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Bastille are heading to the Yorkshire coast this summer for what promises to be a stunning  night at Scarborough Open Air Theatre.

The chart-topping and multi-award-winning band behind such anthems as ‘Pompeii’, ‘Good Grief’, ‘Laura Palmer’ and ‘Things We Lost In The Fire’ will play Europe’s largest open-air theatre on Saturday July 28.

Tickets go on sale at 9am on Friday February 9 via www.ticketmaster.co.uk

It is just seven years since South Londoner Dan Smith started Bastille alone in his bedroom. With Chris Wood (drums), Will Farquarson (guitar) and Kyle Simmons (keyboards) added to the line-up, Bastille have become a global phenomenon.

The band’s chart-conquering debut album ‘Bad Blood’ sold more than four million copies alongside 11 million singles. In the UK, the twice Number One album was certified double-platinum and earned Bastille the British Breakthrough award at the 2014 Brits, along with two Grammy nominations.

The 2016 follow up ‘Wild World’ – spearheaded by single, ‘Good Grief’ – topped the UK album charts and hit Top 5 in the US. Featuring the singles ‘Send Them Off!’ ‘Blame’ and ‘Glory’ it was a hit with fans and critics alike and saw them scoop NME Album Of The Year.

Together with a series of sold out arena tours and major festival appearances, Bastille have also collaborated with acts like Haim, Kate Tempest and Angel Haze, and Dan co-founded and co-runs an indie label, Best Laid Plans, helping to develop acts like Rag ’N’ Bone Man and Rationale.

Bastille’s show at Scarborough Open Air Theatre is presented by Cuffe and Taylor. Director Peter Taylor said: “Bastille are quite simply one of the most critically acclaimed and successful British bands of the last decade. Their anthemic sound is unmistakable and has won them legions of fans around the world. It goes without saying we cannot wait to bring them here to Scarborough Open Air Theatre for what we will be an unforgettable night.”

Bastille join a stellar 2018 line-up at Scarborough OAT that includes Britney Spears, Lionel Richie, Il Divo, Gary Barlow, The Script, Steps and Alfie Boe.

Tickets for Bastille’s Scarborough Open Air Theatre show go on sale at 9am on Friday February 9 via www.ticketmaster.co.uk and www.scarboroughopenairtheatre.com or in person from Scarborough Open Air Theatre Box Office (01723 818111) and the Discover Yorkshire Coast Tourism Bureau (01723 383636).

Pop superstars Steps, DJ Pete Tong with the Heritage Orchestra conducted by Jules Buckley, award-winning musician George Ezra and singer-songwriter Emeli Sandé, legendary musician Nile Rodgers and his band Chic and the world’s most successful classical crossover group Il Divo will headline five nights of live music at Lytham Festival 2018.

Festival organisers have today completed the full list of headliners for the Main Proms Arena on Lytham Green from Wednesday 18 to Sunday 22 July.

Lytham Festival tickets are on sale now from www.lythamfestival.com

Lytham Festival’s opener on Wednesday July 18 will be a pop-fuelled party night when chart-toppers Steps take to the stage. They will be joined by special guests Whigfield, Vengaboys and DJ Pat Sharp.

Thursday July 19 sees Leafy Lytham Green transformed into a clubber’s dream as Pete Tong, along with the Heritage Orchestra conducted by Jules Buckley, presents the critically acclaimed audio and visual spectacle Ibiza Classics. The iconic night will be supported with a set from electronic dance duo Basement Jaxx.

Award-winning musician and singer-songwriter George Ezra will be joined by the stunning voice of Emeli Sandé on Friday July 20. They will be supported by singer-songwriter Rae Morris.

Saturday night sees legendary musician Nile Rodgers and his band Chic headline an uber cool night of disco, hip hop and rock. They will be supported by special guests 80s pop chart-toppers Bananarama and Grammy Award winners Soul II Soul.

And to close the five-night event on Sunday July 22, international quartet Il Divo will headline. They will be joined on stage with special guest Olivier Award-winning West End star, singer and actress Martine McCutcheon and the Heart of England Orchestra.

Lytham Festival director Peter Taylor said: “The line-up for Lytham Festival 2018 presents an incredible array of artists who will entertain many thousands of people.

“Once again we have programmed a festival which will appeal to a wide range of people. Lytham is not about catering to just one type of music taste. Our aim is always to make our festival attractive to as many people as possible – whatever their music taste.

“The line-up for 2018 does that and we look forward to a fantastic week of live music.”

