Editing 1996 in music (section)

===April===
* [[April 1]] 
**[[Roberto Alagna]] marries [[Angela Gheorghiu]] backstage at the New York Metropolitan Opera.<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,984477-1,00.html Martha Duffy, "So Happy Together", ''Time'' magazine, April 29, 1996]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602032200/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0%2C9171%2C984477-1%2C00.html |date=June 2, 2013 }}</ref>
**[[John Squire]] announces his departure from [[The Stone Roses]].
* [[April 3]] – [[M.C. Hammer]] files for bankruptcy.
* [[April 4]] – [[The Grateful Dead]]'s [[Bob Weir]] and [[Jerry Garcia]]'s widow, Deborah, scatter part of Garcia's ashes in the [[Ganges River]] in India.
* [[April 10]] – Alice in Chains plays at Majestic Theatre in New York City for an MTV unplugged record and video to be released in July.
* [[April 15]] – The remainder of [[Jerry Garcia]]'s ashes are scattered near the [[Golden Gate Bridge]] in San Francisco.
* [[April 16]]  
** [[Madonna]] announces she is four months pregnant by Carlos Leon, her then-boyfriend and trainer.
** [[Rage Against the Machine]] releases their second studio album, ''[[Evil Empire (album)|Evil Empire]]''.
* [[April 17]] – [[Carlo Bergonzi (tenor)|Carlo Bergonzi]] gives his American farewell concert at [[Carnegie Hall]]. 
* [[April 24]] – This Train, [[Rick Elias]], [[Jimmy A]], [[Phil Keaggy]], [[Carolyn Arends]], [[Third Day]] and [[Ashley Cleveland]] perform a tribute concert for [[Rich Mullins]] at [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]]'s Cafe Milano. Speakers include [[Reunion Records]] executive Terry Hemmings, record producer [[Reed Arvin]], disc jockey Jon Rivers, and author [[Brennan Manning]].
* [[April 28]] – [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]] play the second of two gigs in [[Maine Road]], home of [[Manchester City F.C.]], featured on the video "[[…There and Then]]".