Saturday, August 04, 2007

Big Green Gathering

Big Green Gathering - The Big Green Gathering is a five day camping event which is currently located in the Mendip Hills in Somerset. The festival offers music and theatrical performances along with workshops addressing green living, farming, business, and health

Thursday, August 02, 2007

Soundboard.com

Soundboard.com - Audio resource with thousands of categorized clips. Also allows users to build and share their own soundboards

Tuesday, July 31, 2007

MusicNet licenses more than one million DRM-free tracks

"MusicNet, the music unit of the leading digital entertainment services provider MediaNet Digital, announced that it will make more than one million DRM-free tracks available to its partners in the third quarter. MusicNet has forged partnerships with EMI Music as well as several leading independent labels including Righteous Babe, Nettwerk, Madacy, Nitro and the labels represented by Digital Music Group, Inc. (DMGI), the Digital Rights Agency (DRA) and the Independent Recording Industry Services (IRIS) for their entire digital music catalogs. MusicNet will make the tracks available for distribution in the MP3 format at a higher sound quality"

Friday, July 27, 2007

Women On The Move: Beautiful

Fourteen independent female artists sing out against domestic violence. A CD of songs for women. Tears, triumph and empowerment. Blues, rock, folk. A range of styles and topics. Raising funds for domestic violence shelters. This CD comes with a 20 page book
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Tuesday, July 24, 2007

AnAmericanBand

AnAmericanBand - Social networking site for unsigned bands and their fans to discover each other

Friday, July 20, 2007

Thursday, July 19, 2007

ubroadcast

ubroadcast - Broadcast your own live radio show or listen to HD quality broadcasts online with this media player and station manager software

Saturday, July 14, 2007

SmugglersMusic

SmugglersMusic is a new site for bands to promote and sell their songs. It operates as a web-based music player, featuring signed and unsigned bands. Viewing a band's profile will give you access to their cover art and other images as a slide show, with the option to download, the band's music as separated by album, the option of purchasing songs and bio information about the artist

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Fab Again: A Tribute to The Beatles (2 volumes)

Fab Again: A Tribute to The Beatles - Volume I. A supergroup of all star musicians, whose credits include 'Beatlemania', perform classics Beatles songs from the early "Black Suit" days up through the "Abbey Road" period
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Kendra Ross: New Voice

This stellar debut effort is steeped in Modern Soul and Jazz with solid songwriting and sultry vocals. Featuring appearances by Talib Kweli, Eric Roberson and more, "New Voice" is the culmination of years of experience and a passion for the art of music
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Tuesday, July 10, 2007

SoulCulture.co.uk

SoulCulture.co.uk - an online magazine that examines the culture and politics of soul, neo-soul, hip-hop, jazz, funk, and blues

TouchRadio

TouchRadio - gives the world a streamable and downloadable collection of nocturnal sounds on wetlands, nine records playing simultaneously, and other, similar sonic experiments

Brainwashed

Brainwashed - a streaming radio station, band web site host, news and review ezine, and small record label of independently produced experimental, alternative, and electronic music. Features podcasts, interviews, downloads, blogs, and features

Saturday, July 07, 2007

Live Earth

Live Earth is a monumental music event that will bring together more than 2 billion people on 7/7/07 to raise awareness about global warming. With 24 hours of music across 7 continents, and performances by more than 150 of the world's top musicians, Live Earth will engage, connect, and inspire individuals, corporations and governments to take action to solve the climate crisis

Tuesday, July 03, 2007

SeeqPod

"SeeqPod is a totally different breed of search and discovery technology provider, because we believe that one day, everything will be 'playable'. Hence we have embraced the term 'Playable Search'. The team at SeeqPod is passionate about technology as well as music. So first we decided to apply some pretty sophisticated technology to music and video search so that anyone, anywhere can mine the deepest crevices and corners of the Web for media that is publicly available, yet not always easy to find"

AllofMP3 shut down, MP3sparks opens

AllofMP3 is a Russian web service that sells digital music at very low prices without any copy protection. As of July 2, AllofMP3.com has been shut down, reportedly by the Russian government. A new site, very similar to AllOfMP3 and also owned by Media Services, launched simultaneous with the shutdown. MP3Sparks looks to be a clone of AllOfMP3 in all but name.

