An Australian band’s ‘unreal’ journey to break a gig world record

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• Fathom partnered with a mental health service, Beyond Blue, donating half of the revenue from ticket sales and merchandise.
• The BBC sat down with the duo to recount the day full of excitement and hurdles.

Dream rock band Fathom travelled roughly 700km throughout Australia to play nine indicates, setting a new Guinness World Record for most concerts performed in 12 hours throughout multiple cities.

So as to beat the record, venues needed to be at least 50km apart in cities populated by more than 15, 000 individuals, with half of the cities needing to have populations of at least 100, 000.

Notably, the BBC sat down with the duo to recount the day full of excitement and hurdles. You are now after Music.

Updates from your News topics will appear in My News and in a collection on the News homepage. You are now after Live music.

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