This year's Frodsham Summer Festival promises to be the biggest one yet as The Christians, Space and The Icicle Works have been booked as 2016's headline acts.
Now in its fourth year, the three-day festival runs at Saltworks Farm in Ship Street, Frodsham from July 8-10.
Organiser Mark Rowland said: “We are really excited about the festival, all three of these bands have a fantastic back catalogue and have sold millions of records worldwide.
“I think they’re great choices to go with the demographic we get with the veteran’s football tournament and I hope people agree.
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“Personally I’m really excited to see The Christians closing the show on Sunday.”
Liverpool group The Christians had a number one album in 1990 with Colour and were also part of the chart-topping charity single Ferry ‘Cross the Mersey in honour of the Hillsborough disaster victims in 1989.
Formed by brothers Garry, Roger and Russell Christian and Henry Priestman in 1985, their other major hits include Words, Ideal World and Forgotten Town.
Fellow Liverpudlians and post-punk outfit The Icicle Works will play the Friday night slot fronted by Ian McNabb.
Reformed in 2006 after a 15-year absence, they can call upon tracks from their history including Love is a Wonderful Colour and Whisper to a Scream (Birds Fly).
Britpop heroes Space take to the stage on Saturday and will surely break out top-10 singles The Ballad of Tom Jones, Avenging Angels and Neighbourhood.
They rose to prominence in the mid-1990s off their debut album Spiders and backed it up by their second release Tin Planet, which peaked at number three in the charts.
Their fifth studio album Give Me Your Future is due for release in 2016.
China Crisis headlined the event last year, and Mark said this year’s lineup was evidence of the festival’s growing reputation.
He said: “We are able to book big names now and I think it’s great for Frodsham .
“A lot of effort goes into it, but we just had to get the foot in the door and build up a reputation as a recognised festival.
“Even on the back of having China Crisis last year, 2016 promises to be the biggest we’ve had.”
Tickets cost £35 for the weekend and £14 for individual days, they are available on the See Tickets website.
For more information visit the Frodsham Festival Facebook page .
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