• Kevin & Perry Go Large hits the cinema. All I wanna do is do it!

• 300,000 people descend on Roundhay Park in Leeds for the 1st and only ever UK Love Parade, organised by BBC Radio 1. 

• Napster and BMG Music announce a partnership that would change the website into a subscription-based service offering legal downloads.

• The Chemical Brothers win best British dance act at the Brits.

• All Saints headline Creamfields alongside Basement Jaxx, Sasha, Pete Tong and Seb Fontaine.

• Dance music crosses over into the charts with the likes of Sonique, Groovejet and Modjo all flying the flag.

• An illegal price fixing scheme was exposed - accusing major record labels (including Warner, Universal & Sony) of keeping CD prices artificially high.

• Seb Fontaine joins Radio 1.

• Trance trio Above & Beyond form.

• Paul Oakenfold leaves London's Home nightclub.

• Cream at Nation in Liverpool is raided by 140 police officers despite close work with the local constabulary and installing security cameras linked direct to the police control room.

• Sonique is the biggest selling dance artist in the world.

Notable Albums
 

• The Avalanches - Since I Left You [Modular]

• Paul van Dyk - Out There & Back [VANDIT]

• Tiesto presents Magik Six: Live in Amsterdam [Black Hole]

• William Ørbit  - Pieces In A Modern Style [WEA]

• Moby - Play [Mute]

• Madonna - Music [Maverick]

• Fatboy Slim - Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars

• Two Lone Swordsmen - Tiny Reminder

• Nightmares on Wax - DJ Kicks