3GS lost all music in upgrade to ios5 via iTunes.

Last week iTunes suggested I upgrade my 3GS phone to iOS5, which I happily did and followed instructions carefully, and all the iPod content is gone now. "No Content!" is what I see on the phone and there's nothing on it as seen by iTunes either.   I had done a complete backup before upgrading. Should I figure out how to restore that backup now, or what?  (And, if so, how DO you restore a backup, since it sure isn't obvious and there's no "RESTORE" button to click.)  Thanks.

iTunes does not back up your music when performing a backup before an upgrade or otherwise. It is your responsibility to make sure your music is backed up.
Unless you have a backup of your music somewhere else, it is gone. If you are in the US and a few other countries, you can get purchased music back by clicking on purchases on the right column in iTunes when at the home screen.

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