Fatboy Slim is set to walk a half marathon around the city’s Shaun the Sheep sculptures later this month.
The Praise You DJ will travel across Brighton and Hove later this month to visit most of the 42 sculptures for the Shaun by the Sea art trail, stopping at the Brighton i360, the Royal Pavilion, Churchill Square and his own Big Beach Cafe.
Residents and visitors are encouraged to take part in Fatboy’s “Bleat Sleep Graze Repeat” fundraiser by following along with him while on the trail.
Fatboy, whose real name is Norman Cook, will set off from the Pepper Pot in Hanover at 9am on September 27, before visiting the Brighton Marina, the Royal Pavilion, Brighton Station, Churchill Square, ending at the Big Beach Cafe at Hove Lagoon.
Norman previously completed a trail of the city’s snail sculptures back in 2018, visiting all 50 sculptures over the course of 12 hours.
Speaking to The Argus, he said: “Having done this before, I know how much fun it is but I also know it was quite gruelling last time.
“Walking around all of them is like walking a marathon, but weather depending it will be a fabulous day.
“When I do it, a lot of the artists come out to meet me, which helps bring it more to life.”
Norman, who is an ambassador for Martlets - the charity behind the trail, also encouraged people to donate and support the hospice.
He said: “My father-in-law spent his last days there, which is where the charity came close to my heart. They do such a good job and it’s such a difficult but beautiful thing that they do.”
Fatboy Slim's route around the city
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'Bloom' - The Pepper Pot, Tower Road, Brighton
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Notorious Shaun - Edward Street, Brighton
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‘Shaunette’ - opposite Marine Square, Marine Parade, Brighton
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‘Doodle the Sheep’ - Brighton Marina
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‘Dippers’ - Sea Lanes, Madeira Drive. Brighton
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‘Captain Shaun the Pirate’ - Brighton Palace Pier
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‘Shaun Le Sheep’ - inside Royal Pavilion
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‘Regency Shaun’ - inside Brighton Museum
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‘Ze-Baaaa’ - Duke of York’s Picturehouse, Preston Road, Brighton
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‘Shaun in the Sheep Jumper’ - Preston Park, Brighton
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‘Masquerade’ - Dyke Road Park
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‘A Round Brighton’ - Brighton Station
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‘Eden’ - Trafalgar Place, Brighton
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‘Anarchy in the Ewe-K’ - Gloucester Road, Brighton
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‘Gratitude’ - Jubilee Library
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‘Jungle Magic’ - The Ivy Brighton, Ship Street, Brighton
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‘Happy Planet’ - Hanningtons, North Street, Brighton
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‘Shaun the Shapes’ - Donatello, Brighton Place
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‘Bleats and Blossoms’ - East Street, Brighton
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‘The Shaun Regent’ - Brighton Town Hall, Bartholomew Road
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‘Sheep Dip’ - Brighton beach carousel
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‘Briny’ - Brighton Fishing Museum, Kings Road Arches
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‘Shaun in the Clouds’ - Clock Tower, Queen’s Road
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‘Coaster’ - outside Churchill Square
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‘Sheeping Beauty’ - inside Churchill Square
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‘(Dreams)’ - Golden Spiral, near Brighton i360
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‘Radiance’ - Brighton i360
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‘WPC Gracie’ - Bandstand, Kings Road
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‘Postman Shaun’ - Hove Promenade
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‘Dazzle’ - Hove Town Hall, Norton Road
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‘Golden Fleece’ - Floral Clock, Palmeira Square
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‘Shaun of the Re-wilding’ - St Ann’s Well Gardens
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‘Neon Carwash’ - Sussex Cricket Ground
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‘Le Mouton du Pays des Merveilles’ - Hove Park, Old Shoreham Road
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‘Bridget’ - George Street, Hove
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‘Wolf in Shauns Clothing’ - Hove Museum, New Church Road
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‘Untitled’ - Rockwater, Western Esplanade, Hove
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‘Modern Mechanics’ - Big Beach Cafe, Hove Lagoon
Fatboy Slim joined other VIPs on a special bus ride across the city to see some of the Shaun the Sheep sculptures in this year’s art trail.
Among them was the creator of Shaun the Sheep Peter Lord from Aardman, who said it “never gets old” seeing people take pictures with the much-loved children’s character.
Donations to Fatboy Slim’s Bleat Sleep Graze Repeat fundraiser can be made at justgiving.com/page/bleat-sleep-graze-repeat.
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