A Glimpse into The Fuel Girls Auditions: The Search for the Next Generation of Fire Performers!

If there’s one thing The Fuel Girls have always been known for, it’s our love for pyrotechnics, epic aerial acts & producing awe-inspiring fire performances (even if we do say so ourselves!). With over 20 years in the industry, we’ve wowed audiences worldwide with our fiery displays. Yet, even as we continue to set the stage on fire – both metaphorically and literally – our commitment to fresh new talent and innovation never wanes.

This year marked another exciting chapter in our story, as we hosted auditions in London, aiming to uncover the next wave of talent to join the iconic Fuel Girls brand. Our mission was to find performers who could match our passion, skill, and fearless attitude that’s required to take to the stages with us, around the globe. With over 300 applications pouring in, the anticipation and excitement was palpable! 

Imagine our dilemma – having to review so many talented applications brimming with talent and potential! It was a month-long process, as we dived deep into understanding the capabilities of each beautiful artist.

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,

Hey Guys, Von here!

I wanted to kick-start 2020 with a bit of an update to all our awesome friends and followers. 

For the next few months, we’re going to make an extra special effort to share with you way more of the behind-the-scenes action of the Fuel Girls, and what it’s actually like to tour the world, perform and breathe fire. We’ll go into detail on how we keep fit, how we rehearse, and the insane amount of work that goes into our performances before we set anything alight! 

This is an incredible opportunity for us to speak more with our amazing followers, and we want you to get as involved as possible – so let us know what you want to hear about – comment below or send us a DM! 

Now for our first post, I wanted to talk a little bit about one question we’re asked almost continuously: how do we stay fit on the road? 

Before I say anything, let me make one thing clear: we LOVE our jobs. 

Touring the world and performing in front of incredible audiences is one of the most rewarding careers ever.

This summer it’s all about motorbikes, leather, rock ‘n roll, party times and always FIRE!

The Fuel Girls are busy all summer with a string of exciting Summer shows to keep you fired up! This weekend they are in Basel, Switzerland for the motorbike show Biker Days Basel, an epic FREE motorbike show and parade, through one of Switzerlands most beautiful cities! Amazing streetfood, entertainment, music, motorbikes and of course, The Fuel Girls! Thanks to gorgeous girl-power organiser Lucia for inviting us back for another year, we absolutely LOVE this show!

You can see more of us here on our Insta Story, so get your ass over there and follow us live!

Next weekend we head off to Brisbane, Australia for the Australian Tattoo Expo at the Brisbane Convention Centre! With over 57,000 visitors annually, this celebration of creativity and art promotes the skills of world-renowned artists in Australia and around the world.Meet the industry’s most talented artists, research the different tattoo genres, trends and techniques and make an appointment or get inked on the spot! All this AND get to see Katrina,

London Tattoo Convention!

The Fuel Girls will once again be taking London Tattoo Convention by storm on the 22nd, 23rd, 24th September at Tobacco Dock.

Performers in our epic stage show include Teta, Katrina, Sasha and Hayley as well as our new Fuel Girl Kasia, who will be performing a solo aerial bondage show every day! Kasia won our ‘search for a Fuel Girl’ audition earlier in the year and we are amped to have her with us at this show!

Our merch booth will be manned by gorgeous Von and Yusura throughout the weekend, so you can come and pick up some merch, get some posters signed and get a pic with the girls! They will also be joined over the weekend by Kayla, Charlotte, Jasmine and Shireen, so if you get lucky, you may just get to meet all the girls!

Its going to be an epic show and we always look forward to this one!

The Fuel Girls have performed on the main stage at London Tattoo Convention for a number of years and this incredible platform has allowed our show to grow bigger and better and more dangerous!!

The Fuel Girls in Dubai, Cyprus, London…… and Ibiza!

We’ve just been over to Dubai for the launch of a new superclub called ‘BASE’ and it was great fun! We opened up alongside 50 Cent and Swedish House Mafia amongst others and it was such a buzz – we will be back at the end of the year and absolutely love Dubai!

This weekend we head off to Ammos Beach Bar in Cyprus for a weekend of beaches, music, cocktails and of course, fire! Summer vibes are in the air and we love this club so much! If you are ever in Makenzy Beach make sure you get yourselves down here for a great night out and even greater food!

But thats got us thinking….. Ibiza! WHY have The Fuel Girls never performed here??? Why!!! There are so many amazing clubs and parties and it seems crazy that we have literally been ALL over the world and never to Ibiza! This must be fixed 🙂 Ibiza GET IN TOUCH 🙂 Let us know what the best clubs are people! Where do you like to party?

It’s been a long time coming, but the Fuel Girls Store is officially OPEN! Fuel Girls merch is here!

Take a look at fuelgirlsstore.com for our awesome merch range, with more products being added all the time!

We have a full merch range featuring your favourite Fuel Girls (amazing pics by Haris Nukem), plus a cool range of girls wear, posters, prints, stickers, decals, caps, socks, shorts, vests and more!

We have been asked for ages ‘WHEN CAN WE BUY YOUR MERCH?????????’ Well guys and girls, now you can!

We’ll be bringing the Fuel Girls branded merchandise to events and tours, as well as our online store, so you can get your gear signed by us!

Catch us at shows across the UK, Europe, Australia and Dubai, with more dates being added every week! Our biggest stand will be at London Tattoo Convention 2017, at Tobacco Dock, London – for the first time, ALL the Fuel Girls will be there for shows, pics and signings…. we cant wait to see you there!

Our distribution base is in Oxfordshire, UK. If you’d like to get in touch ref products drop us an email

We would love to hear from you!

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!