“Britten’s Got Talent”: Guitar heroes are unlikely to stun judges with fiery fretwork

The judges for Britain’s Got Talent received more than they had negotiated when athlete Kenny Petrie went on stage.

A conservative auditioner walked the stage, took the guitar out of the case, and then showed off his guitar feats to captivate the audience and surprise everyone.

After the performance, Judge Simon Cowell, who had a wide smile on his face throughout, gave Petrie his criticism.

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“When the guitar came out, I thought,’This won’t work.’ You were really great,” Cowell admitted. He and all the other judges voted to move on to the next round.

If Petty seems familiar, he and his band (Spanky and Hip Thrusters) when someone posted his ferocious guitar solo on the cover of Tom Petty’s “Runnin’Down a Dream” band. May be due to the fact that was viral a few years ago. YouTube has been viewed nearly 500,000 times.