Thursday, June 28, 2007

eMusic

eMusic has just launched ten mashups that marry its music library and download service with several online radio services. Topping the list for the new eMusic mashups is Pandora, followed by Indie Pop Rocks, KEXP, Groove Salad, KCRW Music & Live, WOXY, Secret Agent, cliqhop idm and Bootliquor. The great part about these mashups is that you can now listen to your favorite songs on your favorite streaming Internet radio services, and download the songs simultaneously with eMusic

Baeble Music

Baeble Music is a destination for live music fans. We want to bring you tomorrow's biggest acts, and we want to deliver them today. Baeble Music hand-picks the hottest emerging bands playing at the best venues in the country. We film their concerts, review their shows, compile their band profiles, and deliver the whole package to you within days of the gig

Tuesday, June 26, 2007

SaveNetRadio Coalition

SaveNetRadio Coalition - Official site of the SaveNetRadio coalition, a group of webcasters working to protect the future of Internet radio from prohibitive increases in royalty rates for broadcast material

Monday, June 25, 2007

Nimbit

Nimbit, the music commerce solution for bands and record labels, has launched its Online Merch Table (OMT), which is an interactive flash widget that lets you do more for your merchandise

Sunday, June 24, 2007

Internet radio to fall silent in protest on June 26

Thousands of U.S. webcasters plan to turn off the music and go silent this Tuesday, June 26, to draw attention to an impending royalty rate increase that, if implemented, would lead to the virtual shutdown of this country’s Internet radio industry

Friday, June 22, 2007

Jagger apologizes

Mick Jagger used the Catalan language to apologize to fans for last year's cancellation of several shows in Barcelona and three other Spanish cities

Thursday, June 21, 2007

CBC Radio 3

CBC Radio 3 - Stream new Canadian music on Radio 3 from CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation). Features music, news, and culture blog, podcasts, user playlists, concerts and sessions, and extensive database of Canadian artist profiles and songs

Street Scene

Street Scene - Annual September music event transforming the streets of downtown San Diego. Artists performing in 2007 include The Killers, Muse, Arctic Monkeys, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, and Social Distortion

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Exhibition Road Music Day

Exhibition Road Music Day is London's home of Fete de la Musique - a renowned free international live music festival. Exhibition Road Music Day is organised by the leading cultural and educational institutions in South Kensington.Throughout the day at both indoor and outdoor venues around the Exhibition Road area, there will be a lively and colourful mix of performances from amateur and professional musicians alike

Stereogum

Stereogum - Stereogum has been "ejecting musical trash since 2002" and in addition to the blog, features videos, MP3s, and tour dates

Live Music Blog

Live Music Blog - Dedicated to music festivals, concerts, and bands that know how to play live

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Nexhit

Nexhit is an online, digital media distribution and social networking community that currently hosts nearly 500,000 tracks of the best new and independent music. The Nexhit community consists of independent artists and fans who believe that there is more to music than just the Top 40. We offer our own charts, based on the real-time response to the music found within the Nexhit system by the members of the Nexhit community

Monday, June 18, 2007

Bandwagon

Bandwagon - iTunes online backup and sync for Mac digital music lovers

Friday, June 15, 2007

Sonific Music Network

"To become a content provider to Sonific through Sonific Music Network is free, non-exclusive, cancel-anytime - and you don't give away any of your rights, either. Sonific will simply make your music available for promotional streaming (full-length songs) on a quickly growing network that spans 10s of millions of potential users. Every presentation of your music will include a link to your Sonific artist page, where interested users can look into buying your music, check out your websites or blogs, or just find out more about you"

Thursday, June 14, 2007

JamJunky

JamJunky - A website for songwriters to share lyrics, ideas and songs. Collaborate with other songwriters, write recommendations, and upload your music as mp3s

