23-06-2025
Young guitarist from Oxford brought on stage to play with rockstar
A young guitarist from Oxford was invited to play on stage at a festival by rockstar Yungblud.
Thomas Addenbrooke, 15, was attending Bludfest on Saturday, (June 21) when popular rock musician Yungblud invited him up on stage.
Mr Addenbrooke played along to the smash hit song Fleabag with the artist, whose real name is Dominic Harrison, to a crowd of 30,000 at Milton Keynes Bowl.
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Although the young musician's only previous public performance was at an open mic in Workshop Cafe in Cowley Road, Oxford, he still "rocked the stage with the rest of the band".
Thomas Addenbrooke and Yungblud on stage at Bludfest (Image: Thomas Addenbrooke) Yungblud has been bringing fans on stage to play the guitar along to Fleabag since early last year, starting with a young fan called Betti, from the Czech Republic, at the last festival.
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Bludfest is a festival founded by the punk rock star last year, in August 2024, designed to create a space for fans to "come and be who they are, with a little bit of bite".
In its second iteration this year, featured artists included headliners Yungblud and Chase Atlantic, as well as Blackbear, Denzel Curry and Rachel Chinouriri.
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Also in the line up were JXDN, Peach PRC, Luvcat, and Master Peace Cliffords.
The festival founder rose to fame after his debut EP Yungblud, followed by his first full-length album 21st Century Liability released in 2018.
His second studio album Weird! peaked at the top of the UK Album Charts in 2020, with his third, also called Yungblud, reaching number one on the album charts.
