The Wildhearts frontman Ginger is playing an intimate acoustic show in Bolton on August 18.
The Wildhearts formed in 1989 and have had several top 20 singles — the highest placed being Sick of Drugs at number 14 — and a top 10 album, 1995’s P.H.U.Q.
South Shields rocker Ginger has broken up the band on several occasions and started a solo career in 2001.
Several albums have followed, along with appearances with Camp Freddy and the Michael Monroe band.
* Ginger (The Wildhearts) plays Dog and Partridge, Bolton, on Thursday, August 18. Support will come from Jackdaw4. Tickets, £12, are available from the pub or via theeveningeconomies.com/ shop.
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