LoveToKnow: Music

LoveToKnow: Music - Interactive community of music downloads, artist profiles, information about online music, and industry details

iTunes Festival

iTunes Festival - Spread over 31 consecutive nights, more than 60 of the world's top musicians will perform at London's ICA starting on Sunday, July 1, with a headline performance by Mika

Sweeney Todd

Sweeney Todd - Official site for the film version of Sweeney Todd, the musical by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler, directed by Tim Burton, featuring Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall, Jamie Campbell Bower, Jayne Wisener, and Sacha Baron Cohen

Saturday, June 09, 2007

Oodle BandTracker

Oodle BandTracker - Search 213,644 bands and 501,935 shows for tour information on your favorite bands

Thursday, June 07, 2007

1,683 guitarists play 'Smoke on Water'

More than 1,680 guitar players turned out, tuned up and took part in what organizers say was a world record rendition of Deep Purple's Smoke on the Water - a song that was the first many of them ever learned. Some came from as far away as California and Germany on Sunday to take part in a Kansas City radio station's effort to break a Guinness world record for the most people playing the same song simultaneously. The record had been 1,323 people playing the same song in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1994

Wednesday, June 06, 2007

Lala

Lala - Upload and play your iTunes library and all your digital music online. Easy download to your iPod or PC. Safely share music and playlists

Tuesday, June 05, 2007

Official Monterey International Pop Festival Blog

Official Monterey International Pop Festival Blog - Celebrating 40 years since the first Monterey Pop Festival which launched the world into the summer of love.


Wikipedia: Monterey Pop Festival
- Took place from June 16 to June 18, 1967. Over 200,000 people attended, and it is often regarded as the precursor to Woodstock

Friday, June 01, 2007

CBS Corporation acquires Last.fm

CBS Corporation has acquired Last.fm, a global, community-based, music discovery network. CBS purchased the property for $280 million in cash. Last.fm currently has more than 15 million active users in more than 200 countries. As part of the acquisition, the Last.fm team, including founders Felix Miller, Martin Stiksel, and Richard Jones, will continue to independently run the online network. The Last.fm management team will work with all relevant CBS divisions to apply their community-building and technology expertise to extend CBS businesses online and within the mobile space

GetLessonsNow.com

GetLessonsNow.com - Free service that connects music teachers and students through an online music teacher directory

Wednesday, May 30, 2007

BlueGobo.com

BlueGobo.com - Archive of musical theatre performances on video. Browse the archive categorized by show title and discover clips from the 1950s to today

Friday, May 25, 2007

EMI agrees to $4.7-billion offer from Terra Firma

British music company EMI agreed to a $4.73 billion (2.4-billion-pound) cash takeover from private equity group Terra Firma. Terra Firma intends to keep EMI intact and proceed with plans to securitize the company's music publishing assets, according to a source

Thursday, May 24, 2007

Bassnectar

Bassnectar - The official site of Bassnectar: DJ Lorin Ashton's electronic music, mid-tempo breakbeat, IDM, Drum 'n bass party extravaganza. Site features numerous tracks, music videos, tour dates, and more

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Xanadu

Xanadu - Official site for Xanadu, the Broadway musical based on the film of the same name. Book by Douglas Carter Beane, music and lyrics by Jeff Lynne. Features Kerry Butler, James Carpinello, Tony Roberts, Jackie Hoffman, and Mary Testa

Monday, May 21, 2007

MyPlayList

MyPlayList uses the XSPF xml format to combine images from the Flickr image sharing service, with music that is hosted across the internet and compiled using xspf music compilers such as projectplaylist.com. To use this online application you need to first have a music playlist in xspf format, that you can compile at many different sites, then once you have a playlist you can add images using the myplaylist image compiler, it's that simple. Then you can embed these picture/music playlists into other sites or watch them online

Rihanna tops charts on downloads

R&B star Rihanna has scored a UK number one with her latest single Umbrella through download sales alone. "I feel blessed and loved," said the Barbadian singer, whose record is not in shops until 28 May. She held off a challenge from Maroon 5, whose Makes Me Wonder rose to number two, while Beyonce and Shakira's Beautiful Liar fell to three
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Lennon festival line-up announced

