'I love Lytham Festival and I can't wait to see Robbie Williams perform there next summer' - Sherrie Hewson
“The Festival is always a great event and it is getting bigger and bigger all the time - it's a fantastic thing for Lytham”
Fylde-based TV star Sherrie Hewson is eagerly looking forward to next summer’s Lytham Festival - and especially the opportunity to see music superstar Robbie Williams performing locally.
Robbie is headlining the Festival’s Saturday night on July 3 and Sherrie, the Benidorm and Coronation Street star who lives in Lytham, has recalled a fond memory involving him as she relishes the prospect of the sellout show.
Their paths crossed several years ago at a performance in aid of the BBC Children In Need charity at a time when Sherrie and Robbie’s wife Ayda Field were both panellists on ITV’s Loose Women lunchtime show.
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“The Loose Women panel had been invited to perform on BBC Children In Need and we were to sing the Girls Aloud song The Promise,” Sherrie recalled.
“With Ayda’s involvement in the show at the time, Robbie was always at the studio and when we went to the BBC to sing the song and we were all ready to go on, Robbie came out and asked what was the matter with us.
“He had seen that we looked nervous and I said ‘Robbie, we've got to follow Take That’.
“Robbie replied: ‘Listen, you're not Girls Aloud, you're Nanas Aloud, so get over yourself’.
“That perked us up, because we didn't feel so silly then. Take That were massive at the time and we realised we just had to go out there and enjoy it - and we did.
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“What Robbie said was a big help and I can’t wait to see him here next year.
“The Festival is always a great event and it is getting bigger and bigger all the time. It's a fantastic thing for Lytham - the revenue it must bring in, the money people spend, especially at the Queens because they sit outside the Queens and enjoy the wonderful atmosphere.
“I’m really looking forward to another great Festival.”
Robbie was the first headliner to be announced for next summer’s Lytham Festival and tickets were very quickly snapped up.
The Festival will run from June 30 to July and other headliners announced so far are the Kings of Leon on the opening Wednesday night, Fatboy Slim on the Friday and The Corrs on the Sunday, with the Thursday night star set to be revealed.
Full details at www.lythamfestival.com