For more information go to www.lythamfestival.com

Music fans will get the chance to go One Step Beyond this summer as Madness announce an exclusive four-date tour of UK stately homes and a castle!

The British pop icons, who have been thrilling audiences for almost four decades, will headline four open air gigs bringing their House of Fun to:

July 6 – Englefield House, Reading

July 7 – Euston Park, Thetford

July 13 – Ragley Hall, Alcester

July 14 – Alnwick Castle, Northumberland

Tickets for the tour go on general sale at 9am on Friday January 26 from www.ticketmaster.co.uk

The last couple of years have been truly sensational for Madness as they followed up a phenomenal 2016 appearance on Glastonbury’s Pyramid stage with the release of their 11^th studio album – the critically acclaimed Can’t Touch Us Now.

Featuring the hit single Mr Apples, it instantly went Top 5.

The band’s tour is presented by promoters Cuffe and Taylor, whose director Peter Taylor said: “Madness are a Great British institution who remain one of the best live acts around.

“We worked with them at both Lytham Festival and Scarborough Open Air Theatre in 2017 and their show is a night of Madness-style mayhem with unbridled fun and songs that have become ingrained into the nation’s musical psyche over the last 30 years.

“We are now delighted to be presenting their four-date stately home tour and look forward to what will be a mad summer with these guys.

“All four venues are beautiful properties in the most amazing settings, so these will be incredible outdoor shows.”

A proud and original line-up often referring to themselves as a dysfunctional but happy family Suggs, Mike “Barzo” Barson, Chris “Chrissy Boy” Foreman, Lee “Kix” Thompson, Daniel “Woody” Woodgate and Mark “Bedders” Bedford have played to millions of fans over the last 40 years.

Formed in Camden in 1976, they have chalked up 15 UK Top 10 singles – including the timeless Our House, It Must Be Love, One Step Beyond, My Girl, Wings Of A Dove and Baggy Trousers – together with seven Top 10 albums.

Known for their cheeky humour and musical eclecticism, this “dysfunctional family” create a unique sound that comes into its own on stage and continues to endear them to fans new and old.

Tickets for Madness go on general sale at 9am on Friday January 26 from www.ticketmaster.co.uk

International superstar Lionel Richie will return to the UK in 2018 with a show at Scarborough Open Air Theatre.

This not-to-be-missed Yorkshire coast date on Tuesday June 19 is part of the music icon’s summer tour which will visit stunning open-air venues across the country.

Tickets go on sale at 10am on Friday February 2 via www.ticketmaster.co.uk

Performing hits from his extensive and much-loved repertoire spanning decades, all the way from the Commodores to the present day, Lionel’s shows are world renowned for their party atmosphere.

Fans will be able to enjoy timeless mega-hits and sing along to classics such as ‘Lady’, ‘Truly, ‘Dancing on the Ceiling’, ‘Say You Say Me’, ‘Hello’ and ‘All Night Long’.

Lionel says of his return: “I’ve been missing the UK and can’t wait to make my long-awaited return and to see parts of the country I’ve never made it out to before. The fans are always incredible and they make the atmosphere at every show electric, so I look forward to singing along with them soon.”

These will be Lionel’s first UK shows since receiving glittering reviews for his ‘All The Hits’ tour which included three nights at London’s The O2. The dates followed a phenomenal Glastonbury 2016 performance which drew the biggest crowd of the weekend as more than 200,000 people flocked to the Pyramid Stage. Lionel’s incredible success continued as his album ‘The Definitive Collection’ topped the charts and provided his first UK Number 1 in 23 years.

Lionel went on to receive British GQ’s Icon Award adding to a celebrated career which includes the O2 Silver Clef Award, four GRAMMYs, a Golden Globe and even an Oscar as well as the prestigious Nordoff Robbins O2 Silver Clef Award.

In 2016 Lionel launched his on-going Las Vegas headline residency show, ‘Lionel Richie—All the Hits’, at The AXIS at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino, where he takes his fans on a spectacular musical journey, performing a variety of his seminal hits. Having sold more than 100 million albums worldwide he recently joined the judging panel on ABC’s American Idol.

Lionel Richie joins a stellar 2018 line-up at Scarborough OAT – Europe’s largest open air theatre – that includes international pop icon Britney Spears, Il Divo, Gary Barlow, The Script, Steps and Alfie Boe.

