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Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) Flash Mob

2011-07-27T14:00:00.000+08:00

Location: Greenacres Shopping Centre, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Organizer: Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Choir
Date: 25th June 2011

Credit: Africa is a country

Flash mob for La Mutuelle Générale

2010-10-30T09:00:00.000+08:00

Location: Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, France
Organizer: La Mutuelle Générale
Date: 9th October 2010

Another commercially fueled flashmob, that still drives social conversation which in turn creates awareness?

An added brownie point in this mob, they have engage Mia Frye to supervise and towards the end you can see her joining into the action.

2010-10-29T12:01:00.000+08:00

Location: London Heathrow, London, United Kingdom
Organizer: T-Mobile
Date: 27th October 2010

T-Mobile has had roving success with organising flash mobs, which includes a routine at the London's Liverpool Station has unleashed it again on unsuspecting passengers at the London Heathrow's Terminal 5. Imagine if you're looking weary and just out of bed after a long haul flight then greeted with a crowd of singing and dancing people. Do you think you will still be in the mood for such gesture?

This ad is scheduled to release officially on Friday 29th October at 10:15pm in a full length 3-minute version, will be aired simultaneously across more than 80 digital and terrestrial commercial TV channels. It is expected to be watched by nearly 10 million people across the UK and reach more than 2m households.

For now, let's make do with this preview until the release later today:

Flashmob Brussels AFS

2010-10-28T09:00:00.010+08:00

Location: Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert, Brussels, Belgium
Organizer: AFS
Date: 24th October 2010

It started off with Jai ho and ended with Waka waka, this mob uses many different songs to represent the different culture.

Greased Lightning

2010-10-27T09:00:00.001+08:00

Location: Botany Town Center, Auckland, New Zealand
Organizer: Stijn Van de Velde, a student from South Sea Film and Television

A student from South Sea Film and Television school organized a flash mob for his school editing project. He appealed to about 126 students for help and even setup a Facebook page on this. Before the event happened there were 2 dance rehearsals.

via NZ Herald

Eurovision Song Contest (2010)

2010-10-26T12:01:00.004+08:00

Location: Oslo, Norway
Organizer: Eurovision Song Contest 2010

So the fever of flash mob is catching up everywhere, even across Europe!
The people in Eurovision has put together an effort to organize flash mob across 10 countries with 4 dance step video disseminated to mobbers through Facebook (speaking of the power of social media!)

Howto videos:

PHamous Flash Mob

2010-10-25T12:01:00.004+08:00

Location: Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino, Las Vegas, US

This happened about a year ago during the thanksgiving season. Though it's abit late for me to discover but hey better late than never, right?

This impromptu event was attended by lots of well known people, including top Youtuber, Shaycarl from Shaytards, projblogsphere, THEkrismohfanz and many more close friends. The song chosen for this mob is PHamous, paying homage to the venue where this event happened.

The Mp3 Experiment Seven (2010)

2010-10-24T16:28:00.002+08:00

Location: Midtown Manhattan, New York, US
Organizer: Improv Everywhere

Improv Everywhere has done it again. This is their 7th year running Mp3 Experiment with about 3000 odd participants. It's an event where mobbers download a mp3 file into their iPod, sync their time with an atomic clock on their website, head down to retail stores in Midtown Manhattan and press play simultaneously. Finally everyone gather at Bryant Park to end it all.

I don't know about you but it certainly do look hilarious, though I hope they put the tissue into good use after the mob and not litter it around. ;-)

Bonus footage:

via Improv Everywhere

time to change

2010-10-23T23:58:00.001+08:00

Location: Southern Cross Station, Melbourne, Australia
Organizer: Fletcher Jones

Time to spice up that boring morning train ride and feast the eyes (or maybe not). =)

European Freeze Mob 2010

2010-10-23T23:49:00.000+08:00

Location: Hamburg, Germany

Car Free Day

2010-10-23T19:33:00.002+08:00

Sorry guys for the lack of update. I have been on a long hiatus. Yes, I was on a very long vacation and now I'm back. So check out this space for more interesting mobs from all around the world!

