The Rockin' 1000 is a group of rock musicians primarily from Italy and such other countries as Australia, Canada, Mexico, England, Belgium, Spain, Austria, Croatia, Bosnia, United States, Germany, Greece, France, Sweden, Turkey, Bulgaria, Russia, Poland, Belarus, and Georgia . As the name indicates, over a thousand musicians play and sing simultaneously at their concerts. The home of the organization is in Cesena, Italy, originally assembled in July 2015 as a "stunt" to get the Foo Fighters to visit their hometown, which occurred on 3 November 2015. 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.