Would-be Tube buskers audition in disused tunnels
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Auditions for London Underground buskers have been taking place over three weeks in a disused section of Charing Cross station. There have been no auditions for two years. Performers will know in three to four weeks whether they have been successful.
There are up to 100 licences available for new performers. Danny Leigh, 23, from Southfields, south-west London, says the "cardinal rule" of performing is never to stop, despite the distractions.
Ben Hudson, 19, who is studying engineering, plays the guitar and ukulele and says he is going to be a singer-songwriter.
John Smith, 56, a part-time lecturer at Kingston University, likes to play his panpipes in the garden.
Ben, who usually performs at open-mic nights, says he wants to see the faces of passengers "light up".
Mick Ward, who has been playing on the Underground for eight years, says I Don't Want to Talk About It makes him the most money.
- Published15 March 2013