Last month, heart-on-sleeve punk Frank Turner announced he would attempt to break the Guinness World Record for most shows played in multiple cities in the span of 24 hours. He planned 15 sets between May 4 and 5 to promote his new album Undefeated. While the English musician accomplished that mission and is being praised for his feat, Manchester indie folk band Crywank played 16 sets in the span of 24 hours the day before.
Crywank managed to book the tour in three days, and it had free 20-minute sets all over the UK. Music Venue Trust — a UK registered charity which acts to protect, secure and improve grassroots music venues — then posted elaborate guidelines for the record on X, one of which asserted that the audience had to pay for admission. Crywank responded: "Awwww my gigs don’t count. Should’ve got a big corporate sponsor and charged all my fans for twenty minute shows, oh well." (Turner's tour was sponsored by the London taxi app FREENOW.)
Here it is, the final gig poster
— Crywank (@CrywankBand) May 2, 2024
Tomorrow at midday I start my unofficial record attempt for most cities performed in 24 hours
Here you can see I’m attempting 16 cities
A number so large nobody has yet been courageous enough to attempt
I am totally blagging this
So wish me luck x pic.twitter.com/tSyjlrhG6l
I did it
— Crywank (@CrywankBand) May 4, 2024
16 shows in 16 cities in 24 hours
I don’t care if some people don’t think this record is official or not
So so so grateful to everyone who helped this happen
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