A SPECIAL guest will feature at a Noel Gallagher tribute act in Whitehaven’s Solway Hall on Friday.

After two sellout shows at Rosehill Theatre and The Yellow Earl, band “AKA...The Music of Noel Gallagher” will once again bring their Oasis/Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds show to town. Support comes from The Northern Threads, Springfield and Reptilians.

“We initially set the band up as a one off charity event for Macmillan Cancer Support” said Mark Rothery, guitarist and lead singer of the band. “After the success of the first gig though, and how much we enjoyed playing together, we decided that we would carry on playing and see if there was much demand for it.”

Legendary Oasis collaborator Brian Cannon will be running a pop-up shop at the gig. Brian was responsible for the creation of the iconic Oasis logo, and has done numerous photo shoots/videos with the band including album covers for Definitely Maybe, What’s The Story (Morning Glory) and Be Here Now. The shop, manned by Brian, will sell limited edition Oasis/Liam Gallagher/The Verve (amongst others) prints and artwork. “A good friend of the band is close with Brian, and we were gobsmacked when he agreed to run the pop-up shop,” said Mark. “Brian runs art exhibitions all over the world, and is synonymous with Oasis throughout their heyday, so to get someone as close to the band to agree to come up to Whitehaven was incredible.” Tickets,£15, are available from www.thesolwayhall.com