Simply Red, the popular band behind hits like If You Don’t Know Me By Now and Stars, will touch down at Lincolnshire Showground as part of their huge 2022 tour.
With over 60 million albums sold worldwide and five UK number 1 hit albums, Simply Red remain one of the UK’s most successful bands.
Their highly anticipated Lincoln concert will take place on Friday, July 1, 2022.
Tickets go on sale on Friday, November 26 at 10am and prices are currently being advertised by organiser LPH Concerts and Events as £52, plus fees.
Mick Hucknall formed Simply Red in 1985 in Manchester and enjoyed immediate success with first single ‘Money’s Too Tight To Mention’ and the BRIT Award-nominated album ‘Picture Book’ (the first of 13 nominations, and 3 BRIT Award wins).
The band will also be joined on their tour by Lisa Stansfield. After being introduced to Coldcut in 1989, her guest vocals helped ‘People Hold On’ storm the charts and led to a solo career which saw the Rochdale star conquer the world with her accessible soulful dance music.
Simply Red are the latest acts to be announced at the showground, which recently revealed Rag ‘n’ Bone Man would also be on the bill for 2022.
More than one million people will be eligible to book their COVID top-up vaccination from tomorrow, Monday, November 22.
From 7am tomorrow, people aged 40 to 49 will be able to book their booster vaccine, and 16 and 17-year-olds their second jabs, seven days after the JCVI updated their advice for these age groups.
Almost 500,000 people in their 40s had their second dose at least six months ago, and are currently eligible to get their booster jab.
People can book their booster appointment on the National Booking Service a month before they become eligible.
Nearly 200,000 16 and 16-year-olds are already eligible for a second dose, and invitations for second jabs will be landing on their doorsteps in the next few weeks.
Almost 800,000 in this age group have had their first Covid jab.
More than 12 million boosters have been delivered in total since the booster campaign kicked off in September.
Thanks to the efforts of NHS staff and volunteers, more than 93 million jabs have been delivered since Margaret Keenan had the first vaccination in the world outside clinical trials in Coventry last December.
England’s top doctor today urged those in newly eligible groups to come forward as soon as they are eligible for the top up protection against the virus.
Professor Stephen Powis, NHS national medical director, said: “Thanks to the incredible efforts of NHS staff and volunteers more than 12 million boosters have been delivered in less than 10 weeks since the NHS rolled out the programme within 48 hours of updated guidance.
“The NHS has once again been quick to roll out to newly eligible groups, including protecting people in their forties with a booster and providing second doses to young people, with hundreds of thousands of invites landing over the next few weeks.
“I’ve had my booster and I would urge everyone to get their vaccine whether their first, second or top-up dose as soon as possible, giving them and their loved ones vital protection over winter and the festive period.”
The NHS is vaccinating in line with Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) guidance.
UKHSA has advised that where people have had Covid-19, people over 18 or under 18 and at higher risk will need to wait four weeks from the onset of symptoms or a positive test result before getting the vaccine, and people under 18 not at higher risk will need to wait at least 12 weeks.
People can get their vaccine by booking online through the national booking service or by calling 119, and GP practices are also inviting those who are eligible.
