SINGER Minhee Jones is hitting the road today on a gruelling tour to break one of the toughest Guinness World Records – playing 50 different British cities in a week.
The pop-star will perform across Britain from December 5 to 12 in a relentless schedule.
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Minhee, who planned the route and booked the venues on her own, said: “Fingers crossed it all comes together.
”There are a lot of moving parts and things that could go wrong – but that also makes it a fun, and slightly stressful, challenge.
”Hold ups on the roads and parking in town centres are a worry. Will enough people turn up?”
She added: “Do we plug the guitar into the wrong socket in a rush and lose precious seconds.
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”We have these stages that promise in the marketing bumpf they go up in minutes, but I am sure they won’t.”
Guinness’ rules for the record tour – during which she will be playing her Christmas single Next Xmas – are strict.
Each venue has to be at least 31 miles from the last, each gig must have a least ten people in the audience with tickets and last at least 15 minutes.
Finally – at least half the cities must have a population of over 100,000.
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Minhee will attempt three records – including most cities in twelve hours (eight) and most in a day – twelve.
However, as timing is so tight – particularly on Saturday when she attempts the 12 and 24 hour record – Minhee has got two motorcyclists on hand to help her beat any traffic.
They heard her on the radio and offered to take her and guitarist Jasmin Guevara as pillion passengers.
At the same time there is a Transit minibus and a car leapfrogging each other at alternate venues to get two sets of stages and musical gear there.
She will raise money and awareness for the Music Venue Trust.
The charitable organisation helps improve, maintain, and organise music venues and counts the likes of Sir Paul McCartney, Elbow and KT Tunstall among its patrons.
Minhee moved to the UK from Los Angeles and now lives in London.
She added: “I toured all around the US with a band in a van – and places there are really spread out.
”Often we were driving six hour or more between gigs. So that gives me some idea of what to expect.”
More details of the tour and the 50 dates at https://www.minheejones.com.
People can keep up to date on her progress via Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube.
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