GeoTracks Music
GeoTracks Music · October 3, 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 roundPSY's 2012 mega-hit is named after this district.
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📍 Gangnam District, Seoul, South Korea · map
Gangnam Style was the first YouTube video to reach 1 billion views, on 21 December 2012.
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The Ramones, Blondie and Talking Heads cut their teeth at this club.
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📍 CBGB, 315 Bowery, Manhattan · map
CBGB stood for Country, BlueGrass, and Blues. It closed in October 2006 with a Patti Smith show.
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The first Rock in Rio (1985) was held at a purpose-built 'City of Rock' here.
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📍 Cidade do Rock (1985), Barra da Tijuca / Jacarepaguá, Rio de Janeiro · map
The 10-day festival drew 1.38 million people, and Queen played on opening day. The site later became the 2016 Olympic Athletes' Village.
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On this day in 1954, blues guitar hero Stevie Ray Vaughan was born in this Texas city.
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📍 Dallas, Texas, USA · map
He was born at Methodist Hospital. His older brother Jimmie Vaughan is also a famous blues guitarist and co-founded The Fabulous Thunderbirds.
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AC/DC recorded 'Back in Black' (1980) at Compass Point Studios in this city.
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📍 Compass Point Studios, Nassau, Bahamas · map
Tropical storms knocked out the studio's power during the sessions and inspired the 'rolling thunder' line in 'Hells Bells'.
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On this day in 1938, rock and roll pioneer Eddie Cochran was born in this small Midwestern city.
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📍 Albert Lea, Minnesota, USA · map
Cochran's family later moved to California, where he recorded 'Summertime Blues' in 1958.
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