TOKYO - Japanese musicians overcame fatigue and a major earthquake to set the record for the world's longest concert on Saturday, playing 184 hours non-stop in a program that ranged from The Beatles' classics to Japanese traditional harp music.

Over 900 musicians aged 6 to 89 took turns performing in the 9-day marathon — with breaks of no more than 5 minutes between acts — at a small railway station in Hikone city, western Japan, according to organizer Kuniko Teramura, 51.

An official from the Guinness Book of World Records was on hand to certify the record at 10 a.m. Saturday, she said.

"The longest concert by multiple artists was achieved by Kuniko Teramura and friends at Toriimoto Station ... from 23-31 March 2007," read a copy of the certificate obtained by The Associated Press.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070331/ap_on_...longest_concert

Feel free to comment how perverted the J aps are for setting a record as this.

how the hell are you suppose to sit through that. i think they should just divide the 189 hours and do it on different times. I dont see the use in doing this for 9 days straight.

As far as I know, Guinness sets the rules. The participants don't get a say. Theirs is but to do or die.