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A Co Antrim man and double World Record holder will go without sleep for a week as he attempts to set a new record by drumming continuously for 150 hours.
Allister is also donating half the proceeds to the UK charity, Mind after struggling with mental ill health after nursing Sharon for over three years before she died. Playing drums has been a much-loved hobby since getting his first kit, age two. He is already a double World Record holder after he broke the individual drumming marathon in 2003 playing for 58 hours and 17 minutes.In 2004, he achieved 78 hours in a drum marathon and in 2008 broke the World Record of 86 hours by playing for 102 hours and 49 minutes. The current world record stands at 134.5 hours and after 10 months training; the local man is ready to take on the challenge.
“They kept Sharon in for the scan and the following day I got a call. She was in tears and asked me to get down to the hospital urgently. She said she hadn’t got good news. It was held again in 2021 and live streamed on Facebook with the local man playing alongside famous drummers from some of the world’s top bands including Coldplay, Kaiser Chiefs, Simple Minds, The Kooks, The Feeling, Hans Zimmer, The Cure, Imagination and many more.