We’ve scoured YouTube to bring you some of the UK’s best flash mobs. There’s a strong London bias (sorry!) but that’s largely down to flash mobs being mostly successful when there’s a crowd involved – and where better to find a crowd than our capital city.
1. Heathrow Terminal 5, London
Passengers returning to Heathrow Terminal 5 were met by a medley of songs, made all the more impressive because not a single instrument is used throughout.
2. Liverpool Street Station, London
Perhaps the UK’s most famous flash mob, performed for another T-Mobile advert.
3. Southbank, London
Pregnant women breakdancing in London in a publicity stunt for Oxfam.
4. The Bullring, Birmingham
Just near Birmingham’s Bullring saw a minute of chaos with this flash mob pillow fight in February 2007.
5. Trafalgar Square, London
Another put together by T-Mobile and this time it’s a sing-along.
6. High Street, Lincoln
Breaking up the London flash mob dominance, this entry performed by more than 70 students makes it into our top 10.
7. National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh
We like this one particularly because it has a real life “Where’s Wally?” within. Click play and see if you can find him or, if you want the answer, scroll to the end of this post.*
8. Tate Modern, London
Not as well known as many other flash mobs out there, this was held in the hall of the Tate Modern and involves people listening and dancing to whatever was playing on their own personal MP3 players.
9. Bristol
A group of geeks in a huge lightsaber battle at a shopping centre in Bristol. Don’t ask us why – we’re not sure.
10. Piccadilly Circus, London
A flash mob of 100 girls lose their coats and dance the morning blues away, Beyoncé-style.
And just missing out on our top 10 was this one filmed at The Tate, London. We suppose this is what they call art. Anyway, it’s a ‘flash mob finger gun fight’. Unfortunately, it’s kind of spoilt by the girl filming in the middle of the action and the self-congratulatory round of applause at the end.
*Answer to the above ‘puzzle’: Wally can be found at 0.46 in the National Galleries of Scotland flash mob.
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The London Zombie flashmob from a couple of years back could’ve been a classic if a few more people had turned up, but it’s still worth a look, I think…
http://www.3songsnoflash.co.uk/blog/2009/02/15/zombies-attack-london-bridge/
Hmmmm… pity it was such a non-event. As you say in your post, it would have been quite dramatic to see something like that in London. You got some nice shots in the end, though, all things considered…