When did the London Tattoo Convention first start?

The first London Tattoo Convention was held in September 2004.

Was it always at the Tobacco Dock Venue?

Actually no… We started in Brick Lane at the Old Truman Brewery. At the first London Tattoo Convention we invited around 300 tattooers, it was not the huge show it is today. We held the show at the Old Truman Brewery for 4 years, then my partner Marcus Berriman discovered Tobacco Dock, which at the time was not a very popular venue. Actually, I think I can say that the London Tattoo Convention put Tobacco Dock on the map, because at the time we were the biggest event to be held there. The reason we switched venues was to find a bigger place because the convention was growing fast and becoming a life style and cultural festival, not only a tattoo event, and Tobacco Dock was the best venue available in London for this.

The tattoo scene has changed a lot. The biggest changes in the recent history of the tattoo world happened in 2004 when the Discovery Channel released ‘Miami Ink’,

Hello Fuel fans, and welcome to another instalment of my monthly blog! I’m almost 100% sure you know me by now, but if you’re unfamiliar, I’m Fuel’s longest-standing member. I’ve been with them coming up to 14 years now 🥴 and alongside performing I work on production with our boss Hannah and help out with our social media.

I worked out today that I’ve actually been in the industry for 17 years! I started out at 17 as a glamour model back in the day when lads mags existed (which is how Fuel found me) so have quite the breadth of experience when it comes to navigating relationships whilst performing/creating sexy content.

As young Fuel Girl’s in the prime of our careers, we all always used to get the classic line from new partners after dating them for a little while, ‘IT’S ME OR THE FUEL GIRLS!’ – you could almost plan on a calendar when it was coming 🤣

It seems that people find it difficult being with us for many reasons; 

A: LOT’S of travelling

B: lot’s of attention

C: Very sexy shows

D: Being very fierce strong independent women can sometimes be challenging for some men. 

As promised I’m back with the second instalment of the very exciting FUEL GIRLS BLOG! Last month we reached out to you guys to see what you wanted us to talk about, so this time we’re covering off that thing we actually do for a living – fire performance!

Now it’s not easy to answer a lot of the questions we get regarding our shows because quite frankly SO much goes into them behind the scenes it can be a little overwhelming to know where to start. Now, you also have to take into consideration the fact that we’ve all been doing this for at least ten years, so honestly, our girls make things that are technically REALLY hard, look crazy EASY! 

Truth be told, you can’t just ‘become a fuel girl’ overnight, our girls all have a set of really unique skills that a. take a really long time to learn and master, and b. often aren’t learnt – for example, stage presence and performance, you sort of have it- or you don’t, and that is really, in my opinion, the thing that sets our girls apart from ALL other performance groups out there. 

I thought I’d break down some of the most pertinent questions we get asked all the time,

Fuel Girls Auditions – meet our new Fuel Girls!

So, alot of you will know that we held an epic audition for a new Fuel Girl a few weeks ago at Proud Camden.

We had a huge response, with auditionees flying in from Paris and Los Angeles and travelling by train from as far as Scotland! Despite there being a storm and with trains cancelled, so many performers still made it and gave it their all! We had hoola hoop girls, we had fire archers, we had rope bondage, fire spinners, aerial straps, hoops and some pretty awesome fire dancing! A fantastic night, with a loud and VERY supportive audience and a few drinks to be had by all!

Firstly, thanks you SO much to everyone that made the effort to be there! We loved every single performance and wish we could take pretty much everyone into our group! BUT the final decision was to take not just one performer, but TWO and now we have expanded our group to include fire performer Jasmine and the multi-skilled Kasia! Two gorgeous girls who we cant WAIT to take on tour!

You can check out the profiles page on our website to find out more about the new Fuel Girls plus our existing girls!

The Fuel Girls auditions at Proud Camden 23rd February 2017. An open event, not to be missed!

The Fuel Girls are the most famous group of kick-ass fire, pyrotechnic, aerial, sword and pole performers in the world! They have been travelling the globe for over 10 years, performing at some of the biggest and best FMX, music, tattoo, bike and lifestyle shows in the world! From tours with Fall Out Boy and Motorhead, to the Masters of Dirt FMX arena shows, live TV shows and the main stage in–house entertainment at London Tattoo Convention, the Fuel Girls have built a name for themselves and are very much in demand. And its very hard to get in!

Now the Fuel Girls are looking for a new member!

The rare opportunity to audition for the Fuel Girls is here and all eyes will be on Proud Camden on the 23rd February, where performers from up and down the UK will be bringing both their energy and skills to the stage, showing the Fuel Girls why they are the one!

Date: 23rd February 2017
Location: Proud Camden
Time: 8pm – 9pm registration / 9pm – 11pm auditions

All friends and family are welcome on the night to show support and make some noise!

Hi Everyone!

Just arrived home from Brussels Tattoo Convention, a show we have performed at for a few years now, and what a show it was! We are really excited about our new characters – Superheroes and Villians – and got the chance to show these off again, after our debut performance at London Tattoo Convention in September.

Tattoo Shows are one of our favourite performance spaces. We get the chance to entertain incredible inked up audiences all over the world! These crowds really appreciate the creative effort and skill put into our shows and we try to raise the bar every year, coming back with new ideas and fresh skills that we have worked really hard on!! This year was the debut of Sasha’s new aerial pole performance and we added our fantastic counter-weight rigger Maurycy, which added an exciting and dangerous element to our show, which people seemed to really enjoy! Fuel Girls are feeling the love people!

Our list of show dates for 2017 is growing fast and we hope to add as many Tattoo Show dates to that list as we can, maybe adding a few new locations and countries!