Tower Hamlets musician reaches busking competition final
Rose Ash (Picture: Greater London Authority) - Credit: Greater London Authority
A young musician from Tower Hamlets is battling to be crowned the capital’s best busker.
Rose Ash will perform at the grand final of Gigs, the Mayor of London’s annual busking competition, in the Atrium of Westfield London on September 3.
She will have to beat five other competitors in the songwriting award.
Judges include MTV music programmer Adam Read and legendary songwriter Guy Fletcher, who will mark each song on musicality, lyrics and “connection”.
Prizes include a London Underground busking license and studio time, with one act named the 2017 Gigs Champion.
You may also want to watch:
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said: “London is a global capital of culture and we have produced some of the world’s greatest musicians.
“Many of them start out by busking and our Gigs competition gives them a fantastic opportunity to showcase their work.”
Most Read
- 1 Cops break Covid-19 rules to have haircuts at Bethnal Green police station
- 2 Murder arrest after woman stabbed to death in Whitechapel this morning
- 3 Lovely Day for Aldgate School picked to sing on Billy Ocean's new single
- 4 Police e-fit expert retiring after 15 years at Bethnal Green
- 5 Fury as family homes vanish when Isle of Dogs landlord converts to bedsits
- 6 Man sentenced after teenage boy groomed on Snapchat to sell heroin
- 7 Two men arrested after police officers assaulted in Limehouse rave
- 8 Covid hero who did charity walk in Bow aged 100 now has vaccine
- 9 Covid vaccination hub opening in Westfield next week
- 10 Death of woman, 75, in Mile End fire could have been avoided