Tickets go on sale at 10am Friday from www.ticketmaster.co.uk and www.scarboroughopenairtheatre.com or in person from Scarborough Open Air Theatre Box Office (01723 818111) and the Discover Yorkshire Coast Tourism Bureau (01723 383636).

The Jockey Club Live and Carlisle Racecourse are proud to announce that PALOMA FAITH will be headlining an open-air concert at Carlisle Racecourse on Saturday, 7^th July.

With her acclaimed Number 1 album ‘The Architect’ riding high in the charts and a BRIT nomination for Best British Female, Paloma Faith will be bringing hits old and new to the course for a stunning headline performance.

Paloma Faith returned to the charts in 2017 with ‘The Architect’, following the huge success of her 2014 album, ‘A Perfect Contradiction’, which spent 29 weeks in the Top 10 Albums Chart, 66 weeks in the Top 40, and 100 weeks in the Top 200.

The new album is currently on course to become her fourth double platinum album in a row – which would make her the first British woman in chart history to achieve this incredible feat!

Equally at home both onstage and in the studio, this show will undoubtedly be one of the highlights of the summer season.  

Paloma Faith said: “I can’t wait to perform at Carlisle Racecourse this summer for the first time. I love summertime and I love outdoor shows so to be able to perform on a – hopefully – sunny evening at the course is something I’m very much looking forward to.”

Geraldine McKay, General Manager at Carlisle Racecourse, said: “We are all extremely excited to welcome Paloma Faith to the track in 2018; we all believe she is a fantastic performer and cannot wait to see her show…”

 The Jockey Club Live are leading promoters on the UK live scene, delivering spectacular line-ups of some of the hottest chart talent and legendary household names to some of the world’s most famous racecourses.

The events are renowned for combining a fun filled evening at the races with a spectacular evening concert in the informal and relaxed open-air setting of the hallowed turf. In previous years, Carlisle Racecourse has seen headline performances from artists including Madness, Will Young and Jess Glynne.

The Jockey Club racecourses have world-class customer facilities, featuring an array of award winning restaurants that cater for all tastes, be it Fine Dining through to delicious bistro food. The Jockey Club venues welcome over 2million people a year for some of the UKs biggest racing events so you can be sure a fantastic evening.

Tickets will be on sale at 8am on Friday 2^nd February via thejockeyclublive.co.uk, with a presale available to customers at 8am on Wednesday 31^st January.

Tickets are priced starting at £35. There will be limited child tickets available at £15, with all all T&C’s available on carlisle.thejockeyclub.co.uk. There will be hospitality packages available to suit all budgets.

Pop icon Britney Spears today announces she will be bringing her “Britney: Piece of Me” show to the UK in August 2018.

A celebration of one of the most illustrious careers in music history, the show heads to Scarborough Open Air Theatre on Friday August 17 before dates in London, Manchester, Dublin and Glasgow.

Tickets go on sale at 10am on Saturday January 27 via www.ticketmaster.co.uk

For the first and only time, “Britney: Piece of Me” will visit Europe for a very limited engagement for fans that were not able to see the show in Las Vegas. This tour follows Britney’s record-breaking, four-year headlining residency, at The AXIS at Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino, where Britney received rave reviews from both critics and fans alike since opening in December 2013.

“Britney: Piece of Me” – UK DATES

Friday 17 August                     Scarborough                Scarborough Open Air Theatre

Saturday 18 August                 Manchester                 Manchester Arena

Monday 20 August                  Dublin                          Dublin 3 Arena

Wednesday 22 August            Glasgow                      SSE Hydro

Friday 24 August                     London                        The O2

With more than 250 shows, the record-setting residency was sold out on a regular basis, selling almost one million tickets.

Dazzling fans with show-stopping performances for more than 15 years, multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning pop icon Britney Spears is one of the most successful and celebrated entertainers in pop history, reaching icon status for some of the most seductive performances in history, blazing a trail for modern day female empowerment. A frontrunner in entertainment selling almost 100 million records sold worldwide.

Britney’s musical career boasts countless awards and accolades, including six Billboard Music Awards and Billboard’s Millennium Award, which recognizes outstanding career achievements and influence in the music industry as well as an American Music Award and the 2011 MTV Video Vanguard Award.

Britney has earned a total of six No.1-debuting albums on the Billboard 200 chart and eight Top 10 Albums in the UK. She has 24 top 40 hit singles on the Billboard Hot 100 – five of which went to No.1 – 22 Top 10 UK singles and five UK No.1s.  Britney has been nominated for eight Grammy Awards and won for Best Dance Recording in 2005.

