GeoTracks Music
GeoTracks Music · October 8, 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 roundEazy-E, Dr. Dre and Ice Cube formed the rap group N.W.A in 1987 in this city.
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📍 Compton, California, USA · map
Their debut album 'Straight Outta Compton' (1989) was one of the first albums sold with a Parental Advisory label.
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Kyu Sakamoto's 1963 US No. 1 song was sung in Japanese. In which city was the singer born?
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📍 Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan · map
The English title is 'Sukiyaki', but that word is not in the song. It has sold more than 13 million copies.
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Rock al Parque, a free rock festival started in 1995, takes place in this city's Simón Bolívar Park.
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📍 Parque Simón Bolívar, Bogotá, Colombia · map
Entry is free for everyone, and the festival can draw up to 400,000 people over its days.
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On this day in 1988, Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé sang 'Barcelona' outdoors beside this famous fountain.
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📍 Magic Fountain of Montjuïc, Barcelona, Spain · map
The concert, called La Nit, welcomed the Olympic flag from Seoul. It was Freddie Mercury's last live performance.
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The company that created the virtual singer Hatsune Miku in 2007 has its headquarters in this city.
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📍 Crypton Future Media, Chūō-ku, Sapporo, Japan · map
Voice actor Saki Fujita recorded the voice samples. The software came out on 31 August 2007.
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On this day in 1985, the musical Les Misérables officially opened in London at this arts centre.
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📍 Barbican Centre, London, England · map
The Royal Shakespeare Company staged it first. Later it moved to the West End and became one of the longest-running musicals in the world.
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