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to visit the town of

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, Italy. Originally organized in a crowdfunding effort by Fabio Zaffagnini, the Rockin'1000 have made several subsequent appearances, and have been dubbed the "biggest band in the world". Their initial performance in 2015 was made under the direction of

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. Large-scale groups under the name Rockin'1000 have been reassembled for some subsequent performances. On 7 July 2019, Rockin'1000 played 18 songs in the

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in Frankfurt, Germany. With 1,002 musicians playing in front of an audience of 15,000 spectators, the project achieved the world record for the largest performing rock band. Hundreds of guitarists, bass players, drummers, keyboardists, and singers—as well as wind sections, and string sections—joined together, playing rock classics by

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and others. In reaction to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the group was enlisted to perform

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's " Give Peace a Chance" for the opening of the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in

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. The performance was pre-recorded in

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, and was later continued by the live audience at the PalaOlimpico singing along, supported by the contest's co-presenters Alessandro Cattelan and

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. On 1 October 2022, Rockin'1000 performed on

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in São Paulo in front of an audience of more than 30,000 spectators, on their first concert in South America. Among the performers there were musicians from previous concerts and new members from Brazil. Artists such as

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and Sérgio Dias were invited to participate and host the concert.

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* * Italian rock music groups Musical groups established in 2015 Cover bands Rock music supergroups 2015 establishments in Italy {{italy-band-stub