Editing 2000 in music (section)

===July–August===
*[[July 21]]–22 – [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]] plays at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]]. The first of this night is featured on the double CD and the DVD ''[[Familiar to Millions]]''.
*[[July 26]] – A U.S. district judge orders the [[Napster]] to halt the trading of copyrighted music among its users, essentially ordering it shut down. A stay on the injunction is granted two days later, allowing the site to continue operating for the time being.<ref name="injunction">{{cite web |url=http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-243817.html |title=Court grants stay of Napster injunction |date=July 28, 2000 |website=[[CNET]] |access-date=October 15, 2012}}</ref>
*[[August 1]] – Experimental pop band [[Animal Collective]] release their debut album [[Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished]] under the name [[Avey Tare]] & [[Panda Bear (musician)|Panda Bear]].<ref name="anco">{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/7940-spirit-theyre-gone-spirit-theyve-vanished/ |title=Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished |first=Brent|last=Sirota |date=August 1, 2000 |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |access-date=April 16, 2020}}</ref>
*[[August 8]] – A coalition of 28 U.S. states file a lawsuit against the major record labels, accusing them of keeping the prices of CDs fixed at artificially high prices since 1995.<ref name="prices">{{cite web |url=http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-244195.html |title=States target record labels with price-fixing suit |first=John|last=Borland |date=August 8, 2000 |website=[[CNET]] |access-date=October 15, 2012}}</ref>
*[[August 11]] – [[Madonna]] gives birth to her second child, son Rocco. Film director [[Guy Ritchie]] is the father.
*[[August 14]] – Outside the [[2000 Democratic National Convention|Democratic National Convention]] in Los Angeles, [[Rage Against the Machine]] performs a free concert [[2000 Democratic National Convention protest activity#Rage Against the Machine concert|protesting the two-party system]]. In a chaotic scene after the performance, police forcibly disperse the crowd and several arrests are made.<ref name="dnccnn2">{{cite news | date=August 15, 2000 | title=Convention opens to protests, rubber bullets |publisher=CNN | url=http://archives.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/08/15/cvn..protests.ap/index.html | access-date=October 15, 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070108212515/http://archives.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/08/15/cvn..protests.ap/index.html |archive-date=January 8, 2007 }}</ref>
*[[August 16]] – Rapper [[Eminem]] files for divorce from wife Kim Mathers.
*[[August 20]] – [[Skinny Puppy]] reunite for a concert at the [[Doomsday Festival]] in [[Dresden]], Germany.
*[[August 22]] – Nu Metal band [[Mudvayne]] Released their debut studio album [[L.D. 50 (album)|L.D. 50]].