1 January - British composer John Tavener is knighted in the New Year's Honours List.11 JanuaryGary 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."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.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.Thomas Adès – Piano Quintet, op. 20Julian Anderson – Alhambra Suite, for chamber orchestraEdward CowieBad Lands Gold, for tuba and pianoConcerto for oboe and orchestraDark Matter, for brass ensembleElysium IV, for orchestraFour Frames in a Row, for high voice and baroque ensembleThe Healing of Saul, for violin and harp (or piano)Several Charms, for violin and pianoPeter Maxwell DaviesSymphony No. 7Symphony No. 8 AntarcticaJames MacMillan – Mass, for choir and organRoger Smalley – String Quartet No. 2John Tavener – Song of the CosmosPeter Maxwell Davies – Mr Emmet Takes a WalkJake Heggie – Dead Man WalkingMichael Nyman – Facing GoyaRichard Thomas – Tourette's DivaPeter Donohoe - Walton with Maggini String QuartetSimon Keenlyside - The Songs of Robert Schumann, Vol. 02Nigel Kennedy - Kennedy Plays BachFilm and TV scores and incidental music
Simon Brint with Kenny G - Monarch of the GlenCharlie Mole - ParanoidJohn Murphy - SnatchRachel Portman - ChocolatStephen Warbeck - QuillsLove's Labour's Lost, directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh, music by Patrick DoyleThe 2000 BRIT Awards winners were:
Best selling live act: StepsBest soundtrack: "Notting Hill"British album: Travis – "The Man Who"British breakthrough act: S Club 7British dance act: The Chemical BrothersBritish female solo artist: Beth OrtonBritish group: TravisBritish male solo artist: Tom JonesBritish single: Robbie Williams – "She's the One"British video: Robbie Williams – "She's the One"International breakthrough act: Macy GrayInternational female: Macy GrayInternational group: TLCInternational male: BeckOutstanding contribution: Spice GirlsPop act: FiveThe 2000 Mercury Music Prize was awarded to Badly Drawn Boy – The Hour of Bewilderbeast.
The Record of the Year was awarded to "My Love" by Westlife
27 March – Ian Dury, rock musician, 57 (liver cancer)7 February – Dave Peverett, singer and guitarist of Foghat, 56 (cancer)13 April – Inglis Gundry, composer, novelist and musicologist, 9415 July – Paul Young, singer and percussionist of Sad Café and Mike + The Mechanics, 53 (heart attack)6 May – Leonard Salzedo, conductor and composer, 781 June – Eric Gilder, pianist, conductor, composer and musicologist, 8820 August – Nancy Evans, operatic mezzo-soprano, 8522 October – Fred Pratt Green, Methodist minister and hymnwriter, 973 November – Robert Sherlaw Johnson, pianist, composer and music writer, 688 November – Dick Morrissey, tenor saxophonist, 60 (cancer)16 November – Russ Conway, pianist, 7518 December – Kirsty McColl, singer-songwriter, 41 (speedboat accident)24 December – Allan Smethurst ("The Singing Postman"), 73 
