The final event in the 1st phase of the KoS Azor Tour was held in front of the theatrical backdrop of the entrance to the Great Hall of the Trafford Centre in Manchester. In attendance was Beanius, the band supported by KoS who helped launch the Azor in London. They played a scorching set featuring the John Tracey track - Folly of Five which draws attention to the insanity of the proliferation of blades in the razor market and the advent of nonsensical vibrations and even lights promoted by other brands.

Beanius, led by Matt Bean ( from the IOW ) have taken a massive step in their musical careers as a result of the start given to them by King of Shaves. They now have their own website http://beanius.co.uk/ and a video filmed by www.evofilms.co.uk which has been showing on U-Tube now for a while. It is great to see young talent given the opportunity to perform.

The Tour has been an outstanding success. As a result there is now talk of extending the Azor Tour to Scotland and later using the bus to promote other brands in the KoS family of products. There have been hundreds of people shaved, thousands of Azors handed out, endless quality brand experiences delivered and a great deal of fun has been had along the way. Thanks go out to all the people who have made these events go with a swing and to Will King for the inspiration of his brand.

The Azorbus found itself right in the heart of London's commercial sector with an event based in Finsbury Avenue Square just around the corner from No.1. Broadgate. We were pleasantly surprised to see how many traders found the time to get a shave or have a go on the Azor Footie game. We even had a few long term visitors to the Azor Guitar Challenge - things must be tough on the trading floors for the guys to have so much free time !!

Capital Radio with Johnny Vaughn and Lisa Snowdon

This was a charity event in aid of "Save a London Child". King of Shaves had put an invitation out for people to come and have their heads shaved for charity and over 350 people volunteered on the day. The event was covered live by Johnny Vaughn ( a long time supporter of the King of Shaves brand ) and Lisa Snowdon as part of the Capital Radio Breakfast Show.

The event raised more than £30k for charity but the spin off was maximum publicity for the brand and a huge plug for the Azor. Johnny shaved a few heads / Lisa shaved Johnny a job completed by Diane Wood our professional Barber from New York.

Record funds raised on the day came from a single trader from JP Morgan who had raised £7k on his own for this worthy cause. The day culminated in a veritable whose who of the men’s grooming world including a guest appearance from Nicky Clarke. Thanks go to the Shave School and the other barbers who volunteered to help us on the days ... thanks guys !!

Azor Launch Day - Boots in Sedley Place, Oxford Street

The debut of the Azor in store was scheduled for 17th July 2008 and made use of the purpose built shaving stations as part of an activity in the window of the store. The store manager had already installed all the display units and with a bit of extra branding the stage was set for an exciting day. Diane Wood was the star of the early photo-call and managed to get some pictures in the evening papers ... the people on Oxford Street were a little bemused as to why we were shaving in the street but it certainly got some attention.

Next on the scene was the King of Shaves Battlebus which turned up right on queue and parked right outside the store. A bit of street theatre then erupted as King of Shaves Founder, Will King, took the megaphone to the hatch at the top of the bus where he spoke to the people of Britain about the "stealth shaving taxes of the two main competitors and expounded the positive features of the Azor".

Not content with that he commanded the bus to take to the streets and continued to regale the crowds with his shaving manifesto. It seems a wrong turn was taken and mistakenly we found ourselves outside Buckingham Palace much to the great interest of the crowds that were gathered there for the changing of the guard. The Tour proceeded around Trafalgar Square, Westminster and eventually found its way back to Oxford Street where the activities of the day had boosted 300 over sales of the Azor. The impact of the day was excellent and the combination of the window display, the bus tour and the energy of Will King contributed to make this a very special day.

Gipsy Moth returns to her home port of Cowes amidst an armada of spectator boats and a host of stars. Gipsy Moth will proceed up the river to her home base at the UKSA where an award ceremony for some of the voyage participants will be held. This will see the culmination of the 2-year circumnavigation and a celebration of all that the voyage has achieved. 3GL will be afloat with Ed Dolling ( BT ) and Steve Ramsay ( Corum ) to witness the events as they unfold.

In anticipation of Gipsy Moth’s return to Cowes on Sunday 3rd June come and hear the story from the driving force behind the Project and enjoy some fine dinning at the Royal London.

Tickets are £22.50 each available from Anthony Collis who can be reached on ( 01983 ) 299727 or “secretary@rlyc.org.uk”

Gipsy Moth IV returned from her 2nd circumnavigation to Plymouth exactly 40 years to the day after the historic return of her original owner Sir Francis Chichester. At 14.00 hrs in the afternoon Gipsy Moth round the headland to be greeted by a crowd of spectator craft gathered at the breakwater. Then, led by the Cattewater Fire Tug, the parade of sail will proceeded to Plymouth Hoe where the crowds of onlookers saw the UKSA’s lead skipper climb the steps where Sir Francis came ashore all those years ago.

He was met there by Giles Chichester MEP, Sir Francis Chichester’s son and the crew handed the Red Ensign that had traveled the world was presented to the Deputy Mayor of Plymouth. Once safely back aboard Gipsy Moth Richard lead the procession to Queen Anne’s Battery where Gipsy Moth was berthed and a formal reception was held in her honor.

In the evening Corum the Projects Global Partner hosted a Homecoming Dinner at the Royal Western Yacht Club where they announced Conrad Humphreys as their Ambassador. All carefully choreographed by 3greenlights