9 April:JACKIE EVANCHO = American classical crossover singer
11 August:ROCCO JOHN RITCHIE = son of Madonna and Guy Ritchie
31 October:WILLOW SMITH = singer & daughter of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith
Timeline of Musical Events in 2000
January: Gary Glitter is released from jail, two months before his sentence for sexual offences ends.
1 January:
John Tavener is knighted in the New Year's Honours List.
At exactly midnight EST in New York City, Prince plays his classic song "1999" to celebrate the new century, and then vows to never play it again.
14 January: Rolling Stone reveals that the two children of Melissa Etheridge and her partner, Julie Cypher, were fathered by David Crosby.
18 January: Spencer Goodman is executed by lethal injection in Huntsville, Texas, for the 1991 kidnap and murder of the wife of ZZ Top manager Bill Ham in 1991. Ham is present at the execution.
9 February: The Million Dollar Hotel, a film co-written by U2 lead singer Bono, premieres at the 50th Berlinale (Berlin Film Festival).
11 February: Diana Ross divorces Arne Næss, Jr. her husband of 14 years
16 February: The Silver Tassie, an opera by Mark-Anthony Turnage, premieres at the London Coliseum, performed by the English National Opera.
23 February: At the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards, Santana wins a record 8 Grammys in one night tying Michael Jackson who won 8 in 1984. Christina Aguilera won Best New Artist.
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 February: Songwriter Stan Penrige files a lawsuit against the rock band KISS, the band's publishing company and Universal Music Group, claiming that he had not received millions of dollars in publishing royalties that he was owed for the song "Beth".
6 March: 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.
11 March: 311 (band) holds their first 3-11 Day concert at Tower Records in the French Quarter of New orleans.
13 March: Blink-182 ends its European tour after guitarist/vocalist Tom Delonge and drummer Travis Barker succumb to strep throat.
24 March: After violating a prior probation agreement by getting drunk, Ol' Dirty Bastard is ordered to undergo a 90 day diagnostic evaluation at the California Institute For Men in Chino, California.
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.
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.
4 April: Mick Jagger attends the opening of an arts center at Dartford Grammar School in southeast England which was named after him.
6 April: Shawn Colvin, James Taylor, Cyndi Lauper, Richard Thompson, Sweet Honey, Elton John, Cassandra Wilson, Wynonna Judd, k.d. lang, Bryan Adams, and Mary Chapin Carpenter perform in New York as part of a tribute to Joni Mitchell.
12 April: Metallica files a lawsuit against Napster, Yale University, University of Southern California and Indiana University for copyright infringement. Yale and Indiana are later dropped from the suit when they block access to Napster on campus computers.
1 May: A $1.8 million civil fraud lawsuit is filed against Neil Young 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.
4 May: Letters To Cleo play their last concert in Boston; they disband the following month.
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.
6 May: John Mellencamp receives an honorary Doctor of Music degree as the commencement speaker for Indiana University's Class of 2000.
13 May: The 45th Eurovision Song Contest final, held in Stockholm's Globe Arena, is won by Denmark's Olsen Brothers and the song "Fly on the Wings of Love".
16 May: Britney Spears's second LP, Oops!... I Did It Again sells 1.3 million copies in its debut week and 500,000 on the first day of its release, giving it the highest first-week sales by any solo artist in US history. The album sold over 20 million copies becoming the best-selling album by female artist of the decade.
24 May: 50 Cent is shot nine times in Queens. After spending time in hospital he returns to recording and performing.
29 May: Michael Jackson and Mariah Carey are named the Best Selling Male and Female artist of the millennium at the World Music Awards in Monaco.
30 May: Eminem's second LP, The Marshall Mathers LP 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, the album breaks the previous record of 803,000 copies set by Snoop Dogg's Doggystyle, also produced by Dr. Dre
20 June: Billy Gilman's debut album One Voice was released under Epic Records. The album was certified 2x platinum, making Gilman the youngest artist in music history to perform a feat.