Britney’s UK dates are presented by Cuffe and Taylor, the exclusive programmers of live music events at Scarborough OAT.

Director Peter Taylor said: “Britney Spears is quite simply one of the biggest music stars in the world. Her live shows are stunning events and her tours sell out across the globe. We are delighted to be bringing her ‘Piece Of Me’ show here to the UK. This is going to be something truly special.”

Tickets go on sale at 10am on Saturday January 27 via www.ticketmaster.co.uk

and www.scarboroughopenairtheatre.com or in person from Scarborough Open Air Theatre Box Office (01723 818111) and the Discover Yorkshire Coast Tourism Bureau (01723 383636).

Singer-songwriter and star of ITV’s The Voice Lawrence Hill will support pop icon Kim Wilde when she heads out on her UK tour this spring.

Kim – who has sold more than 30 million records worldwide – releases her eagerly anticipated 14^th studio album ‘Here Come The Aliens’ on Friday March 16.

She then embarks on her first full UK Tour in 35 years which kicks off at Ipswich’s Regent Theatre on Friday March 30.

Lawrence, who has toured Europe with Kim over the last two years, will be joining her on the road for all 19 UK dates which include shows in London, Glasgow, Sheffield and Birmingham.

Kim said: “I cannot wait for my ‘Here Come The Aliens Tour’ to begin. It’s going to be amazing and having Lawrence there with us is going to make this really special.

“He is a real talent and I am sure everyone who comes to the shows is going to fall in love with him and his music.”

Kim, who is promising a live show packed with her classic hits together with new tracks from ‘Here Come The Aliens’, stumbled across Hertfordshire-based guitarist and singer Lawrence while he was playing in a local pub and instantly became a fan.

Lawrence’s original, eclectic and infectious sound is full of energy and optimism. He made it through to the ’Battle’ rounds of The Voice 2017 with judge and Black Eyed Peas’ frontman will.i.am labelling him “amazing”.

On joining Kim on the tour, Lawrence said: “I’ve loved playing with Kim across Europe where the fans have been fantastic. Playing to Kim’s fans at major venues across the UK is going to be something else. I can’t wait for the first gig.”

Produced by Ricky Wilde, ‘Here Come The Aliens’ was recorded at London’s legendary RAK studios – the very same studios where Kim began her career back in 1981 and recorded such seminal hits as Kids In America, Chequered Love and Cambodia.

KIM WILDE’S HERE COME THE ALIENS 2018 UK TOUR:

MARCH 2018

30^TH FRI           IPSWICH                      REGENT THEATRE

31^ST SAT           SOUTHEND                  CLIFFS PAVILION

APRIL 2018

2^ND MON         GLASGOW                   OLD FRUIT MARKET

4^TH WED          BATH                           THE FORUM

5^TH THU           TORQUAY                    PRINCESS THEATRE

6^TH FRI             YEOVIL                        WESTLANDS

7^th SAT             BOURNEMOUTH         THE PAVILION THEATRE

11^TH WED        WREXHAM                  WILLIAM ASTON HALL

12^TH THU         PRESTON                     THE GUILDHALL

13^TH FRI           SHEFFIELD                   PLUG

15^TH SUN         YORK                           BARBICAN

16^TH MON       GATESHEAD                THE SAGE

19^TH THU         HALIFAX                       THE VICTORIA THEATRE

20^TH FRI           BUXTON                      OPERA HOUSE

21^ST SAT           BIRMINGHAM             TOWN HALL

22^ND SUN         SALISBURY                   CITY HALL

24^TH TUE          HASTINGS                    THE WHITE ROCK THEATRE

26^TH THU         LONDON                     KOKO

30^TH MON       SALFORD                     THE LOWRY

To pre-order Kim’s ‘Here Come The Aliens’ go to http://smarturl.it/HereComeTheAliens

Tickets for all UK tour dates are available from www.ticketmaster.com

One of the UK’s most talked about and highly respected breakthrough artists is set for what promises to be a not-to-be-missed night at Scarborough Open Air Theatre.

Although barely into his twenties, Tom Walker has 50 million streams to his name while his stunning new single ‘Leave a Light On’ has received major radio airplay.

And the singer-songwriter – recently named on the influential ‘BBC Sound of 2018’ longlist –  is heading to the Yorkshire coast on Thursday June 21^st when he will support The Script.

