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The first of July's Rock Nation concert series took place at the Music Room, Majestic Towers Hotel in Dubai on 2 July 2010. The lineup for the night included (not in order of appearance): IED (pictures 1-5), Brownfusion (pictures 6-9), Fatiniza (pictures 10 - 13) and Gopilot (pictures 14-17). An eclectic bunch of acts that both rocked, swaggered and funked all in their own blistering way through 4 sets to a good crowd for a busy night in Dubai. Click on the thumbnails to expand...
