GeoTracks Music
GeoTracks Music · October 12, 2026
The daily music geography game: five clues about where music history happened. Try them yourself first, then reveal the answers.
▶ Play this round Play today's roundOn 25 March 2016 the Rolling Stones played a huge free show at this sports complex, a first for the island.
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📍 Ciudad Deportiva, Havana, Cuba · map
It was the first open-air concert in Cuba by a British rock band, held days after Barack Obama's visit to the island.
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The duo behind 'Truly Madly Deeply', a US No. 1 single, formed in 1993 in this city.
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📍 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia · map
It was the only one-sided single to stay in the Billboard Hot 100 top 30 for a whole year.
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Atlantic coast town that has hosted a Gnawa and world music festival since 1998.
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📍 Essaouira, Morocco · map
Many shows are free, and the festival has drawn up to 500,000 visitors over four days. UNESCO added Gnawa music to its heritage list in 2019.
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On this day in 1935, opera tenor Luciano Pavarotti was born on the edge of this Italian city.
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📍 Modena, Italy · map
Pavarotti was born in a public housing block on the outskirts of this city. His father was a baker and an amateur tenor.
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In 1967 Bob Dylan and The Band recorded the 'Basement Tapes' in this pink house.
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📍 Big Pink, West Saugerties, New York, USA · map
The house gave its name to The Band's 1968 debut album, 'Music from Big Pink', which includes 'The Weight'.
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On this day in 1971, the rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar opened on Broadway at this theater.
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📍 Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York City, USA · map
Jesus Christ Superstar was released as a concept album in 1970, before it was ever performed on stage.
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