Battles – International
Airing on the Saturday Show throughout July, August and September 2024
The bands and their alloted numbers are as below
(no seedings, all groups, areas and matches selected by Andrew Hammond unless otherwise stated)
- United States 1
Sly & the Family Stone, Eagles, Pixies, Blondie, The Cars and Heart - United States 2
Beach Boys, Chicago, ZZ Top, Nirvana, The Bangles and Metallica - United States 3
Ramones, Beastie Boys, Guns & Roses, Bon Jovi, The Temptations and Simon & Garfunkel - United States 4
R.E.M, Talking Heads, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers. Kings of Leon, Foo Fighters, Public Enemy - United States 5
Byrds, Run DMC, Green Day, Steve Miller Band, Red Hot Chillie Peppers and The B52’s - Africa
African Connection (DRC), Les Nubians (Cameroon), Pied Pipers (Zim), Ladysmith Black Mambosa (SA), Prime Circle (SA) and Sauti Sol (Kenya) - France & Netherlands
Shocking Blue (NL), Daft Punk (F), Air (F), Ottowan (NL), 2 Unlimited (NL) and Venga Boys (NL) - Rest of Europe
Tatu (Russia), Las Ketchup (S), Corona (I), Eifell 65 (I), Living Joy (I) and Baccarra (S) - Asia – Thanks to Emma Hiscock
BTS (SK), One OK Rock (J), Black Pink (SK), X-Japan (J), Twice (SK) and Xdinary (SK) - Oceana
INXS, AC/DC, Men At Work, Crowded House, The Easybeats and Bee Gees - Germany
Kraftwerk, Scorpians, Propaganda, Trio, Alphaville and Culture Beat - Canada
Men WIthout Hats, Crash Test Dummies, Nickelback, Arcade Fire, The Bare Naked Ladies and Sum 41 - Rest of Scandanavia (including Iceland)
a-ha (N), Aqua (D), Royksopp (N), Hanoi Rocks (F), Sugarcubes (I) and Lordi (N) - Sweden
ABBA, The Hives, The Cardigans, Europe, Roxette and Whale - South & Central America
Los Lobos, Santana, The Mavericks, Soda Stereo, Tribalistas (BR) and Incantation (CHILE) - Caribbean
Bob Marley & The Wailers, Chaka Demus & Pliers , Miami Sound Machine, Fugees, Buena Vista Social Club and Toots & The Maytals
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