Magnificently bonkers!

As Ms Bush is a burning topic on the AW today, it feels appropriate to mention Sham Bush. It was an event that took place at Stanmer Park in Brighton a couple of years ago. 300 Bushbabies gathered for amass re-enaction of the video for Wuthering Heights.

My gob was rather smacked. It’s Friskis och Svettis in the Babooshka Hitmaker style.

(Frisky and Sweaty is a well-known Swedish keep fit organisation. In the summer you can join them in the park free-of-charge and jump, skip, and make merry fun to the sound of Abba, Zappa, Metallica etc etc. Somehow that always makes me think of Moose. Lying in the grass on a sunny day surrounded by hundreds of beautiful, sweaty young women. No, silly me! He probably wouldn’t enjoy it at all.)

I do have a soft spot for the more loony acts of fan devotion.

Leaning the tuba and joining a marching band to play Depeche Mode hits

Dressing up in fancy dress and queuing for hours to be the first to buy the new J K Rowling novel

Naming children or pets after favourite artists

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