Radio 2 Live In Blackpool
Watch highlights from BBC Radio 2′s Empress Ballroom concert, featuring Mika, Daniel Merriweather, Pixie Lott, Will Young and Newton Faulkner by pressing the red button from the morning of Monday 7 September on any BBC channel on your digital TV.
To see highlights click here

Billys successful season at the North Pier Blackpool goes from strength to strenght. Last nights performance was a full house and they were having to turn people away!!
Billy Pearce Laughter Show – Variety at It’s Best
Blackpool North Pier Shows
Tuesday 14th July – Tuesday 13th October 2009
plus – Tues 20th & 27th Oct @ Blackpool Opera House
Every Tuesday @ 7.30pm
One Child Free With One Adult (Buy Pairs)
Team Halfords Bikehut’s Ed Clancy took an impressive victory over rivals Dean Downing and Malcolm Elliott in the Elite Criterium at the Blackpool Nocturne. More than 4,000 spectators saw some of the UK’s premier riders take on the course, with the star riders introduced by Eurosport’s David Harmon before getting underway for the one hour of racing. Click here for more details.

Elite riders at the start
The top riders are called up to the start line to bhe introduced to the crowds. The eventual winner Ed. Clancy (olympic gold medalist) is on the left.

The winners
The winners presentation with the Mayor. Ed Clancy took an impressive victory over rivals Dean Downing and Malcolm Elliott.

Hoteliers race winner.
The young lad on the right won the Hoteliers race. he beat me by 0.6 of a second but he is nearly forty years younger than me. the lad on the left who does triathlons was beaten out of sight. It was just a bit of fun tho. really.
Another great show to go and see. Everyone standing up and dancing by the end.
went to see roy Hemming perform in this show supported by ‘love supremes’ and Dictionary of Soul Band. They were very good and he is an excellent singer. Standing ovation at the end! see clips below.
The Brilliance Scheme in Birley Street Blackpool is now nearing completion. Six stainless steel arches have been erected across the street with sound and light projectors built into them. this is part of a £3.5m regeneration by light scheme for the town centre.

Brilliance arches
The scheme is not finished yet but aims to promote a year round lighting feature with a day and night cafe culture.

night time trials without the projectors working yet.
Went to the opening night of the Producers on Tueday. Really enjoyed it. It you have a chance go and see it.
Standing ovation for the cast at the end.

Smaller do but another entertaining night.


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