YORK echoed to the sound of music on Bank Holiday Monday as the city's residents enjoyed the final day of the York Live Music Festival 2000.

Run alongside BBC's Music Live fiesta, York's music marathon featured everything from jazz to rock, dance to blues and punk to brass bands.

Bank Holiday Monday morning woke to Irish dancing in Parliament Street while there was jazz at El Piano, in Grape Lane.

But it was very much the sound of drums that dominated not only York, but the whole country, yesterday lunchtime, as drummers from the city joined with others nationwide to make a world record.

Musicians congregated in the Museum Gardens to bang their drums as part of the BBC's attempt to create a world record-breaking drumming beacon across the country.

Some of the loudest sets were in Parliament Street later in the day with about five hours of rock music from acts including Coasta, Several Federal Men, Johnny Hormone, The Bobak Cut and Breathe.

Meanwhile, York's Museum Gardens were taken over by DJs from the city's dance night, Beat Roots, with Jamie Phillips providing the hip-hop, G-Groove some hard house beats and Robokid your Detroit techno.

These Demon Genes wrapped up proceedings in the Museum Gardens with a set of electronica.

In the evening, Chris Helme, former lead singer with The Seahorses, together with a backing band, rocked the Theatre Royal, while Lloyd Cole topped an acoustic bill at Fibbers, with support from Cousteau and local bands.