Saturday, October 4, 2008

Step aside Tiny Tim...

the Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain is better dressed than you.

I have to say again, "Who knew?"

The Ukulele Orchestra (The Ukes) started as a bit of fun in 1985. The first gig, intended as a one-off, was a sell out, and after one more gig the Orchestra had been on national radio. Since then there have been hundreds of appearances on radio and TV worldwide including BBC's ‘Electric Proms’ as special guests of the Kaiser Chiefs, 'Jools Holland Hootenanny', 'Blue Peter', Radio 4's ‘Loose Ends’, Radio 3’s ‘In Tune’, C-Beebies ‘Space Pirates’ and ‘The Slammer’, NeverMind the Buzzcock’s Christmas special, Virgin.fm, Resonance.fm, ‘Today’, ‘Richard and Judy’, XFM, and ITV’s ‘This Morning Show’, 3Sat.TV - Germany’s premier cultural station.

There have been sold out concerts in America, Canada, Belgium, Sweden, Germany, Finland, Ireland and Japan, in venues as diverse as Ronnie Scott's world famous London jazz club, The Royal Festival Hall, Glastonbury Festival, Chicago Chamber Music Festival, The Big Chill, Cropredy, and the Edinburgh Festival.


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