International Busking Day: Five of the best busking videos
Saturday marks the first International Busking Day, a celebration of the art of street performing
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Your support makes all the difference.100 cities across the world will be showing their support for International Busking Day this Saturday, including Hong Kong, New York, Mexico City, and Melbourne.
36 cities in the UK alone are taking part, with London’s Trafalgar Square acting as the main hub of the action.
In our own ode to street performing, we’ve compiled five of the best busking videos from around the world, courtesy of the internet.
Jack Broadbent plays guitar with a flask
Balancing his guitar facing upwards on his lap, Jack uses a metal flask to fret the guitar strings, sliding it up and down the neck to create an amazing bluesy sound.
Malaysian man plays to enraptured group of kittens
A busker plays guitar to an audience of 4 small cats bobbing along to the music.
Jimmy Somerville interrupts busker in Berlin
The original singer of “Smalltown Boy” (and his dog) join a street musician in Germany for a duet.
Seal scouts busker in Manchester
Seal performs “I shot the Sherriff” with busker Poppy Waterman-Smith, before inviting her to open for him during his Manchester show that same evening.
Steven Tyler joins busker in Moscow
The Aerosmith front-man joins in for a spine-chilling rendition of the band’s classic “Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing” before crowds in Russia’s capital.
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