GeoTracks Music
GeoTracks Music · October 4, 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 roundThe Beatles played nearly 300 times in this cellar club.
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📍 The Cavern Club, Mathew Street, Liverpool · map
Brian Epstein first saw the Beatles here on 9 November 1961 and went on to become their manager.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
Johnny Cash recorded a legendary 1968 live album inside this prison.
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📍 Folsom State Prison, California, USA · map
Cash played two shows there on 13 Jan 1968, released as 'At Folsom Prison'. He'd written 'Folsom Prison Blues' more than a decade earlier.
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Sziget, one of Europe's largest festivals, takes over an island in this capital.
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📍 Óbuda Island, Budapest, Hungary · map
It began in 1993 as 'Diáksziget' (Student Island) with 43,000 visitors. Attendance hit a record 565,000 in 2018.
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On this day in 1971, Pink Floyd began filming a concert with no audience in this ancient Roman arena.
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📍 Amphitheatre of Pompeii, Italy · map
The performances of 'Echoes' and other songs were filmed over four days, 4–7 October 1971. Only the film crew watched.
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Japan's Fuji Rock Festival has been held at this ski resort since 1999 — not at Mt Fuji.
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📍 Naeba Ski Resort, Yuzawa, Niigata, Japan · map
The name comes from the 1997 debut at a ski resort near Mt Fuji. In 1998 it moved to Tokyo's waterfront before settling at Naeba.
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On this day in 1982, The Smiths played their first ever concert at this venue.
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📍 The Ritz, Whitworth Street West, Manchester, England · map
The Smiths played only four songs, as the support act for Blue Rondo à la Turk.
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