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British Bandsman teams up with Yamaha to bring the 2010 European Championships live to your home!

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Watch live online coverage of this year’s European Brass Band Championships, brought to you exclusively by British Bandsman and Yamaha Neo.

All the action

Catch all the action from international banding’s biggest event — only on the British Bandsman website at www.britishbandsman.com — as Yamaha artist and international percussion star, Simone Rebello, presents the world’s leading brass bands competing for Europe’s most prestigious title.

All in high quality audio and video — live from the Brucknerhaus in Linz, Austria on 30 April and 1 MayBritish Bandsman

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For as little as £5.00, watch the defending European Champion and World No. 1 — Cory Band, the world famous Black Dyke Band, Norway’s outstanding Eikanger-Bjørsvik Musikklag Band, remarkable Brass Band Oberösterreich as well as the other champion bands of Europe competing for the title.

All in high quality audio and video — live from the Brucknerhaus in Linz, Austria on 30 April and 1 May

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For full details on our timetable of coverage and how to sign up, go to:

http://www.britishbandsman.com/bb_live_from_linz.php

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