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Fakawi is a Maltese glam cover band active since the late 1990s.[1][2]

The current line-up is Paul (in Maltese, Pawlu) Borg Bonaci, lead vocals and guitar, Antonio Ghio, bass and backing vocals, Mark Attard, keyboards, Rueben Navarro, drums and Ryan Buttigieg, percussions.[3]

The original line-up included Fabrizio Giorgio on drums replaced by Navarro in 2003 when Giorgio moved to Australia to pursue a degree in Commercial Music Performance (percussion).[4][5]

Fakawi have featured annually as the closing act on the Rock Stage at the Farsons Beer Festival.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12] The band has also become a regular performer at the yearly Nadur Carnival held on Malta's sister island, Gozo.[13]

Frontman Paul Borg Bonaci performs with other musical acts in Malta such as Xirka Rock[14] (with Fakawi keyboardist Mark Attard) and impersonates the comical character Johnny l-kajboj[15] on the national TV talk show Xarabank.

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