Beard Liberation Front
11th August 2024
Contact Keith Flett @kmflett
National Sideburns Day. Noddy Holder voted Best Ever Rock’n’Roll Sideburns Wearer
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has said that with National Sideburns Day on Sunday August 11th it has run a snap poll to judge the best rock’n’roll sideburns ever.
In 2024 there is a focus on rock’n’roll sideburns
National Sideburns Day takes place every 11th August, and reflects the growing popularity of a range of facial hair styles.
National Sideburns Day was originally held to mark Bradley Wiggins Olympic victory in 2012
The campaigners say that sideburns, sometimes known as mutton chops, and named after US Civil War General Ambrose Burnside were often worn by Victorian politicians
Bradley Wiggins reinvented the post-1945 tradition of sideburns from Elvis Presley to Noddy Holder and the late Lemmy and Alvin Stardust, turned them into something no self-respecting hipster would be without
BLF Organiser Keith Flett said, this year National Sideburns Day will underline the resilience of the style over centuries of changing facial hair fashions with a particular focus on rock’n’roll sideburns
In the annual poll Slade frontman Noddy Holder beat Lemmy from Motorhead while Joe Strummer and Elvis Presley came third and fourth. Some others narrowly missed a place on the poll including Ian Dury
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Best Sideburns ever poll 2024. A focus on musicians
Noddy Holder (Slade)
Lemmy (Motorhead)
Elvis Presley (singer)
Joe Strummer (Clash)
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