I can't get on itunes web site

Please help. I am trying to download some songs from the itunes web site and i keep getting this message coming up..'itunes could not connect to the music store. The network connection was refused. Could someone please let me know if i have done something wrong. I downloaded some tunes a couple of weeks ago,so it used to work fine. Please help. P.S. i am in England. Thanks Gazmo.
  Windows XP  

Possibly you have some firewall stuff enabled which is blocking your access. (Could be hardware - broadband modem? - could be software - Antivirus stuff? - could just be iTunes being bolshy!!)
My advice is idiotically simple (I have had the same problem) - do nothing, just keep trying - do not get frustrated, and finally it will decide that not working for you isn't a good idea, and abracadabra, one day it will work!!
For me - I do not keep my machine always on - after the latest upgrade iTunes would not load - I didn't care, but after a few restarts iTunes and Music Store sort of felt lonely and unwanted, and now load and work immaculately!!
I sort of put this down to Mac philosophy.....

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