A remote Highland village has announced plans for a major festival in honour of murdered Beatle John Lennon. Organisers said the three-day event in Durness would be one of the "most extraordinary" festivals to be staged in Scotland. The festival plans include musical performances, poetry readings, film screenings and a dance event in a cave. John Lennon spent five summers in the area while he was young, staying on a croft in Sango Bay with his cousin
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Fats Domino returns to the stage

Blues legend Fats Domino has performed in public for the first time since Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. The 79-year-old was rescued by boat from the floodwaters that overwhelmed the city following the hurricane in August 2005
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Sunday, May 20, 2007

YouLicense

YouLicense is an "online music licensing marketplace. We have developed a platform which enables artists and those seeking musical content to conduct business directly with one another in a safe and secure environment. Our unique search engine and standardized contracts allow for a quick and easy process. Whether you're looking to license music for Film & Television, Advertising Campaigns, Music on Hold, Mobile Phone Content, Web Content, Audio Projects, or you are a small business in need of musical content, YouLicense is your marketplace"

Saturday, May 19, 2007

Wishbone Ash

Wishbone Ash - Official site for Wishbone Ash, the hard rock band from England. Provides info on the band members, tours dates, albums, multimedia, and fan forum

Ian Brown

Ian Brown - Polydor's official site dedicated to the former lead singer of The Stone Roses

Audiozone.dk

Audiozone.dk - Online guitar catalog scans of Jackson and Charvel catalogues. Reviews, tips, and history of everything guitar, Jackson and Charvel in particular

Bollywood Awards

Bollywood Awards - Bollywood movie, fashion, and music awards. Includes information on nominees, attendees, tickets, media, upcoming events, and past winners

Thursday, May 17, 2007

Fantoom Magazine

Fantoom Magazine - Fantoom arts and music magazine based in Rotterdam featuring articles, interviews, downloads, new media arts, and experimental and leftfield music

Jon McLaughlin

Jon McLaughlin - Official site for singer-songwriter Jon McLaughlin, with news, journal entries, audio/video clips, Q&A, and more

Madina Lake

Madina Lake - Official site for the alternative rock band Madina Lake, with news, audio/video clips, photos, tour dates, and more

Grinderman

Grinderman - Official site for the garage rock band Grinderman, which is fronted by Nick Cave. Includes news, audio/video clips, photos, and lyrics

27 Club

The 27 Club is a popular culture reference to a group of several rock and blues musicians, who experienced a career that ended with their death at age 27

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

The Future Is Unwritten

The Future Is Unwritten - Documentary film by Julien Temple which reveals Clash front man Joe Strummer as not just a legend or musician, but as a true communicator of our times

Bucky Covington Official Website

Bucky Covington Official Website - Official site for Bucky Covington. Includes news on his country album, tour dates, and fan store

Eric Hughes Band

Eric Hughes Band - Official site of the Eric Hughes Band from Memphis, Tennessee. Site features tour schedules, news, reviews, and a photo gallery of the blues band

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

IndiependenceMusic.net

IndiependenceMusic.net - Internet music community and download store where artists are found and heard by fans of all ages. Quickly find and buy good new music in a professional environment. Artists have total control over what songs they give away or sell

Monday, May 14, 2007

TMF HD

TMF is a music video channel based in the Netherlands, and is part of the MTV Networks Europe. It shows non stop pop music videos and occasionaly MTV's Programmes like cribs, the Osbourne's etc. The channel is broadcasted in High Definition

Saturday, May 12, 2007

Stage.FM

Stage.FM is an online community that acts as a directory of independent artists for music and videos. They've just launched their new flash player. The new flash player allows you to create a play list while also listening to your current songs. These songs can be dragged from one play list to another. You can also add songs by clicking the "add" button that's been placed throughout the site, next to an artist's content. Play lists an be shared with others by embedding them on sites like MySpace, Hi5 and Piczo. Artist's information can be accessed directly through the player as well, opening up a new tab to their profile page. The player also supports videos

