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Hopefully the first of many.

Great news. Let's hope its successful, can't see it not being (attendance wise), I went to The Verve concert at Haigh Hall in 1998 and he was a massive draw back then.

First of many I hope.

Wonder what the capacity will be. Will need to be decent to make a profit.

I can only assume they are installing temporary stands for seating and then a standing area on the covered pitch.

Yes bringing the cash in for the Wire, thanks very much.

He was decent 20 years ago. Pretty much a pub singer these days

Pretty good supporting the Stones at Old Trafford a couple of years back. Local lad on home territory - sounds good to me.

Well he did go straight in at number 2 in the album charts in November 21,not bad for a pub singer.

Class act. Packs out the Echo Arena in Liverpool when he plays there, 9,000 capacity I think. I would expect there'll be over 10,000 on at Wigan for his homecoming concert. Excellent planning by the club to generate some extra revenue. Get the Lathums booked up next (maybe they are the support act for Dickie Ashcroft?)

Joint venture between Wigan and Wire to crush Saints financially, sounds like a cunning plan to me

I’ve found the whole one-upmanship between Wigan fans and rival fans on social media strange when it comes to this event and events at other clubs. Off the top of my head I know Saints, HKR and now Wigan host concerts and financially it will hopefully be a massive winner. At a time when it feels like the game is on its backside, all should be applauded.

I agree but to be fair when the Ashcroft concert was announced some of the comments from Wigan fans on social media were unbelievable. It was as though they were the trailblazers and no one else had ever done it. Thats what annoyed a lot of Saints fans.

And the Proclaimers