The world record for the biggest ever air guitar ensemble just one month after the record had been previously broken.

The ensemble took place in New York City at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre on Wednesday after the matinee performance of the musical, Rock of Ages. Overall 810 members of the cast, crew and audience took part in the record while rocking out to ‘Don’t Stop Believin’ by Journey for 2 minutes and 34 seconds using their air guitars. The event was watched by a Guinness World Record Official who took time to count the crowd and make sure everyone was playing their best. William Ocean, the 2007 US National Air Guitar Champion, yup, there really is one, lead the crowd of 810 music lovers through to break the record.

The man that lead the crowd to victory, William Ocean, has this to say about the event: “As a professional air guitar player, I can definitely say without a doubt that Broadway rocks.”

This record of 810 air guitar players beat the record that was set just a month ago when at the 2009 Download Festival where their air guitar ensemble only featured 440 members rocking out to Ace of Spades by Motorhead.
This new record set by the cast, crew and audience of the musical will be a hard one to beat considering the Download Festival only managed to reach a total of 440 people.

However, with a 190,000 music lover strong crowd, if the record had been attempted, the 2009 Glastonbury Festival could have broken the record one again.

Something that would have been more impressive, in my eyes, would have been an ensemble of classical guitar players. As long as everyone was playing in time, plus the same thing, it would certainly seem more of an achievement to have hundreds of classical guitars playing rather than air guitars. Grand pianos could be pretty impressive as well, however it would take up a lot of space.