Las Vegas pub trying to set record for nonstop music
Restaurant staff and supporters cheer Dave Browne, upper center in back, and Dave Rooney, upper right, as Fergal Brady announces during a Guinness World Record attempt for Longest Concert by Multiple Artists at Ri Ra Irish Pub inside The Shoppes at Mandalay Place in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014. The current record, totaling 360 hours or 15 days, occurred at AJ's Music Cafe in Ferndale, Michigan, in 2011. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Dave Rooney, right, and Dave Browne, center, perform as the first act during a Guinness World Record attempt for Longest Concert by Multiple Artists at Ri Ra Irish Pub inside The Shoppes at Mandalay Place in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014. The current record, totaling 360 hours or 15 days, occurred at AJ's Music Cafe in Ferndale, Michigan, in 2011. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Dave Browne, left, and Dave Rooney perform as the first act as a waiter walks by during a Guinness World Record attempt for Longest Concert by Multiple Artists at Ri Ra Irish Pub inside The Shoppes at Mandalay Place in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Restaurant staff and supporters cheer before the first performance in the Guinness World Record attempt for Longest Concert by Multiple Artists at Ri Ra Irish Pub inside The Shoppes at Mandalay Place in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The clock counts down as Dave Rooney performs during a Guinness World Record attempt for Longest Concert by Multiple Artists at Ri Ra Irish Pub inside The Shoppes at Mandalay Place in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Dave Rooney performs with Dave Browne, not pictured, as the first act during a Guinness World Record attempt for Longest Concert by Multiple Artists at Ri Ra Irish Pub inside The Shoppes at Mandalay Place in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Restaurant staff and supporters cheer and count down before Dave Browne, second from right, and Dave Rooney, right, perform as the first act in a Guinness World Record attempt for Longest Concert by Multiple Artists at Ri Ra Irish Pub inside The Shoppes at Mandalay Place in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014. The current record, totaling 360 hours or 15 days, occurred at AJ's Music Cafe in Ferndale, Michigan, in 2011. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Dave Browne, left, and Dave Rooney perform as the first act during a Guinness World Record attempt for Longest Concert by Multiple Artists at Ri Ra Irish Pub inside The Shoppes at Mandalay Place in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014. The current record, totaling 360 hours or 15 days, occurred at AJ's Music Cafe in Ferndale, Michigan, in 2011. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Dave Rooney, center, and Dave Browne, not pictured, perform as the first act during a Guinness World Record attempt for Longest Concert by Multiple Artists at Ri Ra Irish Pub inside The Shoppes at Mandalay Place in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Dave Browne, left, and Dave Rooney perform as the first act during a Guinness World Record attempt for Longest Concert by Multiple Artists at Ri Ra Irish Pub inside The Shoppes at Mandalay Place in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Dave Rooney prepares to perform with Dave Browne, not pictured, as the first act during a Guinness World Record attempt for Longest Concert by Multiple Artists at Ri Ra Irish Pub inside The Shoppes at Mandalay Place in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014. The current record, totaling 360 hours or 15 days, occurred at AJ's Music Cafe in Ferndale, Michigan, in 2011. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Musician John Windsor sips his beer while watching Dave Browne and Dave Rooney perform during a Guinness World Record attempt for Longest Concert by Multiple Artists at Ri Ra Irish Pub inside The Shoppes at Mandalay Place in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014. Windsor, a local musician, is slated to participate in the event. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
An Irish pub on the Las Vegas Strip hopes to break a Guinness World Record by hosting 16 days of nearly nonstop live music.
The concert began Wednesday afternoon at the Ri Ra pub in The Shoppes at Mandalay Bay.
Numerous bands are scheduled to fly in and keep the music going, including Irish musician Dave Browne and Liam Reilly of the Irish rock band Bagatelle.
The artists will play nonstop with no more than a 25-second break between songs and a five-minute break between sets.
The current world record for longest concert by multiple artists is 15 days. Bands began playing at a Michigan cafe on March 19, 2011, and ended April 3 of that year.
