Editing 1996 in music (section)

===August===
* [[August 1]] – [[MTV2]] is launched. The first video is "[[Where It's At (Beck song)|Where It's At]]" by [[Beck]].<ref name="RS #744">{{cite magazine |last1=Boehlert |first1=Eric |date=October 3, 1996 |title=Pop Journal |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |publisher=Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. |issue=744 |pages=26 }}</ref>
* [[August 6]] – [[Punk rock]] group [[The Ramones]] play their final show at "The Palace" in Hollywood.
* [[August 10]]–11 – [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]] play the largest free-standing gigs in British history at [[Knebworth House]], Stevenage. 2.7 million people apply for tickets and a sold-out crowd of 350,000 attend the concerts; 175,000 each night. [[Stone Roses]] guitarist [[John Squire]] joins the band onstage to play guitar to Champagne Supernova.
* [[August 15]]–16 – [[Phish]] hosts [[The Clifford Ball]] at [[Plattsburgh Air Force Base]]. The event is the first of their festivals, currently totaling ten.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Phish Magnaball: A 3-Day Festival August 21st-23rd |url=https://phish.com/magnaball/ |access-date=2022-09-21 |website=phish.com}}</ref> 70,000 people show up. Some say the event is considered a precursor to the large-scale music festivals of today.
* [[August 27]] – [[Aaliyah]] releases her album ''[[One in a Million (Aaliyah album)|One in a Million]]''.