Thursday, May 10, 2007

Igloo Magazine

Igloo Magazine - Electronic music magazine covering a variety of different sub-genres including experimental, noise, house, drum & bass, and many more

Wednesday, May 09, 2007

Live 105 BFD

Live 105 BFD - Official site of the 2007 BFD music festival from Live 105. Site includes a lineup, ticket info, and podcast

Stagecoach Festival

Stagecoach Festival - Annual country music festival in Indio, California

Tuesday, May 08, 2007

Dave Mason, Kenny Loggins, Van Morrison, Makai, and more great ones: Star Jasmine

A compelling tribute compilation album from mellow rock-n-roll to folk rock and roots and a great new cut never heard before by Dave Mason and a new rendition of Let It Be with Kenny Loggins & Ginger Baker
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NonStop Riot

NonStop Riot has created a niche search engine of sorts, scouring blogs, audio, image and video sharing sites, and music services to bring you songs and information on your favorite artists

Net Music Makers

Net Music Makers - Music collaboration and Internet radio network featuring new artists and unsigned bands. Features royalty free licks and loops from legendary musicians

Thursday, May 03, 2007

Gillingham Festival (Dorset)

Gillingham Festival (Dorset) - Gillingham's annual two-week music and community festival held in July. Events include a 10k, barbecue, land ive musical performances

Sunday, April 29, 2007

Karen Cobb: Where It Begins...

Karen Cobb is the 1st Place winner of the 13th Annual Billboard World Song Writing Contest in R&B... Vocal Diva for the new century is Karen Cobb. Amazing range in vocal style and song selection
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Tuesday, April 24, 2007

2007 MTV Movie Awards

2007 MTV Movie Awards - Official site of the 2007 MTV Movie Awards, which will air live for the first time, on June 3, 2007

Dublin City Soul Festival

Dublin City Soul Festival - a celebration of peace, unity & love' - May 24-27, 2007

Monday, April 23, 2007

The Filter

The Filter - A desktop app that can save you time by building interesting playlists from your iTunes library at the click of a button. It can also fill your iPod with new playlists every day. The software is available for Windows, Mac and Nokia phones

Sunday, April 22, 2007

Middio

Middio is a simple website that organizes music videos uploaded by the public to YouTube. In other words, Middio goes through the trouble of finding and properly tagging music videos already floating around the web so that you don't have to. No bothersome ads are shown on any page or before any videos begin -- Middio gives you only what you ask for. Planned launch date: May 5, 2007

Saturday, April 21, 2007

200 New Additions to AAJ Upcoming Jazz Release Center

The AAJ Upcoming Jazz Release Center has just been updated with 200 new releases, reissues, imports and DVDs. The Upcoming Release Center is updated weekly and can be searched by artist, month of release, record label and type (reissue or new release)

Jazz pianist-composer Andrew Hill dies

Jazzman Andrew Hill, a groundbreaking pianist and composer known for his complex post-bop style, died early Friday, his record label announced. He was 75. Hill, who had been diagnosed with lung cancer three years ago, died at his Jersey City, N.J., home, according to Cem Kurosman of Blue Note Records. He had released his final album, "Time Lines," in early 2006, a farewell that earned him album of the year honors from Down Beat magazine

The GNF Game & Music Channel

The GNF Game & Music Channel brings current music videos from top country, rock, alternative artists and professional sports features such as Jet Ski, Motocross, Snow Boarding, and more as well as an inside look at the latest and greatest games, consoles, competitions and news in the gaming industry today

American Idol: Idol Gives Back

American Idol: Idol Gives Back - Official page of Idol Gives Back, the two-night special charity event from American Idol created to help raise awareness of the effects of poverty on children and young people in the U.S. and Africa

Stones' gig at racetrack stays on course

"The Rolling Stones will rock Belgrade this summer even if their performance at the city's main racetrack distresses hundreds of horses stabled at the venue, concert organizers said Friday" - AP

Friday, April 20, 2007

Aaron Tippin: Now & Then

Country with a southern rock flavor
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Pavlishyn Sisters: Dvi Sestrychky

European ethno-pop blending traditional melodies with contemporary sounds
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Tuesday, April 17, 2007

