Bet Bet

Bet Bet (English: But But) is a Latvian rock band, founded in 1991, lead by singer Zigfrīds Muktupāvels, drummer Guntars Račs and guitarist Ugis Tirzītis. The band have several Latvian Music Awards as well as Golden albums and still perform till this day. In 2006 bass player Andris Alviķis joined the band replacing Aivis Kalvans. Singer Zigfrīds Muktupāvels was part of the Latvian sextet soprano group Bonaparti.lv, who tried to get their Italian song 'Questa Notte' in the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest for Latvia. The group failed to reach the final stage of the Eurovision Song Contest.

Links To Peel
Peel got a hold of a Latvian compilation album called Mikrofons 91 from the Latvian label RiTonis in 1992 and mentioned on his 22 August 1992, that he couldn't help humming to one of the tracks from the album called Es Tevi Nemīlu ('I Don't Love You') from the group Bet Bet. In the summer of that year, Peel visited Riga, capital city of Latvia and the other Baltic states including Russia as part of his work with the BBC World Service.

Shows Played
1992
 * 22 August 1992: Es Tevi Nemīlu (v/a album - Mikrofons-91. Rokaptaujas Dziesmas) RiTonis