera by Mark-Anthony Turnage, receives its première at the London Coliseum, performed by the English National Opera.
- 24 February – Italian motorcycle manufacturing company Aprilia wins a lawsuit filed against the Spice Girls over a sponsorship deal that fell apart when Geri Halliwell left the group.
- 28 March – Jimmy Page wins a lawsuit filed against Ministry magazine, which claimed that Page had contributed to the death of Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham 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.
- 4 April – Mick Jagger attends the opening of an arts center named after him at Dartford Grammar School in southeast England.
- 5 May – Rod Stewart undergoes an hour-long throat operation at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles to remove a growth on his thyroid, which turns out to be benign.
- 13 May - The 45th Eurovision Song Contest final is held in Stockholm's Globe Arena. The UK entry, "Don't Play That Song Again", performed by Nicki French, finished in sixteenth place - the worst-ever showing for a UK entry up to that time.[2]
- 21-22 July – Oasis plays at Wembley Stadium. The first of this night is featured on the double CD and the DVD Familiar to Millions.
- 22 December - Madonna marries film director Guy Ritchie, at Skibo Castle in Dornoch, Sutherland, Scotland with Gwyneth Paltrow, Stella McCartney, Sting, George Clooney, Jon Bon Jovi, Celine Dion, Bryan Adams, Rupert Everett and others in attendance.
Classical musicNew works- Thomas Adès – Piano Quintet, op. 20
- Julian Anderson – Alhambra Suite, for chamber orchestra
- Edward Cowie
- Bad Lands Gold, for tuba and piano
- Concerto for oboe and orchestra
- Dark Matter, for brass ensemble
- Elysium IV, for orchestra
- Four Frames in a Row, for high voice and baroque ensemble
- The Healing of Saul, for violin and harp (or piano)
- Several Charms, for violin and piano
- Peter Maxwell Davies
- Symphony No. 7
- Symphony No. 8 Antarctica
- James MacMillan – Mass, for choir and organ
- Roger Smalley – String Quartet No. 2
- John Tavener – Song of the Cosmos
Opera- Peter Maxwell Davies – Mr Emmet Takes a Walk
- Jake Heggie – Dead Man Walking
- Michael Nyman – Facing Goya
- Richard Thomas – Tourette's Diva
Albums- Peter Donohoe - Walton with Maggini String Quartet[3]
- Simon Keenlyside - The Songs of Robert Schumann, Vol. 02
- Nigel Kennedy - Kennedy Plays Bach
Film and TV scores and incidental musicFilm- Charlie Mole - Paranoid
- John Murphy - Snatch
- Rachel Portman - Chocolat
- Stephen Warbeck
Television- Richard Rodney Bennett - Gormenghast (nominated for Ivor Novello Awards)[5]
- Simon Brint with Kenny G - Monarch of the Glen
Musical films- Love's Labour's Lost, directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh, music by Patrick Doyle
Music awardsBRIT AwardsThe 2000 BRIT Awards winners were: - Best selling live act: Steps
- Best soundtrack: "Notting Hill"
- British album: Travis – "The Man Who"
- British breakthrough act: S Club 7
- British dance act: The Chemical Brothers
- British female solo artist: Beth Orton
- British group: Travis
- British male solo artist: Tom Jones
- British single: Robbie Williams – "She's the One"
- British video: Robbie Williams – "She's the One"
- International breakthrough act: Macy Gray
- International female: Macy Gray
- International group: TLC
- International male: Beck
- Outstanding contribution: Spice Girls
- Pop act: Five
Mercury Music PrizeThe 2000 Mercury Music Prize was awarded to Badly Drawn Boy – The Hour of Bewilderbeast. Record of the YearThe Record of the Year was awarded to "My Love" by WestlifeDeaths- 27 March – Ian Dury, rock musician, 57 (liver cancer)
- 7 February – Dave Peverett, singer and guitarist of Foghat, 56 (cancer)[6]
- 13 April – Inglis Gundry, composer, novelist and musicologist, 94
- 15 July – Paul Young, singer and percussionist of Sad Café and Mike + The Mechanics, 53 (heart attack)[7]
- 6 May – Leonard Salzedo, conductor and composer, 78
- 1 June – Eric Gilder, pianist, conductor, composer and musicologist, 88
- 20 August – Nancy Evans, operatic mezzo-soprano, 85
- 22 October – Fred Pratt Green, Methodist minister and hymnwriter, 97
- 3 November – Robert Sherlaw Johnson, pianist, composer and music writer, 68[8]
- 8 November – Dick Morrissey, tenor saxophonist, 60 (cancer)[9]
- 16 November – Russ Conway, pianist, 75[10]
- 18 December – Kirsty McColl, singer-songwriter, 41 (speedboat accident)[11]
- 24 December – Allan Smethurst ("The Singing Postman"), 73[12]
See also- 2000 in British music charts
- 2000 in British radio
- 2000 in British television
- 2000 in the United Kingdom
- List of British films of 2000
References1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.soundspike.com/story2/437/billy-corgan-slammed-as-smashing-pumpkins-manager-quits/ |title=Billy Corgan Slammed As Smashing Pumpkins Manager Quits |author=Rob Evans |date=11 January 2000 |work= |publisher=Soundspike |accessdate=15 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102180916/http://www.soundspike.com/story2/437/billy-corgan-slammed-as-smashing-pumpkins-manager-quits/ |archive-date=2 November 2014 |dead-url=yes |df=dmy-all }} 2. ^Esc Today.com | Eurovision S Contest 2000 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513031232/http://www.esctoday.com/annual/2000/participants.php |date=13 May 2012 }} 3. ^Peter Donohoe official website. Accessed 6 November 2014 4. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/whats-the-score-peter-pan-528690.html|title=What's the score, Peter Pan?|date=17 March 2005|author=Charlotte Cripps|website=The Independent|access-date=21 January 2019}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/gormenghast/film/awards.html|title=The Film|website=PBS|access-date=21 January 2019}} 6. ^{{cite book |editor-first=David |editor-last=Roberts |title=British Hit Singles |publisher=Guinness World Records |location=London, England |edition=14th |page=11 |date=2001 |isbn=978-0-85112-156-7}} 7. ^BBC news 8. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/nov/16/guardianobituaries3|title=Robert Sherlaw-Johnson|date=16 November 2000|website=The Guardian|access-date=21 January 2019}} 9. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1373742/Dick-Morrissey.html |title=Dick Morrissey |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date= |accessdate=2014-06-27}} 10. ^Roberts (2001). p. 22. 11. ^{{cite news | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1078192.stm | title = Singer Kirsty MacColl dies | work = news.bbc.co.uk | publisher = BBC News | date = 19 December 2000 | accessdate = 2007-12-04}} 12. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.literarynorfolk.co.uk/singing_postman.htm|title=The Singing Postman (Allan Smethurst)|publisher=Literarynorfolk.co.uk|accessdate=25 March 2012}}
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