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Lottery draw for tickets to Robbie
A MASSIVE 15,000 tickets will be issued for Blackpool's Illuminations big Switch On with superstar Robbie Williams.
But organisers have vowed a percentage of those will be reserved exclusively for Fylde coast folk.
From next week, people will be able to register online to be in with a chance of getting a ticket to the Lights extravaganza on September 3.
Tickets will be allocated at random in a lottery-style.
And Real Radio and Smooth Radio, who are behind this year's Switch On weekend, will announce the rest of the star studded line up in the coming days.
Hoteliers and tourism leaders have hailed the announcement that music legend Robbie will be man behind the switch this year as a massive coup for the resort.
Claire Smith, vice-chairman of StayBlackpool and owner of the Number One guest house, said: "You can't really top Robbie can you?
"The news just keeps getting better and better for Blackpool at the moment.
"I am sure many of the smaller hoteliers will have been flooded with calls for rooms after the announcement was made.
"He appeals to everyone, from teeny bopper girls to women of a certain age."
FOR THE FULL STORY SEE SATURDAY'S GAZETTE.
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