Fightstar’s Charlie Simpson set world record for coldest gig ever

Fightstar’s Charlie Simpson set world record for coldest gig ever

Fightstar frontman and former Busted singer Charlie Simpson has announced that he will be attempting to enter the Guinness Book Of World Records later this year when he tries to play the world’s coldest gig.

In November, the singer will fly to the Russian town of Oymyakon in Siberia, which has a population of 472 and has no running water or electricity. He will then attempt to play a show in the town in temperatures of around -40 degrees.

The town is in fact so cold that mobile phones cannot function and boiling water can be turned to ice in under five seconds when exposed to the air. If Simpson manages to play the gig, he has been assured that he will enter the Guinness Book Of World Records.

Speaking about the gig, the singer-songwriter said: “The gig is by far one of the biggest challenges of my career, but I’m really excited to get out there and see a part of our planet that very few people will ever get to visit. It’s not really an option to play my guitar wearing gloves, so I just hope my fingers don’t freeze”.

Charlie Simpson released his debut solo album ‘Young Pilgrim’ last summer. The singer has also recently completed work on the score for the British comedy film Everyone’s Going To Die, which is due for release later this year.

Speaking about this, he told NME: “I’ve just scored my first feature film, which debuts next month. It’s a British dark comedy. That’s just been finished. I did all that myself. It’s all instrumental, bit of orchestral and a bit of electronic.

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Most ambitious tour ever - The Melvins' Buzz Osborne Tour Dates

Most ambitious tour ever - The Melvins' Buzz Osborne Tour Dates

Seminal grunge rockers The Melvins have been playing music for 29 years, and founding member and frontman Buzz Osborne is pushing 50. That isn’t stopping them from embarking on one of the most ambitious tours one can imagine. In fact, when they hit the road this fall, they’ll be going after the world record for the most ambitious tour ever, at least in the United States. Beginning with a Sept. 5 show in Anchorage, Alaska, the Melvins will attempt to play 51 shows in 51 days, with each show taking place in a different state and one in Washington D.C.

“I honestly don’t think it’s going to be that hard,” said Osborne. “But we have to do it, that’s the thing. It’s a lot of shows in a row. It’s a lot of people to count on. We’re not getting any younger. You’ve got to do this stuff while you can still put one foot in front of the other.”

After an initial claim that The Melvins would attempt the entire tour on Harleys, Osborne admitted that they would indeed be traveling by van, with the exception of the dates in Alaska and Hawaii.

“We’re driving,” Osborne said. “It’d be easy for Morrissey to get in his private jet and do it. If that was the case we would do four states a day.”

The tour will be part of a busy year for the Melvins. On Tuesday, they released Freak Puke, an album recorded by a variation of the group called Melvins Lite that consists of Osborne, long-standing drummer Dale Crover, and upright bassist Trevor Dunn. The album is a departure from what most have come to expect from the Melvins, relying heavily on an experimental, free-flowing, jazz-like sound that comes largely as a result of Dunn’s prowess on the upright bass. “The only strings on the record are the stand-up bass,” said Osborne. “Technically they’re strings, but he got all of those string [sounds] out of a stand-up double bass. There’s no amp, just a mic-ed, acoustic, stand up double bass. Trevor’s amazing. He’s a tremendous musician.”


Check out the full record-breaking schedule below.

The Melvins Tour Dates:

September
5 - Anchorage, Alaska @ Bear Tooth Theatre and Pub
6 - Seattle, Wash. @ Showbox at The Market
7 - Oregon @ TBA
8 - Boise, Idaho @ Neurolux Lounge
9 - Missoula, Mont. @ Top Hat Lounge
10 - Salt Lake City, Utah @ Club Sound
11 - Casper, Wyo. @ TBA
12 - Denver, Colo. @ Bluebird Theatre
13 - Lawrence, Kan. @ The Bottleneck
14 - Columbia, Mo. @ The Blue Note
15 - Omaha, Neb. @ The Waiting Room
16 - Des Moines, Iowa @ House of Bricks
17 - Sioux Falls, S.D. @ The Vault
18 - Fargo, N.D. @ The Aquarium
19 - Minneapolis, Minn. @ Grumpy’s
20 - Madison, Wisc. @ High Noon Saloon
21 - Chicago, Ill. @ Double Door
22 - Indianapolis, Ind. @ The Vogue Theatre
23 - Louisville, Ky. @ The Vernon Club
24 - Detroit, Mich. @ Smalls
25 -Cleveland, Ohio @ Grog Shop
26 - Morgantown, W.V. @ 123 Pleasant Street
27 - Jermyn, Pa. @ Eleanor Rigby’s
28 - South Burlington, Vt. @ Higher Ground
29 - Dover, N.H. @ Dover Brickhouse
30 - Portland, Maine @ Asylum