30 June: Nine people are crushed to death during Pearl Jam's set at the Roskilde Festival, in Roskilde, Denmark.
21 and 22 July: Oasis plays at Wembley Stadium. The first of this night is featured on the double CD and the DVD Familiar to Millions.
20 August Skinny Puppy reunite for a concert at the Doomsday Festival in Dresden, Germany.
7 September: Rage Against the Machine's Tim Commerford is arrested for climbing on the set at MTV's Video Music Awards.
23 September: Isaac Stern celebrates his 80th birthday together with his 40th anniversary as President of Carnegie Hall.
October The Beatles release a hardcover book version of The Beatles Anthology, containing newly published photos and interviews with band members. The book went straight to the top of the New York Times bestsellers list.
1 October: Midnight Oil perform their single Beds are Burning at the closing of the 2000 Summer Olympics dressed in outfits clearly displaying the word "Sorry" in reference to Prime Minister John Howard's refusal to apologise to the Stolen Generation.
17 October: Limp Bizkit 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.
18 October: Zack de la Rocha leaves Rage Against the Machine saying that the band's decision making process has completely failed.
5 November: The fourth Terrastock festival is held in Seattle.
December: Tripp Eisen formerly of Dope replaces Koichi Fukuda in Static-X.
2 December:
The Backstreet Boys debuts with 1.6 million with Black & Blue 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 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.
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.
The Joel and Ethan Coen film, O Brother, Where Art Thou? is released, with a T-Bone Burnett-produced soundtrack that revives the popularity of traditional American folk music and bluegrass.
Also in 2000
Brian Marshall quit Creed.
Deporitaz releases Outsmart his first album, on MP3.com.
Classical Music completed in 2000
THOMAS ADÈS
Piano Quintet, op. 20
JOHN COOLIDGE ADAMS
El Niño (opera-oratorio)
JOHN LUTHER ADAMS
The Light That Fills the World, for orchestra
JULIAN ANDERSON
Alhambra Suite, for chamber orchestra
MILTON BABBITT
Little Goes a Long Way, for violin and piano
Pantuns, for soprano and piano
LEONARDO BALADA
Music for Flute and Orchestra
CHEN YI
KC Capriccio, for wind ensemble and mixed choir
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
PETER EÖTVÖS
Paris-Dakar, for ensemble
LORENZO FERRERO
Rastrelli in Saint Petersburg
Sonata for viola and piano
STEFANO GERVASONI
Rigirio
FRANS GEYSEN
Alles heeft zijn tijd 1, for orchestra
Alles heeft zijn tijd 2, for string quartet
Alles heeft zijn tijd 3, for string quartet
Alles heeft zijn tijd 4, for keyboard instrument
Alles heeft zijn tijd 5, for keyboard instrument
Alles heeft zijn tijd 6, for string quartet
Alles heeft zijn tijd 7, for four-part mixed choir (or string quartet, or trumpet, oboe, clarinet, and bassoon)
Alles heeft zijn tijd 8, for keyboard instrument
Alles heeft zijn tijd 9, for 4 trumpets
Alles komt terug 2, for three-part choir
Alles komt terug 3, for SSATB choir
Alles komt terug 4, for carillon
Alles komt terug 5, for keyboard instrument
Benadering van de kern, for keyboard instrument
Muziek voor toetsenbord 2, for piano
Toetsing, for keyboard instrument
PHILIP GLASS
Tirol Concerto, for piano and orchestra
Concerto Fantasy, for two timpanists and orchestra
ALEXANDER GOEHR
Piano Quintet, op. 69
Suite, for two pianos, op. 70
KARL JENKINS
Adiemus IV: The Eternal Knot
