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Watch this 15-year-old guitar sensation wow rock legends Mark Knopfler and Brian Johnson with his talent.

Evan Bullough, from Tynemouth, impressed the AC/DC frontman and Dire Straits guitarist by reeling off the riffs to two of their most famous songs.

You can see Evan pull off the intros for Sultans of Swing and Thunderstruck in front of his heroes above.

The North East icons were spotted at the Cumberland Arms in Tynemouth.

Evan had waited outside the pub for three hours for a chance to meet his idols.

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He said: “I’ve been a massive fan of both of theirs ever since I started playing guitar.

“When I was learning at Yamaha Music School they had the AC/DC tracks in the books.

“When they came out it was just a massive moment. I got them to sign my guitar and I played for them as well which was just massive.

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“Brian and Mark were just the nicest people you could ever meet. It was just a great experience to meet two rock legends who are from the North.”

Evan, a student at Yamaha Music School in Tynemouth, is already up to Grade 7 level at the age of 15.

His dad Scott had got word the two musicians would be at the pub on Monday June 18.

Dunston-born Johnson was interviewing Knopfler, who grew up in Blyth, at the pub for the upcoming series of his show on Sky Arts.

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The 15-year-old went down hoping for the chance to quickly meet them, but ended up with so much more.

Although security were trying not to draw attention to the filming, they allowed Evan to wait nearby from 11am to 2pm and his patience was rewarded.

Scott said: “As soon as Brian and Mark came out they were asking to see this young guitarist who had been waiting for three hours.

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“We had a great chat with them. They asked Evan how long he had been playing. He replied about seven years.

“Brian just said ‘Howay man get it fired up and let us hear what you’ve got’.”

Scott said the meeting could not have been better timed as Evan had only recently perfected the Sultans of Swing riff he played for Knopfler.

After showing off his skills, the teenager got both of the legends to sign his guitar and also got a pick from the Dire Straits man.

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Scott said: “Everything just came together perfectly. Evan was absolutely over the moon.

“They couldn’t have been nicer to him both were tremendous. I think they would’ve stayed for even longer.

“The only negative is he’s going to have to buy a new guitar because he doesn’t want to use it and rub the signatures off.

“They really made a big deal about him practicing and I think it’s given Evan the extra motivation to keep going.”