October
1 - Boston, Mass. @ Paradise Rock Club
2 - Pawtucket, R.I. @ The Met Cafe
3 - New Haven, Conn. @ Toad’s Place
4 - Brooklyn, N.Y. @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
5 - Hoboken, N.J. @ Maxwell’s
6 - Wilmington, Del. @ Mojo 13
7 - Baltimore, Md. @ Ottobar
8 - Washington, D.C. @ Black Cat
9 - Charlottesville, Va. @ Jefferson Theatre
10 - Carrboro, N.C. @ Cat’s Cradle
11 - Knoxville, Tenn. @ The Square Room
12 - Greenville, S.C. @ The Handle Bar
13 - Athens, Ga. @ 40 Watt Club
14 - Birmingham, Ala. @ Bottle Tree
15 - Pensacola, Fla. @ Vinyl Music Hall
16 - Jackson, Miss. @ Duling Hall
17 - Little Rock, Ark. @ Juanita’s Cantina
18 - Baton Rouge, La. @ Spanish Moon
19 - Austin, Texas @ Mohawk
20 - Norman, Okla. @ Opolis Production
21 - Albuquerque, N.M. @ Launchpad
22 - Phoenix, Ariz. @ Crescent Ballroom
23 - Las Vegas, Nev. @ Artifice
24 - Los Angeles, Calif. @ Hollywood Forever Cemetery
25 - Honolulu, Hawaii @ The Republik

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Most Live Concerts in 24 hours set Guinness World Record by MTV

Most Live Concerts in 24 hours set Guinness World Record by MTV

MTV and Viacom Music Group’s event O Music Awards is back in its third year, with an aim to break the Guinness World Record for ‘Most Live Concerts’ in 24 hours.

The awards show will stage a road trip from Memphis across eight cities to New Orleans. Live cameras will follow the nominated band from the tour bus to the stage as they attempt to break the Guinness World Record. The record currently belongs to rapper Jay-Z.

Fans can nominate their favourite band to participate in the tour, the winning band and list of nominees and performers will be revealed on 23 May. The show will launch on 27 June.

Viacom Music Logo Group executive vice-president Dermot McCormack said, “We started O Music Awards as an experiment and it keeps gaining momentum as an incubator for experimenting with interactive storytelling across multiple platforms. We invite the audience and together we want to push the boundaries of how stories are told. We also have some fun, giving out awards and breaking a few records.”

Last year, rapper Chiddy Bang broke two Guinness World Records after rapping for 9 hours, 16 minutes at the Awards. Bang bagged the record for longest freestyle rap and longest marathon rapping.

Past winners include Björk (Digital Genius Award), Kanye West (Best Tweet), Nirvana (Best Vintage Viral Video), Spotify (Most Addictive Social Music Service) and Way Out West (Most Innovative Festival).

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Goldwire Mclendon - World’s oldest recording artist

Goldwire Mclendon - World’s oldest recording artist

ELDER GOLDWIRE Mclendon could be a contender for the Guiness Book of World Records. Yet he already considers himself blessed.

“I’m highly favored, more than a conquerer through Christ,” testified the Mount Olive Holy Temple church elder in a recent chat. “But if they want to put me in the book,” he added with a chuckle, “I’m all for it.”

For his great and abiding gospel vocal abilities, still enthralling at the tender age of 81, Mclendon has already earned much earthly praise.

In 2009, he was honored as a Philadelphia “Living Legend” in a local awards ceremony alongside Chubby Checker, Dee Dee Sharp and Billy Paul. A year later, he almost made to the mountaintop in TV land — as first runner-up on Season 3 of the BET gospel -singing competition “Sunday Best.” And April 24 he released “The Best of Elder Goldwire Mclendon,” a seven-track mashup of traditional and contemporary gospel material for Music World Records — a release that has led the label, a pet project of Matthew Knowles, to proclaim Mclendon “the oldest American contemporary solo artist signed to a record deal.” How about that?

Among the album selections are renderings of “How Great Thou Art,” “The Battle is the Lord’s” and “Oh, Happy Day” — songs that elicited many a “hallelujah” and tears of joy from celebrity judges and millions of votes in the final stanzas of the 12-week “Sunday Best” competition.

And talk about life changing. Ever since this TV triumph, Mclendon said, he’d been “much in demand for singing appearances” and “enjoying a new lease on life,” riding in limos and airplanes to perform and meet his admirers.

Still new to this celebrity thing, the experience of confronting a whipped-up group of fans really freaked the man out first time it happened in Cincinnati, Mclendon recalled last week.

“We were in a large venue, and when we came into the lobby, I looked at the other end, where they had opened the door, and the women were running toward me,” he said. “They wanted to hug me, they want my picture, they wanted my autograph. Oh, it was an awesome experience.” (Maybe there’s another Guiness citation in there for him too: American’s oldest gospel stud?)

“He has the energy and enthusiam of a young man,” said Music World CEO Knowles, an industry pro known best as father of Beyonce Knowles and mentor to Destiny’s Child. “As I watched him in Season 3, he competed with vigor and stamina. He proved that he can connect with people in a wide range of demographics as he won the hearts of over a million supporters — especially women.”

