The Rockin'1000 is a musical project, originally created in

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(FC), Italy. Over a thousand musicians play and sing simultaneously at their concerts, with setlists composed mainly from well known rock music from different decades. The group was originally assembled in July 2015 as a way to ask the

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to visit the town of

, 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 Marco Sabiu. Rockin'1000 have been reassembled for some subsequent performances. The project always have musicians from previous concerts, and open spots for new members, in each city. 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

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, the group was enlisted to perform

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's "

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" for the opening of the final of the

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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

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and Mika. 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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