The multi-award winning Irish rock band – who last year scored their fourth number one album – are playing a headline show at Europe’s largest open-air theatre for the first time. Tickets are on sale now via www.ticketmaster.co.uk

Born in Glasgow and raised in Manchester, Tom released his debut track in 2016 and his reputation has grown ever since. He has played sold-out tours and support slots for artists including George Ezra, Gallant, Maverick Sabre and Jake Bugg and performed a mesmerising set at last year’s Glastonbury Festival.

Tom describes his music as “a mix between hip hop, a tiny bit of blues, a bit of pop with a splash of reggae” welded together by his heartfelt, down-to-earth storytelling on songs like ‘Just You’ and I and the Naughty Boy-produced single ‘Heartland’.

The Script’s concert at Scarborough OAT is presented by promoters Cuffe and Taylor. Director Peter Taylor said: “This was already going to be a sensational night with The Script headlining, but adding Tom Walker to the bill means this is going to be something very very special.

“Tom is quite simply one of the most talked about and relevant acts around and we are delighted to be bringing him to Scarborough Open Air Theatre. You will not want to miss this!”

 The Script head to Yorkshire fresh from the success of their fourth Number 1 UK album. Freedom Child. It topped the UK Official Albums Chart and lead single Rain picked up phenomenal radio airplay. To date, the video for Rain has been viewed more than 29 million times.

Since arriving on the scene in 2008, they have sold more than 29 million records and given us such global hits as We Cry, The Man Who Can’t Be Moved, For The First Time, Hall Of Fame (featuring will.i.am) and Superheroes.

The Script – lead singer Danny O’Donoghue, guitarist Mark Sheehan and drummer Glen Power – are one of the biggest live acts and have sold more than 1.4 million tickets for shows around the world.

Tickets for The Script’s show at Scarborough OAT are on sale now available from www.ticketmaster.co.uk (0844 844 0444) and www.scarboroughopenairtheatre.com or in person from Scarborough Open Air Theatre Box Office (01723 818111) and the Discover Yorkshire Coast Tourism Bureau (01723 383636).

After sold out shows in the USA, Australia and Europe, the world’s favourite Liverpool-born Beatles tribute band – THE MERSEY BEATLES – are embarking on an historic UK Tour.

Their GET BACK 2018 TOUR visits the very same towns, cities and historic British venues that the original Fab Four first rocked in the 1960s. Tickets go on sale on Friday December 15^th via www.ticketmaster.co.uk

Fewer than 80 of the 200-plus British venues The Beatles played between 1957 and 1966 remain today as so many historic dance halls and theatres that shook to the original Merseybeat sound have been demolished.

In a unique bid to celebrate both The Beatles’ music and the special places that helped shape that world-changing Rock ‘n’ Roll sound, The Mersey Beatles will play 12 original Fab Four venues in October and November 2018.

The Get Back Tour hits Wirral, Stockport, Whitchurch, Blackburn, Rhyl, Aldershot, Bedford, Norwich, Stoke, Coventry, Lydney, Walthamstow, Margate, Salisbury, Alloa, Aberdeen and Newcastle.

Within a stunning two-hour show – which brilliantly captures all the hits from Love Me Do to Let It Be – The Mersey Beatles will play the exact same songs John, Paul, George and Ringo did at the venue, allowing audiences to really ‘Get Back in time for a true Fab Four experience’.

Ranging from town halls and ballrooms to old cinemas and theatres, the tour opens on October 31^st at Port Sunlight’s historic Hulme Hall where, in 1962, Ringo Starr made his first appearance as The Beatles new drummer.

Other venues include Newcastle’s Majestic Ballroom (now the O2 Academy). It was here, after a 1963 show, that John Lennon and Paul McCartney penned the worldwide smash She Loves You in a hotel around the corner.

The 17-date Get Back Tour visits England, Wales and Scotland, including a show at Alloa Town Hall which, in 1960, the then ‘Silver Beetles’ played as part of their first ever professional tour – just months before they famously headed to Hamburg for the first time.

When it comes to stage performance, The Mersey Beatles brilliantly exude the inner and outer spirit of the original Fab Four from the costumes, the haircuts, the instruments and, of course, that unmistakable and legendary Liverpool-born sound.

Joe Flannery, Beatles’ manager Brian Epstein’s assistant, added: “When I saw them play in The Cavern, they perfectly recreated the atmosphere that the original Beatles produced. It was just like listening to The Beatles again.”

