TOP POP GROUP PERFORMING WITHIN EASY REACH OF BRIGG

As Brigg Blog has said many times before, a good many of our townsfolk visit Market Rasen Races. But now there's something coming up at the Lincolnshire course that will be of great interest to Brigg music lovers.
Wet Wet Wet have been confirmed as the first act  for Rasen Rocks 2014 at the course this summer.
The band are the first half of the annual musical extravaganza at the Lincolnshire racecourse on Saturday 16th August - for which tickets have now gone on sale, starting at just £23 for adults and £8 for children.
The racecourse has been the scene of a number of smash-hit music events in recent years – with McFly, The Vamps and James Morrison playing to big audiences. Now, with the booking of Wet Wet Wet, the Lincolnshire venue says it has moved up a league.
The second half of Rasen Rocks 2014 is on Saturday 30th August, with the artists for that evening set to be revealed in coming weeks. 
Pip Kirkby, General Manager of Market Rasen Racecourse, said: “Rasen Rocks has grown to become one of the most popular musical events in Lincolnshire over the last few years.  We are thrilled to welcome Wet Wet Wet on Saturday 16th August, as they follow in the steps of McFly, The Vamps and James Morrison who have wowed the racecourse crowds.  This booking is a coup for Market Rasen and I’m sure tickets will be snapped up in big numbers by music fans.”
Wet Wet Wet have been entertaining fans with their music for a quarter of a century and continue to do so.  Selling in excess of 15 million singles and albums to date, they remain as one of the UK’s most loved and bestselling artists ever.  One of three single chart toppers for the quartet of Marti Pellow, Tommy Cunningham, Graeme Clark and Neil Mitchell, was a cover of The Troggs 1960s hit ‘Love Is All Around’ (included on the soundtrack to the film ‘Four Weddings And A Funeral’), which was a huge international success and spent 15 weeks as number one in Britain.
The band has produced some of the most famous and timeless songs of their generation, including ‘Wishing I Was Lucky’, ‘Sweet Little Mystery’ and ‘Goodnight Girl’.
Late last year they released ‘Step By Step – The Greatest Hits’, described as a “celebration of the band’s most popular songs”.  The album features three new tracks as well as songs from Wet Wet Wet’s back catalogue. They recently completed a hugely successful 12-date ‘Greatest Hits’ tour.
Tickets for the racing fixture with Wet Wet Wet in concert afterwards can be bought at the racecourse, online at www.marketrasenraces.co.uk or by telephone on 0844 579 3009. 
‘Rasen Rocks’ fixtures are among the best attended of the year at the racecourse and early purchase is highly recommended.
The prices for Saturday 16th August are: County £31; Tattersalls £28; Family £23.  Unlike horse racing only fixtures at Market Rasen Racecourse when accompanied under 18s are admitted free of charge, tickets for children aged five years and over will cost £8 each.  Children’s tickets are limited in number (200 per enclosure), so early purchase is advisable - there is a maximum of four children’s tickets per paying adult.
Market Rasen Racecourse is staging 21 jump racing meetings in 2014 and is a leading conference and events centre in the East Midlands.  More information is available at www.marketrasenraces.co.uk