Spiritual singing has long been central to Mclendon’s life, since his childhood in Jacksonville, Fla. His aunt Anna, blessed with a voice “like Mahalia Jackson,” took him first to the Mount Airy Baptist Church, then to the Church of God, where he began to sing solos before he’d even hit double digits. By the time he was 16, Mclendon had organized the Cosmopolitian Gospel Singers of Jacksonville.

He moved to Philadelphia to live with his mother and find work, first at a restaurant, then at the Campbell’s soup factory and later as a ship welder.

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World's biggest drum kit at amusement park in Vienna

World's biggest drum kit at amusement park in Vienna

They call it 'The Big Boom': weighing in at 1.5 tonnes, and measuring 6.5 metres in height and 8 metres in width - this is the world's biggest drum kit.

It's been unveiled at an amusement park in Vienna, where thousands flocked to enjoy the May Day public holiday.

The giant drum kit, complete with cymbals, is operated by a four man team of drummers - who must use considerable physical prowess to handle two massive drumsticks each.

The added challenge - staying synchronized, while not being able to see what the others are doing.

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Hamilton man attempt to break Guinness World Record for marathon drumming

Hamilton man attempt to break Guinness World Record for marathon drumming

The 40-year-old cancer survivor has been playing the skins at the Burlington Music Centre since Friday at 8 a.m. in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for marathon drumming.

If Gaul can keep the sticks going past Wednesday at 8:01 a.m., he will have surpassed the record of 120 hours of drummming.

Gaul is hoping to raise $1 million for the Canadian Cancer Society in memory of his sister Toni, who battled paranasal cancer for five years before dying last year. Gaul survived testicular cancer.

“Gaul is doing as well as can be expected. His ears are starting to hurt and he’s looking a bit tired but he’s hanging in there,” his fiance Casey Stinchcombe, said after he reached the 102-hour mark.

For every hour of continuous play Gaul receives a five minute break, which he can either use immediately or bank up for later use. At the 102 hour mark Gaul had banked more than 45 minutes.

“It looks like he’s going to make it this year and with that 45 minutes saved, he can take a power nap,” Stinchcombe said.

Stinchcombe said Gaul’s diet has included meatballs, chicken and shrimp, chocolate bars, scallops, bacon and eggs, and protein shakes.

This is Gaul’s second attempt at breaking the record. Last year he managed to drum for 70 hours straight before dropping out.

“I am doing this because I wish to ‘pay it forward,’ Gaul wrote on his website before he started the drum marathon. “Thanks to amazing advances in technology I survived. A lot of people worked really hard to make that possible. Without them, I would not be here today. I owe it to them... I owe it to those who have not yet been diagnosed with cancer...No one should ever have to go through what I went through.”

His sister was his inspiration on the first attempt at the record last year and he wanted to inspire her to stay strong and fight her courageous battle, he wrote.

“Toni lost her battle but the war is not over, Gaul said. “My mother has spent nearly a decade watching her children suffer with cancer. No one should have to witness that.”

By the end of the marathon, Gaul will have played hundreds of songs. There is a DJ spinning rock songs, as well as live bands who have joined him.

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Julian Pavone - Youngest professional drummer holds Guinness World Record

Julian Pavone - Youngest professional drummer holds Guinness World Record

Macomb Township's 7-year-old Julian Pavone now holds the Guinness World Record for youngest professional drummer.

Macomb Township’s drumming prodigy, Julian Pavone, has added Guinness World Record holder to his list of achievements–an already extensive list for a 7-year-old.

As of March 21, 2010, Guinness World Records recognized Pavone as the youngest professional drummer in the world.

At 5 years 10 months and three days old, Pavone took the title from Japan’s 9-year 289-day-old Tiger Onitsuka.

“We’re honored to have such a prestigious source acknowledge all of Julian’s hard work," said Bernadino Pavone, Julian's father.

Pavone found his beat early, when at three-months-old he began playing the drums while sitting on his father’s lap. At 15 months old, he accepted his first contract to join the Cleveland Cavalier’s United Drumline as its youngest member by more than 16 years.  

His first CD came at 20 months old when he recorded “Go Baby!” with bassist Ralphe Armstrong and now at age 7, he is working on his sophomore CD with Michael J. Powell, a four-time Grammy Award winning producer who has also produced such artists as Aretha Franklin and Anita Baker.

When he is not using his 22-piece custom drum set with 17 cymbals to wow audiences around the world, Pavone attends the University Liggett School.

From radio spots, to television appearances, athletic halftime shows and live performances at legendary concert venues such as Whisky A Go-Go, the Grammy Museum, House of Blues and Hard Rock Café, Pavone is no stranger to fame.

While the raw talent is his alone, Pavone relies on numerous instructors to further hone his skill. These instructors include: George Dunn (drums), Dom Famularo (drums), Dennis Sheridan (percussion), William Winfield, III (drums), Francesco Cavallini (vocals, guitar) and staff at the Macomb Music Center (vocals).

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