The great gig in the sky
Two Shropshire Star competition winners enjoyed the prize of a lifetime when they joined a pop star for world's first recorded gig in a hot air balloon over the Alps.
Two Shropshire Star competition winners enjoyed the prize of a lifetime when they joined a pop star for world's first recorded gig in a hot air balloon over the Alps.
Charlie and Louise Brown, from Horsehay, Telford, joined chart topping singer-songwriter Newton Faulkner in Switzerland, where he recorded a session for Virgin Radio more than 2,000ft above the ground
The couple were flown out to join the star in the air by Shropshire company Virgin Balloon Flights after they won a competition in the Shropshire Star.
Mr and Mrs Brown were in one of two hot air balloons which soared above the town of Gruyre on Friday, when the dazzling performance took place.
