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Liverpool is a UNESCO City of Music and the home of The Beatles — a music-pilgrimage city with a brilliant live scene to match its history.

Porto is Portugal’s atmospheric second city — riverside charm, port-wine cellars, the striking Casa da Música, and the Porto edition of Primavera Sound.

Lisbon pairs soulful Fado in the old quarters with a thumping modern club scene and big summer festivals.

Memphis is where rock ‘n’ roll, soul and the blues were born — Beale Street, Sun Studio, Stax and Graceland in one pilgrimage.

Cape Town blends a rich jazz heritage with summer open-air concerts and one of the world’s most beautiful settings.

Montreal is one of North America’s great festival cities — home to the world’s biggest jazz festival, the Osheaga music festival and the cutting-edge MUTEK.

Glasgow is a UNESCO City of Music — Scotland’s gig capital, with legendary venues, a fierce live scene and the TRNSMT festival each summer.

Dublin lives and breathes music — nightly traditional sessions in the pubs, a storied rock heritage (U2, Thin Lizzy) and a buzzing live scene.

Reykjavík punches far above its size in music — an intimate, creative scene that gave the world Björk and Sigur Rós, and hosts the legendary Iceland Airwaves festival.