In October 2000, the group released the compilation Blur: The Best Of , which debuted at number three in the UK and went 4× Platinum due to 1,200,000 copies being shipped. Dismissed by the band as “the first record we have seen as product”, the track listing and release dates…
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A book, The Beatles Anthology , followed in October 2000.
The band acrimoniously departed from Earache Records following Words from the Exit Wound and later, on 25 September 2000, released Enemy of the Music Business on the record label Dream Catcher. The album demonstrated the band’s anger with the music industry and Earache in particular, whilst also incorporating a greater…
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On 21 September 2000, Collins, Banks, Rutherford reunited to perform a brief acoustic set at the Music Managers Forum , in honour of their manager Tony Smith. Gabriel attended the ceremony but chose not to perform with the band.
On 5 September 2000, Def Leppard were inducted into Hollywood’s RockWalk on Sunset Boulevard by their friend Brian May of Queen .
Parachutes was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize in September 2000.
Coldplay released Parachutes on 10 July 2000 in the United Kingdom via their record label, Parlophone .
“Yellow” was released as a single in the United Kingdom on 26 June 2000.
June 2000 was a pivotal moment in Coldplay’s history; they embarked on their first headlining tour, including a performance at the Glastonbury Festival .
In May 2000, Household Name Records released Capdown’s debut album Civil Disobedients . The album featured hardcore, but also mixed in ska and dub . According to Drowned in Sound the album kick started an underground punk scene. The album went on to be listed at 76 in the NME…
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