GeoTracks Music
GeoTracks Music · October 17, 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 round'Royals' was No. 1 in the US for nine weeks in 2013. It was recorded in the singer's home city.
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📍 Auckland, New Zealand · map
Lorde was 16 years and 11 months old when the song reached No. 1 in the US. It was recorded at Golden Age studio during a school break.
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Club run by Fela Kuti's children Femi and Yeni that replaced his famous Shrine, which was burned in 1977.
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📍 New Afrika Shrine, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria · map
Fela created the first Afrika Shrine in 1970. The new Shrine hosts Felabration, a yearly festival that celebrates his music.
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Northern Europe's biggest music festival, founded in 1971 and run as a non-profit since 1972, happens here.
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📍 Roskilde Festival, Roskilde, Denmark · map
All profits go to humanitarian and cultural causes, and the festival is run by around 27,000 volunteers.
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A.R. Rahman built his studio, Panchathan Record Inn, in his backyard in 1992. Where is it?
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📍 Panchathan Record Inn, Kodambakkam, Chennai, India · map
His breakthrough film score, for the 1992 Tamil film Roja, came at the start of this studio.
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On this day in 1972, rapper Eminem was born in this city.
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📍 St. Joseph, Missouri, USA · map
He is linked with Detroit, but he was born far away in this Missouri city.
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On this day in 1967, the rock musical Hair had its first performance at this theater.
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📍 The Public Theater, New York City, USA · map
Hair started off-Broadway here at Joseph Papp's theater, then moved to Broadway's Biltmore Theatre in April 1968.
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