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Air Guitar World Championships UK Final

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Aug 10 2009

The cream of the British Isles fought it out for air guitar supremacy on Friday night at the O2 Acadamy in front of a huge crowd and an esteemed judging panel of two-times UK winner Gabi Matzeu (aka The Hoxton Creeper), two-times World Champion and UK founder Zac Monro, and John Georgie who founded Air Guitar Scotland. Now in its fourth year, the electrifying contest, which is open to all and hotly contested, is a real test of skill and allows ordinary people a real taste of rock stardom. The winner, not only receives a beautiful brand new Gibson air […]

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The vast majority of posts in this blog are about quirky & eccentric competitions & festivals. I started it in 2006 in France with a competition I’ll never forget. Where contestants battle it out to become the World Champion Pig Squeeler, or ‘Cri du Cochon’. I had little knowledge back then of quite how far my pursuit of these kind of events would lead me. I’ve travelled all over Britain (and occasionally further afield) to capture our curiosities and quirks. There’s nothing uniquely eccentric about the British, you’ll find people all over the world up to all sorts of weird and wonderful activities, but we do have a remarkable capacity to embrace the madness. ‘A Brit Different’ is the book that was born from it, my labour of love! So what next? There’s always something interesting going on, so watch this space, only time will tell!

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