2003 in music: Difference between revisions

See also: 2002 in music, other events of 2003, 2004 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

==Albums Released== (Already Released)

• From Here And On - Bombshell Rocks - (January 21) - LP
• Pain to Kill - Terri Clark - (January 14) - LP
• Inertia - Exies - (January 7) - LP
• This Is It - Faith No More - (January 28) - Greatest Hits
• Bigger Cages, Longer Chains - The International Noise Conspiracy - (January 21) - LP
• Living Out Loud - Aaron Lines - (January 7) - LP
• The Show Must Go Off - Mest - (January 28) - DVD
• Music in High Places - Unwritten Law - (January 21) - LP
• Mary Star of the Sea - Zwan - (January 28) - LP

Please do not add any albums here until they have actually been released. Add any you have a probable release date and LP, Greatest Hits, Re-Issue, or DVD for to the Albums Expected section below.

Albums Expected (Pre-Released or Re-Issued)

• We've Come For You All - Anthrax - (April 1) - LP
• So Long, Astoria - The Ataris - (March 4) - LP
• Lovers - Deftones - (May) - LP
• Slowmotion Daydream - Everclear - (March 11) - LP
• Faceless - Godsmack - (April 8) - LP
• Hypersonic - Jane's Addiction - (Summer) - LP
• Less Is More - Limp Bizkit - (April 1) - LP
• Meteora - Linkin Park - (March 25) - LP
• The Trouble Being Myself - Macy Gray - (March 25) - LP
• 26 Songs - Melvins - (March 11) - LP
• Appetizer For Destruction - The Offspring - (Spring) - LP
• Live At Warfield - Slayer - (February 11) - DVD
• Thick Is The Skin - Skid Row - (Summer) - LP
• Go - Vertical Horizon - (March 18) - LP
• Arabian Nights - Zebra - (N/A) - LP
• My Dirty Life and Times - Warren Zevon - (Summer) - LP

Albums to be announced

• Aerosmith - (Spring/Summer)
• AC/DC - (Fall) - LP
• Alien Ant Farm - (Spring/Summer/Fall) - LP
• Beastie Boys - (Fall) - LP
• The Bee Gees - (Summer/Fall) - DVD
• Blink-182 - (Summer) - LP
• Blur - (May) - LP
• Alice Cooper - (Summer/Fall) - LP
• Alice Cooper - (Fall) - DVD
• The Cure - (Spring/Summer/Fall) - LP
• Eve 6 - (March 18) - LP
• Green Day - (Summer/Spring) - LP
• Jimmy Eat World - (Summer/Fall) - LP
• King's X - (Spring/Summer/Fall) - LP
• Lenny Kravitz - (Spring/Summer/Fall) - LP
• Living Colour - (Spring/Summer/Fall) - LP
• Ricky Martin - (Spring/Summer/Fall) - LP
• Christine McVie - (September/October) - LP
• Mest - (Summer) - LP
• Metallica - (Spring) - LP
• The Offspring - (Summer/Fall) - DVD
• Pantera - (Summer/Fall) - LP
• Pearl Jam - (Spring) - Rarities Collection
• Michael Penn - (Summer/Fall) - LP
• Pennywise - (May 20) - LP
• Powerman 5000 - (May 20) - LP
• Presidents of the United States of America - (Late 2003/Early 2004) - LP
• R.E.M. - (Fall) - LP
• Staind - (May) - LP
• The Strokes - (Summer/Fall) - LP
• Tantric - (Spring/Summer) - LP
• 311 - (Spring) - LP
• Tool - (Summer/Fall) - LP
• U2 - (Summer) - LP
• Weezer - (Spring/Summer) - LP

For a more detailed list of hits by month, see here

Events

• Early January - Drowning Pool disbanded
• January - following an investigation by The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and London detectives, police raids in England and the Netherlands recovered nearly 500 original Beatles studio tapes, recorded during the Let It Be sessions. Five people were arrested. The tapes have been used for bootleg releases for years.
• January 15 - 2003 CDNOW Readers' Poll for all albums and new talent of 2002.
• February 3 - Legendary record producer Phil Spector is arrested for investigation of homicide after the body of actress Lana Clarkson was found at his home in Alhambra, California. Police responded to the 911 phone call from one of Spector's neighbors and discovered Clarkson's body who was suffering from a gun shot wound. Clarkson pronounced dead at the scene.
• February 4 - Singer and actress Courtney Love is detained by police as she arrived at Heathrow airport on a trans-Atlantic flight. Love was reportedly "verbally abusive" to members of the cabin crew during the flight from Los Angeles, California.

Deaths

• January 8 - Ron Goodwin, British film music composer and conductor
• January 12 - Maurice Gibb, The Bee Gees
• January 15 - Eduardo Alquinta, member of Chilean folk group Los Jaivas

Awards

• Leonard Cohen is made a Companion of the Order of Canada, Canada's highest honour.