Southsea busker’s romantic serenade to wedding couple goes viral

As newlyweds Jack and Rosie Davis made their way through Chichester’s East Street on Saturday, they received an unexpected serenade by musician Will Tierney.

With the wedding party coming into view, Will changed his tune to Queen’s Crazy Little Thing Called Love and quickly got the couple’s attention.

The pair joined in the fun and started dancing in the street – a moment captured on video by bystander Debbie Ford.

The clip has been shared more than a thousand times on Facebook.

Will, originally from Chichester and now living in Southsea, said: ‘It was a great buzz. It was really lovely. It was really great – purely by chance.

‘I had just plugged in on Saturday and decided to busk from three to five. Before the pandemic, I was a full-time musician and all the gigs disappeared, so I have started busking in Portsmouth. This was actually my first gig in Chichester.

‘I had only been there about five minutes when I heard cheering and shouting, and I could see that there was something going on at the cross. And then I saw the couple coming towards me so I thought I had better change the tune to something more romantic. I can’t remember what I was playing, and the couple just started dancing.’

As the happy couple starting busting some impressive moves, other passers-by stopped to join in the impromptu street party.

Will added: ‘It was great. I never expected it. A lot of the time, people just don’t seem to notice buskers - they are just part of the landscape. But this was just lovely, with the whole street seeming to be dancing.’

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‘The whole music industry is on hold at the moment, and it seems it is going to get worse before it gets better. It looks like there is going to be no real sign of improvement for the next few months if we are going to get a second wave. Let’s hope things are better by next spring. This can’t just go on forever.’

In the meantime Will, a former student at Parklands and Chichester High School, will hold things together by busking during the week in Portsmouth but is aiming to get back to his old home town of Chichester at weekends.

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