Rammstein had a piano duet, Duo Abélard, open for them,” said Joshua. “While I saw some fantastic shows, Rammstein is probably the show that stood out the most to me. Some of the concerts Joshua attended throughout the year were Tool, Rammstein, Ry X, Dying Wish two times, and The Ocean on three separate occasions. “I didn’t do it for fame or recognition, but just to prove to myself that I could accomplish this goal and to have fun while doing it!” AdvertisementsĪlthough his taste in music originally reflected that of his parents, Joshua says it diversified over time into just about every genre, including metal, rock, reggae, and hip-hop. “In the next five months, I saw a whopping 56 shows,” he said. Joshua realized he could beat the 65 concerts seen by the record holder and began planning out how he could compete. He began wondering what the world record was for the most concerts seen in a year and navigated to the Guinness World Records website to look it up. “So, I choose to live in the moment and have experiences that bring me joy.”īy the beginning of August, Joshua had already seen over 30 concerts. “My mindset is that I never know if I’ll have another chance to see that band perform live again - life is unpredictable,” he said. Joshua didn’t originally intend to break a world record when he began attending concerts at the start of 2022. “Listening to music has always been one of my favourite hobbies.” “I grew to love the atmosphere of the shows and the common purpose that brought everyone together - to enjoy the music,” he said. Joshua said he started attending concerts when he was young. Having attended 86 concerts in 2022, Joshua Beck now holds the record title for the most concerts attended in one year. It certainly wasn’t for one Monroe Township, New Jersey, man. When he moved to Gujarat Titans in 2022, he took 19 wickets in a run that led the side to the title.Imagine dedicating almost a quarter of your year to listening to some of your favourite live music. In his five seasons with Sunrisers, he was a totemic presence, taking 93 wickets at an economy rate of 6.33. In 2021, he took 11 again, this time in a win over Zimbabwe. In Afghanistan's inaugural year in Test cricket, Rashid took five second-innings wickets in their first win, against Ireland, and six months later made an important fifty and took twin five-fors, finishing with 11 wickets in a famous win over Bangladesh in Chattogram. The following year, he became the youngest cricketer to top the ODI bowling rankings, the youngest man to captain an international side, and the fastest to 100 ODI wickets. He was duly honoured as the 2017 ICC Associate Cricketer of the Year. He scaled new heights for Afghanistan as well, taking 5 for 3 in a T20I against Ireland to keep a record 11-match T20I winning streak alive, and later in 2017, taking his country to a win over West Indies in their first ODI in the Caribbean with 7 for 18. After a superb 17-wicket first season with them, he picked up franchise deals with Guyana Amazon Warriors - for whom he took the first-ever hat-trick in the CPL in 2017 - and Adelaide Strikers, with whom he won his (and their) first BBL title in 2018. Less than two years later, he was snapped up by Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL for close to US$600,000. Rashid was just 17 when he made his ODI debut on Afghanistan's tour of Zimbabwe in October 2015. With bat in hand he is more than capable of clearing the boundary late in an innings, and he has airbrushed many a middling total into a match-winning one for his team. His biggest weapon is an accurate googly, and he has variations aplenty. Not a big turner of the ball, he puts batters under pressure with his speed through the air, like his bowling idol Shahid Afridi, while maintaining a stump-to-stump line. His extraordinarily effective legspin has made him one of the greatest T20 bowlers ever, among the first names on wishlists of teams in leagues all around the world. Rashid Khan has been Afghanistan's first global superstar, and the key to their successes in their early years in international cricket.
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