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'Rave guy' whose eyepopping picture found him internet fame recreates meme that made him famous at Tomorrowland - and reveals what he's up to now
For some, the party don't stop.
Shaun Jackson - the 'rave guy' who went viral for his eyepopping moves - is one such person.
The wide-eyed northerner may have been cutting shapes at a Preston night club over a decade ago but the immortalised dancer was spotted at Tomorrowland, enjoying himself just as much.
In a bright yellow T-shirt and a bustling crowd, Mr Jackson was dancing along to Charlotte de Witte, a techno DJ at the Belgian music festival.
Specialising in electronic dance music, Mr Jackson would have felt right at home.
Then some 40 years old, Mr Jackson was first captured in promotional footage for the Rumes bar in 2014 cutting shapes on the dance floor.
The clip soon amassed hundreds of thousands of views - also catapulting the obscure night club where he raved the night away into international fame.
While the party-goer has continued his love for a good time over the years, spotted at several dance events, he has also been spending time his grandchildren.
The most recent clip of him dancing, Mr Jackson's moves were met with mixed response.
One person wrote 'this is kind of sad' and another said 'beyond borrring now'.
But others welcomed his fun-loving spirit, with a user writing 'proper old school raver, keep up with those disco biscuit dancing skills' and one person adding 'f***ing legend he is alive and enjoying! Respect!'.
In one of his most recent Instagram posts - dated August 2023 - Mr Jackson poses shirtless with his tongue stuck out during a trip to Ibiza.
Since then, Mr Jackson has uploaded elsewhere - on his TikTok - with one of the latest videos being a bizarre clip captioned 'on my wedding day', from May 2024.
In it, the Chorley local, wears what appears to be a teal-coloured dress as he gestures over at a woman dressed in a white gown, who initially has her back turned to the camera.
The video has elicited comments such as 'you are too funny! love it!' and 'still going strong'.
There are number of videos also posted by Mr Jackson from 2023 where he makes expressive faces at the camera and, in his job as a plasterer, shows off some of construction work.
Though, in a sweet clip captioned 'day in the park with the grandkids', he waves his arms about before a grandson spins him round and round in the park play area, with the northerner growing increasingly red.
In his 2019 interview with Flexxed, Mr Jackson previously revealed he'd gone out with 'three-quarters of a bottle of Vodka already down by neck and then three or four drags of real good MD (MDMA)'.
He also made headlines in 2022, when spotted at the Glastonbury Music festival and even had an action figure made in his honor that same year.
The former boxer also once told BuzzFeed he was delighted with his fame and while on a weekend shopping trip 'everyone started clapping and cheering'.
Mr Jackson previously said his only regrets were there had been no one filming when things got wilder as the night went on.
