Status Quo and Will Young to Rock Wirral in May!

Wirral Rocks in May!

Wirral Hospice St John’s is organising a major fundraising event which will take place in May 2016.

“Wirral Rocks” will take place at Tranmere Rovers Stadium, Prenton Park, over two nights. Tranmere Rovers have kindly provided the ground at no charge. The event will raise money for the Hospice's special care and support of patients and their families.

The artists performing are:

Friday 20th May 2016 - Will Young

Brit Award winner Will Young is coming to the Wirral on Friday 20th May to open the first night of Wirral Rocks at Tranmere Rovers Stadium, Prenton Park, Birkenhead. The incredibly talented singer-songwriter and former Pop Idol winner has sold over eight million albums worldwide and will be performing his well-known hits like Leave Right Now, Evergreen, Jealousy, All Time Love and Light My Fire.

Saturday 21st May 2016 - Status Quo

Status Quo are coming to the Wirral on Saturday May 21st to perform one of their last ever full on electric sets at Tranmere Rovers Stadium, Prenton Park, Birkenhead. The Quo have announced that that they will be hanging up their electric guitars at the end of 2016 and pulling the plug on their electric set for good.

Speaking about the decision to call it a day Francis Rossi said: “We’ve talked about it for some time and have decided that it’s time for us to hang up the electrics. It’s getting harder and harder for us to play those shows.

“It’s 30 years since we last said we were stopping but this is a final decision. It doesn’t mean we won’t do other things, perhaps the odd special, but we’re agreed that the moment has come. There’s more to come from us in the years ahead, but we won’t tour the electric set ever again.”

Rick Parfitt added: “We always thought we’d see a red light when it was time to stop. The show hurts now, physically. It’s hard to maintain that level of energy and without that it’s not really a Quo show. So we don’t feel we should continue.

“This is definitely the end of our lives on the road with the electric set. Life won’t be the same for us – or many of the fans – but we can’t go on at this pace anymore.”

Frontmen Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt will be joined by bandmates Andy Bown, John ‘Rhino’ Edwards and Leon Cave as they plug in and bring their thunderous electric live show to Wirral for the last time, packed with hits, new and old, taken from an unbelievable back catalogue stretching back to 1967.

If you have never seen Status Quo before, this is your last ever chance to see them on Wirral!

John Pentland, Wirral Hospice St John’s Director, said “We are delighted to be bringing this major event to Wirral. It costs around £3.5m a year for us to provide free care to Wirral residents and their families. Almost half of our costs are met by NHS grants, but each year we need to raise around £1.8m to continue our work. By attending Wirral Rocks, you will not only be having a great night out, but you will also be supporting a fantastic cause as all the money we raise will be put towards our running costs”

Tickets are already selling fast for both nights, so don’t delay buying yours! You can get them from the Wirral Rocks website wirralrocks.com or from Ticketmaster on 0844 844 0444.

Tickets are £35 for Will young and £35.50 for Status Quo, both are subject to booking fees.

For more information visit
www.wirralrocks.com
www.facebook.com/wirralrocks
www.twitter.com/wirralrocks

Wirral Rocks is being organised by local charity Wirral Hospice St john's, registered charity number 510643

All money raised by Wirral Rocks will go towards the £3.5m per year running costs of Wirral Hospice.

John Pentland
Director
Wirral Rocks
c/o Wirral Hospice St John's
Mount Road
Bebington
Wirral
Merseyside
CH63 6JE

Tel: 0151 334 2778 Ext 255

email: johnp@wirralhspice.org

This release was published on openPR.