Scots busker becomes overnight internet sensation

Stuart Crout

By ALEXANDER LAWRIE

A SCOTS busker is all set to hit the big time after becoming an overnight internet sensation.

Stuart Crout, from Bonnyrigg, Midlothian, was asked to star in a Doritos advert after producers spotted a Youtube clip of him playing his homemade instrument.

The 20-year-old has created the world’s first ‘kazookeyele’ which he put together from an old, broken baby piano, half a ukulele and a kazoo.

The young busker has now received over 2.5 million views after posting a three minute clip of him playing Europe’s worldwide hit The Final Countdown on his unusual instrument.

The wacky Scot is now making a modest income from advertising revenue from the website and is currently creating more bizarre musical gadgets.

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