NIGEL KEAY
Viola concerto
MEYER KUPFERMAN
Icon Symphony
MARIO LAVISTA
Estudio, for four marimbas
Mater dolorosa, for organ
Tres Miniaturas, for guitar
GYÖRGY LIGETI
Síppal, dobbal, nádihegedüvel
MAGNUS LINDBERG
Corrente - China Version
Jubilees, for piano
JAMES MacMILLAN
Mass, for choir and organ
MESÍAS MAIGUASHCA
El Tiempo, for 2 flutes, 2 clarinets, 2 cellos, 2 percussionists, and electronics
TOMÁS MARCO
América (cantata)
DONALD MARTINO
Romanza, for violin solo
ROBERT MORRIS
In Concert, for ten instruments
Still, for piano
BAYAN NORTHCOTT
Alma Redemptoris Mater, for three tenors, op. 7, no. 2
GÉRARD PAPE
Tantric Transformations, eight-channel electronic music and digital video
HENRI POUSSEUR
Anneaux du soleil, for piano
Navigations, for harp
Seize Paysages planétaires, ethno-electroacoustical music
WOLFGANG RIHM
Auf einem anderen Blatt, for piano
Concerto (Dithyrambe), for string quartet and orchestra
Deus passus (Passions-Stücke nach Lukas), for soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, mixed chorus, and orchestra
... fleuve V (omnia tempus habent), for mezzo-soprano, baritone, distant ensemble (2 trumpets, 3 percussion), and large orchestra
Frage, for coloratura soprano, English horn, A-clarinet (+ bass clarinet), harp, viola, cello, double bass, piano, and percussion
Im Anfang, for large orchestra
In Frage, for English horn, bass clarinet, harp, viola, cello, double bass, piano, and percussion
Rilke: Vier Gedichte, for tenor and piano
Stilles Stück (text by Hermann Lenz), for baritone and 2 string quartets
Vers une symphonie fleuve IV, for large orchestra
Vier Male (Stücke), for A-clarinet
PETER RUZICKA
Traces, for clarinet and orchestra
PETER SCULTHORPE
Djilile, for string quartet
From the River, for violin, viola, cello, double bass, and piano
Harbour Dreaming, for piano (originally titled Between Five Bells)
New Norcia, for brass and percussion
Parting, for viola and piano
Quamby, for chamber orchestra
Reef Singing, for clarinet and piano
Saibai, for unison voices and drums
Song for a Penny, for solo piano (shorter and longer versions)
Tailitnama Song, for viola and piano, or viola solo
Three Shakespeare Songs, for voice and piano (Text: William Shakespeare)
ROGER SMALLEY
String Quartet No. 2
JUAN MARIA SOLARE
Blockartig, for three recorders (TTB)
Constelación (Nueva Suite Modal) [Constellation (New Modal Suite)], five pieces for flute and clarinet
de capa caída, tango for two pianos
Utopía caminante [Walking Utopia], for trombone and cello
Viejo Fueye Deconstruido [Old, deconstructed bag (bellows)], postmodern tango for tenor saxophone, bandoneon, double bass, and piano
KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN
Engel-Prozessionen (from Sonntag aus Licht)
Refrain 2000
JOHN TAVENER
Song of the Cosmos
CHARLES WUORINEN
Fourth String Quartet
Cyclops 2000, for twenty players
Operas completed in 2000
MICHAEL ABELS
Homies and Popz
JOHN COOLIDGE ADAMS
El Niño (opera-oratorio)
PETER MAXWELL DAVIES
Mr Emmet Takes a Walk
CARLISLE FLOYD
Cold Sassy Tree
CRISTÓBAL HALFFTER
Don Quijote
JAKE HEGGIE
Dead Man Walking
MICHAEL NYMAN
Facing Goya
SHEILA SILVER
The Thief of Love
RICHARD THOMAS
Tourette's Diva
Musical Theatre in 2000
Opening: 11 January 2000 @ Belasco Theatre, New York, NY
JAMES JOYCE'S THE DEAD [Original production]
(Musical, Drama)
Music by: Shaun Davey; Book by: Richard Nelson; Lyrics by: Shaun Davey, Richard Nelson
Closing: 16 April 2000 Performance Count: 120
Opening: 29 February 2000 @ Helen Hayes Theatre, New York, NY
