Re: Music concerts at Robin Park Arena? : Thu Jan 23, 2020 9:55 pm  

Levrier wrote:

And Captain Beefheart and don't forget Jeremy Beadle commentating. It is still one of the best concert CDs in my collection.

And not forgetting the brilliantly named “riders of the purple sage”

Re: Music concerts at Robin Park Arena? : Thu Jan 23, 2020 11:02 pm  

hatty wrote:

And not forgetting the brilliantly named “riders of the purple sage”

Weren't they the 'Panama Red' guys? I remember that!

Re: Music concerts at Robin Park Arena? : Fri Jan 24, 2020 8:11 am  

A Guy Called Gerald - Wigan Pier 1989

Re: Music concerts at Robin Park Arena? : Fri Jan 24, 2020 8:17 am  

Levrier wrote:

But were they not a local band?

Apologies, misread

Re: Music concerts at Robin Park Arena? : Fri Jan 24, 2020 9:19 am  

Bolton have had some big names and Little Mix are playing at St Helens.

Re: Music concerts at Robin Park Arena? : Sun Jan 26, 2020 12:13 am  

Levrier wrote:

I wonder what class of act could be enticed to play in Wigan. It has been a long time since a world class act played here without being from Wigan, possibly The Grateful Dead in 1972 but that was in Bickershaw.

Beck.

Re: Music concerts at Robin Park Arena? : Sun Jan 26, 2020 9:32 am  

Lionel Richie played LSV a couple of years ago,i saw Pink at Bolton but the traffic is an absolute nightmare when you try and get out it took me about two and a half hours to get out of the car park

Re: Music concerts at Robin Park Arena? : Sun Jan 26, 2020 10:12 am  

What would the capacity of The RPA be and what calibre of talent would they look to employ. Should other local internationally acclaimed music venues, such as Parbold Village Hall, be worried?

Re: Music concerts at Robin Park Arena? : Sun Jan 26, 2020 11:24 am  

the Jacksons played Haydock Park not so long back & so did Madness, Kylie and a few others that I don't want to own up to watching...

Re: Music concerts at Robin Park Arena? : Sun Jan 26, 2020 2:06 pm  

I know that this is one of those season not kicked off yet threads but I am fascinated by the possibility that more and better acts could be performing locally. Take my point about Parbold Village Hall, some of you on here will know that it regularly hosts some of the finest classical performers in the world. It is not unusual for an internationally acclaimed instrumentalist to play Carnegie in New York, La Scala in Milan and play Parbold before moving on The Royal Albert Hall. It is all about getting the right performers to want to appear. I am not sure what the vision is for Robin Park but I imagine that the promoters will be lining up the Cheeky Girls as we speak.