Editing 2003 in music (section)

===July–August===
*[[July 2]] 
**[[A-Teens]] and many others perform at the [[Stockholm Pride]] festival.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Samuelsson |first=Mats |date=23 June 2003 |title=Pridehysterin är här - igen |url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/qn11rw/pridehysterin-ar-har-igen |access-date=18 November 2024 |website=Aftonbladet |language=Swedish}}</ref>
**[[Delta Goodrem]] is diagnosed with [[Hodgkin's Disease]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Delta Goodrem Hospitalized With Cancer|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/69996/delta-goodrem-hospitalized-with-cancer|access-date=May 24, 2018|newspaper=Billboard|date=July 14, 2003}}</ref> 
*[[July 5]] – [[Lollapalooza]] returns after a six-year absence from the music festival circuit. [[Jane's Addiction]], [[Audioslave]], [[Incubus (band)|Incubus]] and [[Queens of the Stone Age]] are among the featured acts.
*[[July 11]] – [[Judas Priest]] announces that [[Rob Halford]] has rejoined the band, with a reunion tour to follow in 2004.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CNN.com - Halford reunites with Judas Priest - Jul. 13, 2003 |url=http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Music/07/11/judas.priest.reunite/ |access-date=2023-12-24 |website=www.cnn.com}}</ref>
*[[July 14]] – The [[Eurodance]] and [[alternative rock]] musician [[Lynda Thomas]] makes her last public appearance before suddenly leaving the music industry and public life.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.oem.com.mx/eloccidental/notas/n2319250.htm|title=Figuras desaparecidas de escenario|date=2011-11-23|accessdate=2016-03-21|work=Organizaciòn Editorial Mexicana|language=es|archive-date=3 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103071046/https://www.oem.com.mx/oem/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[July 19]]–20 – The [[Splendour in the Grass]] music festival takes place in [[Byron Bay, New South Wales|Byron Bay]], [[Australia]], headlined by [[Powderfinger]] and [[Coldplay]].
*[[July 20]] – An auto accident in [[Oregon]], United States, kills three of the four members of [[The Exploding Hearts]], ending the band after just one album.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Three members of band Exploding Hearts killed in van crash after show {{!}} The Seattle Times |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=20030722&slug=hearts22 |access-date=2023-12-24 |website=archive.seattletimes.com}}</ref>
*[[July 30]] – [[The Rolling Stones]], [[AC/DC]], [[Rush (band)|Rush]], [[The Guess Who]] and others headline a [[Molson Canadian Rocks for Toronto|benefit concert]] in [[Toronto|Toronto, Ontario]], Canada, to prove that the city is safe from [[Severe acute respiratory syndrome|SARS]]. With 450 thousand spectators, it is the largest concert in Canadian history.
*[[August 19]] – [[Jessica Simpson]] releases her third studio album ''[[In This Skin]]''. The album would later go triple platinum in the U.S. and would produce the hit single "[[With You (Jessica Simpson song)|With You]]".
*[[August 28]] – [[Madonna]] sparks media controversy by kissing popstars [[Britney Spears]] and [[Christina Aguilera]] at the [[2003 MTV Video Music Awards]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Jacobs |first=Matthew |date=22 August 2023 |title=How Madonna Kept a Three-Way Kiss a Secret and Made VMA History |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/2003-vmas-britney-madonna-christina-kiss-1234809755/ |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> The situation even ignited a quick war of words between [[Britney Spears]] and [[Christina Aguilera]] over the kiss.