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MusicPhoto credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Music Day: dalbera, CC BY 2.0, source
- 70000 Tons of Metal: Samhainmtl, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Fuji Rock Festival: Jmills74 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Fleadh Cheoil: Gfitz122, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Spasskaya Tower International Military Music Festival: Shakko, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- MAMA Awards: beautybbo, CC BY 4.0, source
- World of Music, Arts and Dance (WOMAD): York Tillyer, CC BY 3.0, source