June 2000 in Music History

Events in Music

Music History

Jun 2 SInger-songwriter Joni Mitchell completes her retirement "Both Sides Now Tour Of America" at the Blockbuster/Sony Entertainment Centre in Camden, New Jersey

Jun 4 54th Tony Awards: "Copenhagen" (play) and "Contact" (musical) win

Music Awards

Jun 14 34th Country Weekly Presents the TNN Music Awards: George Strait & Faith Hill win

Glastonbury Festival

Jun 23 Glastonbury Festival in Pilton, England opens: The Chemical Brothers, Travis, and David Bowie headline; other performers include G. Love & Special Sauce, David Gray, Willie Nelson, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, and Macy Gray

Country Singer and Songwriter Willie Nelson

Music History

Jun 29 Eminem's mother goes to court claiming defamation of character in a $10 million civil suit, after taking exception to the line "My mother smokes more dope than I do" from her son's single 'My Name Is'

Birthdays in Music

Jun 3 beabadoobee [Beatrice Laus], Filipino-British singer-songwriter (Fake It Flowers), born in Iloilo City, Philippines
Jun 6 Cat Burns, English singer-songwriter (Go), born in London, England
Jun 6 Haechan [Lee Dong-hyuck], South Korean k-pop singer and dancer (NCT), born in Seoul, South Korea

Weddings in Music

Jun 17 Backstreet Boys member Kevin Richardson (28) weds Kristin Willits (29) at Lee County's Cathedral Domain in Kentucky

Natalie Maines

Jun 24 American "(Dixie) Chicks" lead vocalist Natalie Maines (25) weds American "Profit" actor Adrian Pasdar (35) at The Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada; divorce in 2019

Deaths in Music

Jun 8 (Abram) "Abe" Lincoln, American sweet jazz trombonist (Paul Whiteman; Ozzie Nelson), and Dixieland jazz revivalist, dies at 93
Jun 14 Paul Griffin, American session musician and pianist, dies at 62
Jun 16 Richard Dufallo, American clarinetist & conductor, dies at 67
Jun 21 Alan Hovhaness, Armenian-American composer (Lousadzak, Ukiyo), dies at 89
Jun 23 Jerome Richardson, an American jazz saxophonist, flute, clarinet, and piccolo player (Quincy Jones; Charles Mingus; Earl Hines), dies of heart failure at 79
Jun 27 Rudy Cafaro, American jazz guitarist, dies at 80