MotionBeatz

MotionBeatz - Social Musical Portal - Offers a social musical portal that lets musicians perform in front of a global audience. Find original music and videos from emerging artists - Social Musical Portal - Offers a social musical portal that lets musicians perform in front of a global audience. Find original music and videos from emerging artists

Saturday, April 14, 2007

midomi

midomi is the ultimate music search tool because it is powered by your voice. Sing, hum, or whistle to instantly find your favorite music and connect with a community that shares your musical interests

MusicPlusTV

MusicPlusTV - A 24/7 television broadcast stream with social networking, a searchable, user-driven media archive, content hosting and much more

Thursday, April 12, 2007

Live Earth Concert Information & Community Portal

Live Earth Concert Information & Community Portal - Find Live Earth concert updates and performer lineups. Portal also offers environmental news, information about global warming, and a place to chat about the upcoming concerts

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Finetune desktop application

The Finetune desktop application was created utilizing Adobe’s Apollo, one of the year’s most interesting new platforms. Now Finetune users can place Finetune on their desktops and enjoy their music in a more direct sense

Radio Free Goombah

Goombah, the social music discovery site, is launching their Radio Free Goombah service, which lets users download tracks to play anywhere

Sunday, April 08, 2007

Lawsuit: 'Cleaner threw out GBP700,000 of Beatles rarities'

Record label EMI has launched a lawsuit against a cleaning firm for allegedly disposing of GBP700,000 worth of rare Beatles photographs. The suit, filed at the High Court in London, claims a cleaner for Crystal Services binned seven Beatles photos - including the only surviving copy of the photo on the Please Please Me album cover - and 452 transparencies and negatives in January 2001

Saturday, April 07, 2007

Madface

Madface - live TV station dedicated to the Rap and Hip Hop culture. Hip Hop performances, live Shows and much more

MediaMaster

MediaMaster - Sign up and upload your digital music to MediaMaster. Publish your music collection on blogs and social networks with our widget - a great way for you and your friends to keep up to date on the latest music! Enjoy your entire music collection on many devices. Plus become a DJ - host your own radio station

Charlie Parker: Overtime

The greatest saxophonist of all time: Charlie "Bird" Parker, is one of the founders of the "be-bop" movement and a key figure in jazz history
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Friday, April 06, 2007

Various Artists: Help! George W. Bush & Friends Need to Sell 57,000,000 Copies of this CD Every Day to Pay for the War in Iraq

"The treasury is depleted. Congress is cutting funds. Our allies are bailing out. It has come to this. President George W. Bush has turned to a talented group of artists to produce a CD to help pay for the war in Iraq. It's an expensive war, so GWB & Friends need to sell 57,000,000 copies of their CD every day to pay for the war. By the time you finish reading this, we will have wasted hundreds of thousands of dollars fighting in Iraq and need your Help! to pay for this. (Please note: No one will actually be killed with the proceeds of this CD, it's just a really funny album)"
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Thursday, April 05, 2007

DJ Passion.co.uk

DJ Passion.co.uk - Online disc jockey community provides free MP3 mix osting, DJ help forum, and irc chat room

Tuesday, April 03, 2007

Jennifer Hall: Jennifer Hall Meets.....A West Coast Tribute to Gerry Mulligan

"Jennifer Hall's tribute to Gerry Mulligan brings ten west coast jazz veterans together for a celebration that explores Mulligan's music as well as his legacy. Jennifer played baritone saxophone with Jack Sheldon's big band and Ann Patterson's Maiden Voyage, but prefers a quintet format in this intimate session." - Sea Breeze Jazz
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The Beatles Tribute Project: Volume I

A supergroup of all-star musicians, whose credits include "Beatlemania", perform classics Beatles songs from the early "Black Suit" days up through the "Abbey Road" period
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Sunday, April 01, 2007

Japanese set record for longest concert

Japanese musicians overcame fatigue and a major earthquake to set the record for the world's longest concert on Saturday, playing 184 hours non-stop in a program that ranged from The Beatles' classics to Japanese traditional harp music