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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Susan Smillie

Ukeleles for freedom

If you're looking for a bit of light relief after that painfully tense England Portugal game, you could do a lot worse than watching a free webcast concert live tonight at 8pm.

The brilliantly funny Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain are headlining.

As the name suggests, they're a troupe of all-singing, all-strumming ukulele players who reinterpret all musical genres on their 'bonsai guitars', taking their audience on a surreal journey through Tchaikovsky to Nirvana via Otis Reading. Trust me, you've never heard Smells like Teen Spirit played quite like this.

It's all in aid of Amnesty and the Observer's www.irrepressible.info campaign calling for freedom of expression on the internet and is the first of 6 'livegig06 concerts' webcast on the first weekend of each month from now until December.

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