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Updated - June 2008 - NEW TOUR NEWS !!!
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The Air Guitar Roadshow is gearing up, the van is being loaded and the spandex is being sprayed on for this year of Air Guitar Madness across the United Kingdom for the 14th Uk Air Guitar Championships - so England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales - here we go -

THE ALL WALES AIR GUITAR CHAMPIONSHIPS

THE ALL IRELAND AIR GUITAR CHAMPIONSHIPS @ Belfast Rosetta Bar, Belfast - Date is being set soon - but this one is one of the all-time best competitions ever.

Entry Details: Submissions for entry are accepted online and at the door. Air Guitarists + 4 Friends are FREE and please note- the audience is the final Judge at this competition- just as it should be…

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Club nights, Venue Owners, Promoters - UK AIR GUITAR IS NOW ON!!!
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Get in touch with us if you'd like to host a regional, local or even bedroom heat. We're filming the entire thing so email Disastersatwork@gmail.com to get on board. its really easy to do and is one of the best things ever...

!DATES TO BE ANNOUCED SOON FOR ENTIRE TOUR!
... taking in Northern Ireland, Scotland, Ireland, Some Festivals, Club Gigs, Wales and regional heats... the first of which to be announced is:

14 Sept 2008 20:00
The ALL LONDON
AIR GUITAR CHAMPIONSHIPS
@ Tooting Tram and Social, SW17

amazing new south london venue is on the northern line and has been named as a top 50 venue by time out already in its first year. a massive warehouse tram station thats been converted into one of the major venues in london for 2008.

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UK AIR GUITAR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2008 FINALS DATE ANNOUNCED!!!
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Sunday 21st September Brighton Concorde 2 - 7pm

Price: £5 advance+ b.f., £10 on the door. Tickets from Concorde 2 and usual outlets.
Times: 7:30pm, 11:30pm close. Winner declared at 10:30pm
Details: The sold-out 2008 Air Guitar Championsips returns to its spiritual home in Brighton at Concorde 2 on the beach for the 14th edition of this cult event. The oldest Air Guitar Championships in the world since 1995 and also not affliiated with the "World" Championships in Finland which started in 1996; and we can't be bothered to go to a little town in Finland, can we? Brighton is the best final in the world and for what its worth the Concorde 2 is one of the best venues in the UK; a perfect marriage between a killer stage, a sound system from Hades and 25 of the best Air Guitarists based in England. Expect a nightmare for the reigning champion Cozza as he defends his 2006 UK title against the old and very young [a 3 year old has entered via video....?!] ... Expect a wild night of Air Guitars.
Press Contact: Jeffrey, info@disastronaut.com,
Tickets & Venue Contact: 01273 673311
Entry Details: Submissions for entry are accepted online and at the door. Air Guitarists + 4 Friends are FREE and please note- the audience is the final Judge at this competition- just as it should be…

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UNIVERSAL TOUR !!!
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The 2nd FREE! UNIVERSAL CHAMPIONSHIIPS are on the 28th of September in London ! admission will be free / ticketed but free...WATCH THIS SPACE for more news!

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UK AIR GUITAR T-SHIRTS!!!
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Get yourself a t-shirt at our online shop

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JUST A BIT OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION !!!
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For those of you who are virgin to the Air Guitar, let me explain: As the evening starts a short, fat, stupidly dressed man [that’s me] with an accent originating from a small farming town somewhere in northern Kentucky will take to the stage. This isn’t avant-garde stand-up comedy; this is Disastronaut, the promoter and host. Disastronaut [me] is undoubtedly the most important person at UKAG, the hierophant-cum-mc, if you will, for I am the one who runs the show, and it is in MY care that the most holy of relics is placed: THE CLIPBOARD.

If the UKAG regulars are a cult and I am the high priest, then the clipboard is the SACRED BOOK. If you want to get up on stage and play your little heart out, you must sign your name therein. The night has a regular playlist of songs, and the best ones (”California Über Alles” and “Where Eagles Dare,” for instance) are quickly taken. When I drop the clipboard into the crowd, it’s like a school of piranhas skeletonising a cow. In seconds, nothing is left but the bloody scraps of second-rate Bon Jovi songs. Not that the process is unfair- I actively encourage first-timers, who sometimes have to be gently tied up with ropes and thrown on stage by their friends. Besides, if you miss “Run to the Hills” this time, there’s always next year.

UKAG’s appeal lies herein: For between three and five minutes, you are a rock star. All you dreams of being on stage, from the blinding lights to the screaming crowd singing along at the top of its lungs, are made reality. And, for Chrissakes, it doesn’t matter how badly you sing, or how pretty your hair is—it’s about the spirit of the thing, and the cheering, clapping, singing-along crowd is nothing if not supportive. Some of the most electrifying performances are by guys who look like aspiring middle managers. Put them on stage, and their inner animal emerges. Gabba gabba hey, you’re one of us.

Some might claim that amateur covers of kitchy metal songs and yesterday’s punk anthems are by nature hopelessly derivative, but then, if originality was the litmus test for what “art” is, Andy Warhol’s cans of soup wouldn’t be hanging on the wall at the Museum of Modern Art. The championships have given every die-hard metalhead a chance to relive the music of their youth, from the transcendent silliness of Black Sabbath to the mass-marketed glam of Poison, and claim it for their own.

Furthermore, by allowing everyday Joe’s (and Jane’s, and would-be Joey’s) the chance to become rock stars, UKAG blows up the notion of what a rock star is. A rock star isn’t the guy with the ten groupies riding in a limo down Hollywood Boulevard—he could be the guy in the next cubicle. As Warhol himself once said, in the future, everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes. Owen has made superstars out of all of us. UKAG has the vibe of a rock concert, but it’s infinitely better: Because this is for the people, and by the people, the crowd isn’t just a passive audience—the crowd is the show.

Fuck the latest mass-marketed crap the music industry is trying to shove down our throats. If you need me, I’ll be at the UK Air Guitar Championships.