Still a chance to grab Forest Live tickets
By David Wood | 4th June 2018
Where: Westonbirt Arboretum, near Tetbury
When: June 14-15
There's still a chance to grab a ticket to see some classy musical acts at the Forest Live series of concerts at Westonbirt Arboretum next week.
Paloma Faith and George Ezra both sold out quickly but there are still some tickets available to see Dublin's finest, The Script, and Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott on consecutive nights at the arboretum near Tetbury.
The Script are one of the world's most popular bands and have sold over 29 million records. Their latest release, Freedom Child, topped the UK Official Albums Chart and scored the band their fourth UK No 1 album.
Lead single Rain picked up phenomenal radio airplay and the video has been viewed over 24 million times.
The Irish three-piece are also one of the biggest live acts, having sold over 1.4 million tickets across 203 headline shows.
The Script will be performing at Westonbirt on Thursday, June 14, while the following day, Friday, June 15, Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott will be appearing with special guest Billy Bragg.
The duo's latest album Crooked Calypso charted at no 2, making it their highest release as a duo to date following on from two further top 5 albums in What Have We Become and Wisdom, Laughter and Lines.
Paul Heaton, one of the UK's most successful songwriters with some 10 million album sales under his belt, first came to public attention in the early 80s as front man of Hull-based indie poppers The Housemartins.
In 1988 Heaton formed The Beautiful South, who released 10 hugely successful albums. Jacqui Abbott was lead vocalist in The Beautiful South from 1994 to 2000 and she sang many of their signature hits including Rotterdam, Perfect 10, Don't Marry Her and Dream A Little Dream.
The Forest Live gigs will see them play material from their albums as a duo and songs from The Beautiful South and the Housemartins.
Forest Live is a major live music series, managed by the Forestry Commission. Held every year in seven beautiful forest locations across the country, over 1.5 million people have attended a gig in the programme's 17-year history.
The concerts are renowned for their informal and relaxed atmosphere set to a spectacular forest backdrop. Income generated from ticket sales helps to look after the nation's forests sustainably, for people to enjoy and wildlife to thrive.
Picture captions: The Script, top, and Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott
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