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Issue:- 13 November  2012

THE 10 BEST SELLING ROCK ALBUMS OF ALL TIME… LIVE!!!

AFTER the success of their critically acclaimed 2012 UK tour and as a testimony to the immense popularity of classic rock music, The Classic Rock Show is back; bigger and even better!Featuring the music of The Eagles - Greatest Hits, Led Zeppelin - IV, Dire Straits - Brothers  In Arms, Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon & The Wall, Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run, Meat Meat Meat Meat Loaf  - Bat out of Hell & much, much more!

"Classic Rock doesn’t get any better than this!"

A virtuoso band of the finest musicians on the planet perform an amazing mix of selected tracks from the ten best selling rock albums of all time – with extra songs added for 2013!

"Two and a half hours of classic rock’s best moments!"

From Dire Straits’ - Money For Nothing through to Lynyrd Skynyrd’s - Free Bird, via Meat Loaf’s - Bat Out Of Hell and Pink Floyd’s - Comfortably Numb, you will be taken on a tour of top notch, full throttle, air punching, guitar rocking, chorus singing, foot stomping sonic excitement. Exhilarating and entrancing in equal measure, with a climax to the show that is not to be missed. A gem of a rock show.

"Sore throat guaranteed!"

For more information on the Classic Rock Show please visit their website, Facebook or You Tube Channel website links:-theclassicrockshow.com; Facebook; YouTube

UK 2013 TOUR DATES:-
Date Location Ticket Price
Fri, 18/1/2013 St Albans Alban Arena £20
Sat, 19/1/2013 Cardiff St Davids Hall £20
Sun, 20/1/2013 Norwich Theatre Royal £21 / £17.50 / £15 / £5.50
Mon, 21/1/2013  London Cadogan Hall £27.50
Wed, 23/1/2013
 
York Grand Opera House £21 / £31
Thu, 24/1/2013 Southend Cliffs Pavilion £21 / £31
Fri, 25/1/2013 Birmingham Town Hall £20
Sat, 26/1/2013 Liverpool Philharmonic Hall £20
Mon, 28/1/2013 Cheltenham Town Hall £20
Tue, 29/1/2013 Bristol Colston Hall £20
Wed, 30/1/2013 Basingstoke The Anvil £20
Thu, 31/1/2013 Tunbridge Wells Assembly Hall £20
Fri, 1/2/2013  Leicester De Montfort Hall £20
Sat, 2/2/2013 Plymouth Pavilions £20
Mon, 4/2/2013 Milton Keynes Theatre £20
Tue, 5/2/2013 Gateshead The Sage £20
Wed, 6/2/2013 Aberdeen Music Hall £21 / £31
Fri, 8/2/2013 Inverness Eden Court Theatre £20
Sat, 9/2/2013  Edinburgh Queens Hall £20

All shows are on sale now. Ticketmaster:- 0870 534 4444, Ticketline:- 0870 444 5556, See Tickets:- 0871 220 0260 and Gigantic:- 0115 959 7908.

Win a pair of tickets for "The Classic Rock Show"

THIS is your chance to win a pair of tickets for "The Classic Rock Show" that returns to the UK in January 2013. We have 1 pair of tickets put aside for the winner and all you have to do is answer this simple question and 2013 might start very lucky for you! The show that these tickets are for are on Saturday, 26 January 2012, at the Liverpool Philharmonic, starting at 7:30pm... To enter answer this question and send us your contact information:- "Who preformed 'Money For Nothing' on their 1985 album?" Also do not forget we must have your FULL name and phone number and address! that way we can get the tickets to you, should you win!!!  Please mark on the subject header of your email:- "Rock Christmas Competition" Send your email to our newsroom via:- news24@southportreporter.com by 1pm on 3 January 2013.  Good luck and have a fantastic festive season!  Your information should you win will be sheared with the venue and the event organisers.  Please not that or standard T&C apply.

FREE FESTIVE SCREEN SAVERS

THIS is your chance to get a free Southport Reporter, Festive Screen Saver on your computer!  This week we have 3 for you to download and if you like, install.

THE screen saver below shows clips of a frozen lake and also ducks swimming on the lake at Ainsdale.  The lake is known as Ainsdale Sands Lake.  The words:- "Best wishes for the festive season" are shown during the panorama. The Southport Reporter logo is located around the edges of the screen.

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THIS screen saver below shows video footage of the site of the world's first Lifeboat Station, at Formby point, on the Merseyside Coastline, England, covered in snow. The words:- "Best wishes for the festive season" are shown during the panorama. The Southport Reporter logo is also shown briefly.

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THE screen saver below shows a view of the Sand Dunes and the Mersey Bay, with P&O RoRo Ferry heading out into the Irish sea. The dunes and foreground are coved in snow. the background features the Nautical Mile Marker/ the permanent Mile Marker post was one of 5 erected along this stretch of the Mersey Coastline. This one is sited above the world's first Lifeboat station, now reduced to a few ruins. The words:- "Best wishes for the festive season" are shown during the panorama. the Southport Reporter logo is also shown briefly.

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Merseyside Santa Cam 2012


Above was recorded in 2010!!

OUR Merseyside Santa Cam will be LIVE once again for Christmas Eve 2012, and set ready to catch a shot of Father Christmas as he goes about his work. You can see it by going on to our Santa Cam Page - BE WARNED, though all children, if you see him on the camera you must go to bed quickly! Music with big thanks to Southport band Psychic Robot  Also check out emailsanta.com  for many more camera sites! We will have other lists for you on the big day as well, to keep young eyes entertained.

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