Formed in 1999 in Liverpool by four school friends, The Mersey Beatles have toured the world many times over. And the band – Mark Bloor (John), Steven Howard (Paul), Craig McGown (George) and Brian Ambrose (Ringo) cannot wait to hit the road in 2018.

Steven said: “This tour is going to be amazing! We are, of course, all Beatles fans and, as Liverpool lads we’ve been obsessed with the band since we were in school. It’s going to be great to follow in the Fab Four’s footsteps and truly recreate those special shows at these wonderful and historic venues.”

Mark added: “We pride ourselves on bringing a true Beatles experience, covering all the eras from the days of The Cavern Club, through Beatlemania to Sgt Pepper and the band’s final gig on the rooftop of the Apple offices. We cannot wait to Get Back to where it all began for the greatest band of all time.”

Tickets go on sale at 9am on Friday December 15^th via www.ticketmaster.co.uk

GET BACK – THE MERSEY BEATLES 2018 UK TOUR
OCT 31            PORT SUNLIGHT – Hulme Hall
NOV 6              STOCKPORT – Plaza
NOV 8              WHITCHURCH – Civic Centre
NOV 9              BLACKBURN – King George’s Hall (Windsor Suite)
NOV 10            RHYL – Pavilion
NOV 13            ALDERSHOT – Princes Hall
NOV 14            BEDFORD – Corn Exchange
NOV 15            NORWICH – Epic Studios
NOV 16            STOKE – Kings Hall
NOV 17            COVENTRY – Albany Theatre
NOV 21           LYDNEY – Town Hall
NOV 22            WALTHAMSTOW – Maud @ Mirth, Marvel and Maud
NOV 23            MARGATE – Winter Gardens
NOV 24            SALISBURY – City Hall
NOV 28            ALLOA – Town Hall
NOV 29            ABERDEEN – The Beach Ballroom
NOV 30            NEWCASTLE – O2 Academy

The Script are heading to the Yorkshire coast next summer for what promises to be a sensational night at Scarborough Open Air Theatre.

The Irish rock band – who this year scored their fourth Number 1 UK album – will play Europe’s largest open-air theatre on Thursday June 21^st 2018.

Tickets for go on sale at 9am Friday December 15^th via www.ticketmaster.co.uk

Since arriving on the scene in 2008, The Script have sold more than 29 million records and given us such global hits as We Cry, The Man Who Can’t Be Moved, For The First Time, Hall Of Fame (featuring will.i.am) and Superheroes.

Their 2017 album Freedom Child topped the UK Official Albums Chart and lead single Rain picked up phenomenal radio airplay. To date, the video for Rain has been viewed more than 26 million times.

The Script – lead singer Danny O’Donoghue, guitarist Mark Sheehan and drummer Glen Power – are also one of the biggest live acts and have sold more than 1.4 million tickets for shows around the world.

Ahead of their live date at Scarborough OAT, Danny said: “The response to the new album has been fantastic and we cannot wait to take it out on the road in 2018.

 “We’ve never played Scarborough Open Air Theatre before so we are really looking forward to heading to the Yorkshire coast. We hope you can join us to rock in this beautiful setting and what promises to be a fantastic atmosphere on the night.”

On the global success of Freedom Child, which was number one on the iTunes chart in 13 countries, the band said: “You guys may never understand how happy we are to have achieved our fourth Number 1 album. You see, we’ve worked so hard on it and ultimately the fans decided whether it’s a strong album or not. We’re so, so lucky and are humbled by it.”

 Freedom Child saw the band presenting a collection of urgent, timely, future-facing anthems that speak of both real-life events and real-time sonic adventurism. The album was recorded between London and Los Angeles and, for the first time, the band chose to work with some outside writers and producers including Toby Gad and Nasri Atweh.

The Script’s concert at Scarborough OAT is presented by promoters Cuffe and Taylor. Director Peter Taylor said: “We cannot think of a better Christmas present for Yorkshire fans of The Script than to announce this sensational band are heading to Scarborough OAT in 2018!

 “The Script have sold out arenas around the world and are quite rightly regarded as one of the UK’s best live bands. This gig is going to be something really special.”

Tickets for The Script’s show at Scarborough OAT go on sale at 9am Friday December 15^th. They are available from www.ticketmaster.co.uk (0844 844 0444) and www.scarboroughopenairtheatre.com or in person from Scarborough Open Air Theatre Box Office (01723 818111) and the Discover Yorkshire Coast Tourism Bureau (01723 383636).