2000 in British music explained
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 the end of his sentence for sexual offences.
- 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 apologises 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 centre named after him at Dartford Grammar School in southeast London.
- 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, finishes in sixteenth place, the worst-ever showing for a UK entry up to that time.[2]
- 21–22 July – Oasis play two nights at Wembley Stadium. A recording of the first night's performance is later included on the double CD and the DVD Familiar to Millions (2000).
- 18 December – Singer-songwriter Kirsty McColl is killed in a speedboat accident while on holiday in Mexico. She was 41.
- 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, and Rupert Everett among those in attendance.
Classical music
New 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
Albums
Film and TV scores and incidental music
Film
Television
Musical films
Music awards
BRIT Awards
The 2000 BRIT Awards winners were:
Mercury Music Prize
The 2000 Mercury Music Prize was awarded to Badly Drawn Boy – The Hour of Bewilderbeast.
Record of the Year
The Record of the Year was awarded to "My Love" by Westlife
Births
Deaths
- 17 March – Cab Kaye, jazz singer and pianist, 78
- 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
- 2 May – Billy Munn, jazz pianist, 88
- 6 May – Leonard Salzedo, conductor and composer, 78
- 1 June – Eric Gilder, pianist, conductor, composer and musicologist, 88
- 15 July – Paul Young, singer and percussionist of Sad Café and Mike + The Mechanics, 53 (heart attack)[7]
- 21 July – Iain Hamilton, composer, 78
- 20 August – Nancy Evans, operatic mezzo-soprano, 85
- 25 September – Tommy Reilly, Canadian-born harmonica player, 81
- 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]
- 23 December – Jimmy Shand, accordionist ("The Bluebell Polka"), 92
- 24 December – Allan Smethurst ("The Singing Postman"), 73[12]
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Billy Corgan Slammed As Smashing Pumpkins Manager Quits . Rob Evans . 11 January 2000 . Soundspike . 15 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141102180916/http://www.soundspike.com/story2/437/billy-corgan-slammed-as-smashing-pumpkins-manager-quits/ . 2 November 2014 . dead.
- http://www.esctoday.com/annual/2000/participants.php Esc Today.com | Eurovision S Contest 2000
- http://www.peter-donohoe.com/en/discography Peter Donohoe official website
- Web site: What's the score, Peter Pan?. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/whats-the-score-peter-pan-528690.html . 1 May 2022 . subscription. 17 March 2005. Charlotte Cripps. The Independent. 21 January 2019.
- Web site: The Film. PBS. 21 January 2019.
- Book: David . Roberts . . Guinness World Records . London, England . 14th . 11 . 2001 . 978-0-85112-156-7.
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/838035.stm BBC news
- Web site: Robert Sherlaw-Johnson. 16 November 2000. The Guardian. 21 January 2019.
- News: Dick Morrissey . The Daily Telegraph. 2014-06-27.
- Roberts (2001). p. 22.
- News: Singer Kirsty MacColl dies . . 19 December 2000 . 2007-12-04.
- Web site: The Singing Postman (Allan Smethurst). Literarynorfolk.co.uk. 25 March 2012.
