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GeoTracks Music · October 21, 2026

The daily music geography game: five clues about where music history happened. Try them yourself first, then reveal the answers.

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Clue 1 · Festival

Since 2005 this festival, started by Perry Farrell in 1991, has had a permanent home in a big lakeside park. Where?

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📍 Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois, USA · map

Lollapalooza started in 1991 as a farewell tour for Perry Farrell's band Jane's Addiction.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

Clue 2 · Venue

BTS ended their 2019 'Love Yourself: Speak Yourself' world tour with three homecoming shows at this stadium.

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📍 Olympic Stadium, Jamsil, Seoul, South Korea · map

Architect Kim Swoo-geun shaped the roof line like the curves of a Joseon white porcelain vase.

Source: nme.com

Clue 3 · Hometown

Capital city where black metal pioneers Mayhem were formed in 1984.

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📍 Oslo, Norway · map

The band took its name from a song by the British metal band Venom. Founders were Euronymous, Necrobutcher and Manheim.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

Clue 4 · Hometown

On this day in 1925, Celia Cruz, the 'Queen of Salsa', was born in this city.

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📍 Santos Suárez, Havana, Cuba · map

She was born at 47 Serrano Street, in the Santos Suárez neighborhood.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

Clue 5 · Hit song

The 1989 hit 'Lambada' copied a song by Los Kjarkas, a band formed in 1965 in this Andean town.

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📍 Capinota, Cochabamba, Bolivia · map

The original song was 'Llorando se fue' (1981). Los Kjarkas sued Kaoma and won; 'Lambada' sold 5 million copies in 1989.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

⭐ Bonus clue · Hometown

On this day in 1917, jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie was born in this small Southern town.

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📍 Cheraw, South Carolina, USA · map

Dizzy Gillespie was the youngest of nine children.

Source: en.wikipedia.org