11-year-old Olly Pearson unleashes his inner Rock God as he shreds his way through hits from Queen, Van Halen and AC/DC, leaving the Judges in disbelief and scoring a Golden Buzzer from Amanda.
It’s been roughly 48 hours since guitarist Olly Pearson owned the stage and blew away the judges on Britain’s Got Talent, and in that time he’s no doubt received countless invitations from bands across the globe in need of a new shred monsters.
Whether he’ll be able to entertain any such offers remains to be seen. Pearson, you see, is all of 11 years old.
The diminutive guitarist admitted that he was nervous as he strolled onstage with what appeared to be a Patrick James Eggle guitar. Pearson, who first picked up the electric guitar at age seven, said that his favorite guitarist is AC/DC’s Angus Young, to which judge Simon Cowell responded, “Okay. Now you’re talking.”
That’s when Pearson put it all out there, telling the judges, “My dream for the future is to become the best guitarist in the world.”
With the cheering crowd already on his side, and his proud grandfather Lee looking on, Pearson paid tribute to Angus by kicking things off with a crunchy slice of “Highway to Hell.” In the blink of an eye, AC/DC morphed into Van Halen as the young picker nailed some of Eddie’s spunky licks on “Jump.”
But the kid – and the crowd – was just getting warmed up. He concluded his star-making spot with a smashing, note-perfect performance of Brian May’s solo on Queen’s “Don’t Stop Me Now.”
