John Butler got his start in music by busking on the streets of Western Australia.

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Maybe you can schedule some portrait sessions, or make some money busking in the subway.

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"He told me he always felt very lonely and busking was his way of helping him feel less so, " she said.

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As we said, we are going to have an in-studio performance by Balla Tounkara, the winner of the BPP's online busking competition.

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Balla the Busker, a new beloved BPP champion of the busking competition.

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So Balla won our BPP busking competition that we held online, if you recall, if you were many of those folks that voted.

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Lee (as he is often known, thanks to his spell as a brigadier-general) cites a recent relaxation of restrictions on busking and bungee jumping.

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The first lesson of maths busking - never underestimate your public.

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His mother, Tricia Nicholson, said he enjoyed busking in Shrewsbury.

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After her parents' divorce, she moved to Paris with her mother which is where, as a teenager, she tested her mettle as a performer by busking on the streets.

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Other fundraising events included West Bromwich runner Dave Heeley, known as Blind Dave, driving a train along the Severn Valley Railway and breakfast show presenter Pete Morgan busking with 1980s singer Jaki Graham.

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