TikTok's 'Spud Bros' are in Birmingham to offer '600 free potatoes'

Viral TikTokers Jacob and Harley Nelson, better known as 'Spud Bros', regularly post videos to social media filmed in the back of their jacket potato van.

The videos are often filmed from the perspective of the spud sellers as they serve customers, asking what toppings they want on their potato.

The brothers, from Preston, have amassed around 4.2m followers on TikTok and earned millions of views on their posts.

And today (Tuesday, April 15), they brought their potatoes to Birmingham with plans to give away 600 for free.

A post to the Spud Bros Facebook page on Monday evening read: "We're going to be at Rotunda Square, Birmingham, tomorrow from 11am! 600 FREE spuds available... NEW FILLINGS!"

Fans were quick to take to the comments section and express their excitement for the visit, while others requested the jacket potato sellers come to the Black Country.

One woman wrote: "Come to Walsall." Another agreed and said: "Walsall or West Brom."

Also commenting on the post, another woman wrote: "I'm working, fancy dropping by Cannock on your route home and dropping one in."

Another fan meanwhile said: "Save me one please!!!!!"

Elsewhere in the West Midlands, jacket potatoes continue to prove popular in Tamworth where fellow social media star and spud seller Ben Newman, otherwise known as 'Spudman', is based.

Customers have been known to queue for hours to get their hands on one of the spuds. 

'Spudman' was at risk of losing his pitch in St Editha's Square earlier this year after Tamworth Borough Council announced plans to regenerate the area.

The local authority U-turned the decision but on Sunday (April 13), Mr Newman claimed a new concrete bench had been installed so close to his van that it would cause a trip hazard.

Tamworth Borough Council however said the bench would 'enhance visitor experience'.