SALFORD MUSICIANS AND POET HELP SELL OUT PETE SHELLEY CHARITY GIG

This Saturday music fans will flock to The Turnpike, Civic Square in Leigh to be entertained by a mix of legendary bands, including  Fast Cars, The Harveys, The Freshies, Static Line and Urban Poet, Simon Williams.

This heady mix of music and verse will be in a concert, called, Love You More to help celebrate the life of musician, Pete Shelley who died in November, 2018 and help raise funds for a permanent memorial in his hometown of Leigh.

The event sadly had to be cancelled last year following the Covid pandemic, but organiser Paul Lally, has pulled out all the stoppers and the show became a quick sell out, such is the popularity of this event.

I spoke to, Steve Murray from the cult, punk band Fast Cars whose single, The Kids Just Wanna Dance is still an anthem and a crowd favourite.

"The Buzzcocks were a massive influence on me, and led to us forming our band, I saw them play at many venues including The Oaks pub in Chorlton. and we supported them at Manchester Polytechnic way back in 1978!

"We were asked to play the first event in 2020 and were honoured to do so, and to be asked again is a great feeling, this time will be very poignant as it's the first time we have played together since our lead guitarist, Craig Hilton sadly passed away last year, however we had a ready made replacement with his brother Nigel, and the band feels nice and tight.

"All of the bands have chosen one Buzzcocks song to perform, and straight away we went for, "Love You More" which as we all know is the title of the concert, but face it, it's a cracking song"

The Fast Cars have two more gigs lined up this year including one at Wangies, Patricroft in April with The Drones, which promises to be a memorable night.

Simon Williams will once again be compering the show, delivering his, caustic, observational poetry in his own inimitable, Salford style.

A vital cog in the Salford poetry machine that has given us the true voice of Salford cut from the same cloth as JCC and JB Barrington.

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"I'm really looking forward to this show, the last one I played at in 2020, was great but with this massive Salford influence on the night, we intend to make it a night to remember.

"I have lots of new material to perform and to be honest I was on the verge of giving it all up, but it's part of me, being on stage, I played at the Wigan Diggers Festival last year and the buzz of playing to such a large audience, has given me a change of heart, I will be playing at The Irlam Live show in June, so let's see what happens, but it all be good I can promise"

 

The Love You More concert is this Saturday, 12th February, 7pm -11pm at The Turnpike Centre, Civic Square , Leigh, and is a sold out event.