Editing 1996 in music (section)

===September===
* [[September 4]] – At the [[MTV Video Music Award]]s, [[Van Halen]] makes a surprise appearance with original singer [[David Lee Roth]].
* [[September 7]]
** Rapper [[Tupac Shakur]] is shot several times in a drive-by shooting, while being driven from the [[MGM Grand Las Vegas|MGM Grand Hotel]] along Sunset Strip in [[Las Vegas Valley|Las Vegas]] after seeing the [[Mike Tyson]] versus [[Bruce Seldon]] [[boxing]] match. He dies six days later.
** [[Michael Jackson]] starts the [[HIStory World Tour]].
* [[September 10]] – [[Walmart|Wal-Mart]] announces it will not carry [[Sheryl Crow]]'s upcoming [[Sheryl Crow (album)|self-titled album]], because of the lyric "Watch out, sister, watch out, brother/watch our children while they kill each other/with a gun they bought at Wal-Mart Discount Stores."
* [[September 11]] – [[David Bowie]]'s single "[[Telling Lies (song)|Telling Lies]]" becomes the first song offered as a digital single by a major record label ([[Virgin Records]]). Bowie launches the single by hosting an online chat in which he and two other people pretending to be him answer questions from the audience; Bowie tells the truth, while the other two are "telling lies".<ref name=Web97>{{Citation | last=Levine | first=Robert | title=Cyberspace Oddity| journal=The Web Magazine | issue=3 |volume=1 |date=February–March 1997| pages=30–33}}</ref>
* [[September 12]] – Controversy follows [[Eagles (band)|The Eagles]] when the band dedicates "[[Peaceful Easy Feeling]]" to [[Saddam Hussein]] at a [[United States Democratic Party]] fundraiser held in Los Angeles.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Simmons |first=Sylvie |date=2006-06-02 |title='Nowadays the fans keep their clothes on' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/jun/02/popandrock.shopping2 |access-date=2024-04-03 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
* [[September 12]] — [[Ricardo López (stalker)|Ricardo López]] mails Icelandic singer [[Björk]] a device disguised as a book designed to spray [[sulfuric acid]] on her face with the goal of disfiguring or killing her, before shooting and killing himself on camera in his apartment in [[Hollywood, Florida]]. His body was found on four days later on September 16, and subsequently the device is intercepted by [[Scotland Yard]] before it could reach Björk.
* [[September 13]] – [[Tupac Shakur]] dies as a result of injuries sustained six days earlier.
* [[September 17]] — [[Tool (band)|Tool]] releases their second album [[Ænima]].
* [[September 21]] – [[Meg White]] marries John Anthony Gillis, who changes his name to [[Jack White (musician)|Jack White]]. They will form [[The White Stripes]] the following year.
* [[September 24]] – [[Weezer]] releases its second record, [[Pinkerton (album)|''Pinkerton'']]. Its darker vibe, and departure from their earlier style, mean it sells less well and is critically panned upon its release. However, it later garners a cult following and is eventually considered among the band's best work.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/sep/24/weezer-pinkerton-anniversary-rock-rivers-cuomo-emo|title=Weezer's Pinkerton and the invention of the manic pixie dream boys|last=Levinson|first=Alana|date=2016-09-24|work=The Guardian|access-date=2020-01-22|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
* [[September 27]] – [[Sasha and Digweed]] release ''[[Northern Exposure (album)|Northern Exposure]]'', which has gone on to be considered one of the greatest dance albums of all time.