🥁 Drum roll please... Allister Brown, from Lisburn, surpassed the previous record of 134 hours and five minutes, drumming for more than 150 hours, in memory of his late partner 👏 GWR
Allister Brown, who is 45, surpassed the previous record of 134 hours and five minutes, drumming for more than 150 hours.He took on the challenge in memory of his late partner Sharon Deegan, who passed away from pancreatic cancer in January 2021 aged 49.
Mr Brown's world record attempt took place at the Lisburn Music Centre; he started drumming there on Sunday 16 July. Speaking to BBC News NI, he said that the memory of Ms Deegan, as well as the support of his friends, kept him going during the attempt.Mr Brown has twice before broken the world record for longest drumming marathon by an individual, first in 2003 when he drummed for 58 hours, and again in 2008 when he lasted just shy of 103 hours.
"This one has ran really well and I'm so thankful to the team that I've had that wanted to help me out." The Guinness World Records rules state that for every hour of drumming Mr Brown is allowed a five-minute break.Image caption,But by Friday morning, five days into his record attempt, Mr Brown's friend, and event coordinator, Duncan Campbell, said the drummer had only slept for about two hours during the attempt."At certain points I'm going to be hallucinating and the team are there to help me out.
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