ONE of Oxford's biggest rockstars is currently taking part in a 12-hour 'drumathon' for charity.
Laurence 'Loz' Colbert, drummer with the city road band Ride, started drumming at 10am this morning and will not stop until 10pm tonight.
Read more here: Ride rock star Loz Colbert is banging the drums for 12-hour 'drumathon'
The musician is completing the drumathon as part of a national ten-day music challenge to raise money for a number of different charities including MIND, Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families, and UK Trauma Council.
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The challenge follows a similar event last year, with Loz joining drummers in taking to their kits for 12 hours each in a week-long relay streamed over the internet.
It raised over £45,000 for frontline NHS workers in the process.
You can watch the live stream here.
This year’s effort features 40 drummers from around the world. Other ‘sticksmen’ include drummer Errol Kennedy of 80s supergroup Imagination, Bev Sage of 80s duo Techno Twins, Will Champion of Coldplay, Nick Hodgson of Kaiser Chiefs, Cherisse Osei of Simple Minds and drummers from Girls Aloud, Kasabian, Idles, Fontaines DC, The Kooks, and The Feeling.
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Drumming from their homes and studios around the world, they virtually pass the batons on to the next drummer.
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