Location: Jalan Thamrin, Jakarta, Indonesia
Organizer: Mizone, sports drink company

Glee

2010-01-12T11:00:00.004+08:00

Location: Galleria Alberto Sordi, Rome, Italy

This flash mob is orchestrated by FOX TV that starts airing their series on Christmas day in Italy. They have their mobbers dancing to a medley of infectious songs from from the show hoping to catch the attraction from the audience passing by.

Say Cheese!

2010-01-11T23:00:00.001+08:00

Location: Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia

Flash mob on Bondi Beach, by DJ Dan Murphy and Australia's famous drag queen, Joyce Maynge.

Havaianas applaude

2009-12-23T11:28:00.003+08:00

Location: Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

Note: Hello, how is everyone doing? I know I have been missing from the scene for a long time. Sorry for the delayed update. Hope this don't happen too often.

A marketing viral by the slipper company, Havaianas.

100 Single ladies... delicious...

2009-11-05T23:56:00.001+08:00

Location: Piccadilly Circus, London, UK

Ooh la la... this is hot! 100 single and leggy ladies gather together bouncing off on Beyonce's Single Ladies by Trident.

Madonna "Celebration" flash mob

2009-11-05T13:42:00.002+08:00

Location: Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

The main guy in the mob, his name is Takahiro Ueno. He has appeared in Madonna's "Celebration" MTV before. This mob is choreographed by him, it is in conjunction with the launch of Celebration in Japan.

Hoppers on the loose

2009-11-04T18:22:00.000+08:00

Location: Barcelona, Spain

A marketing viral by SonyEricsson. Hundreds of hoppers hopping around the street of Barcelona.

Edited version: Beach dance flash mob

2009-11-04T18:16:00.000+08:00

Location: Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia

I've posted it once and now I'm posting it twice. This is the official and nicely edited version of the flash mob. Nice!

This is the earlier version that I posted - Beach dance flash mob

Beach dance flash mob

2009-11-02T00:38:00.004+08:00

Location: Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia
Music: Ben Lee - Catch My Disease

Mobbers pretending to be surfing on the famous Australian sandy beach. I like the music in this flash mob. Quite catchy.

Grocery store turn musical stage

2009-10-26T11:37:00.001+08:00

Location: New York, USA

This is one of a kind flash mob. It's entirely musical, something different from the usual. They did a similar musical flash mob before at a food court. I hope to see more of such musical mobs in the future.

Credit: Improv Everywhere

HTC Flash Mob

2009-10-26T10:35:00.001+08:00

Location: Raffles Place, Singapore

This mob took place last Friday. From what I read here, it seems this is the largest mob ever organised in Singapore / Asia and they are looking into submitting an entry into Guinness Book of World Records.

Bust A Move

2009-10-22T10:38:00.002+08:00

Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

This is certainly a noble cause to support. Breast cancer is the #1 killer to women around the world. A fund raising organization such as this will definitely raise the awareness level of breast health in their local community.

Credit: Bust A Move

Time stops for 2pm fans

2009-10-21T16:53:00.023+08:00

2pm's fan did it again. This time instead of dancing, they did a freeze mob, indicating that the time has stop for them since Jae Bum left the boy band. The title for the mob is "Without you, Jaebum, it feels like the time has stopped". The freeze started from 1.58pm to 2pm.

Seems there is a huge craze for 2pm's fans to have the leader back into the band. Since he left, fans all over the world are doing (choreographed) flash mobs. I hope their wish will come true.

Jae Bum, fighting!

Location: Seoul, Korea

Location: Orchard Road, Singapore

Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Location: NYC, United States of America

Location: Brazil

Location: Paris, France

Location: Montreal, Canada

Blue screen of death

2009-10-21T16:38:00.001+08:00

Location: 3C Shopping Mall, Taipei, Taiwan

See how these guys "crash" at a shopping center on Software Freedom Day (didn't know such day exists).

Drying clothes on underground train

2009-10-21T16:25:00.000+08:00

Location: Warsaw, Poland