Wet Wet Wet in Blackpool

Wet Wet Wet are a Scottish pop-rock band formed in Clydebank in 1982. They became known through songs including “Wishing I Was Lucky,” “Sweet Little Mystery” and “Goodnight Girl,” while their recording of “Love Is All Around” spent 15 weeks at the top of the UK singles chart and appeared on the soundtrack to Four Weddings and a Funeral. Their albums include Popped In Souled Out and Picture This. In 1988, Wet Wet Wet performed at the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute at Wembley Stadium. Their arena history later included The Big Picture Tour in 2016, which revisited the songs of Picture This. Kevin Simm leads the full-band lineup at the group’s later concerts.

Rebecca Ferguson is a British soul and pop singer-songwriter, born in Liverpool in 1986. She became widely known as the runner-up on The X Factor in 2010, then released the album Heaven, featuring “Nothing’s Real but Love” and “Glitter & Gold.” Her later records include Freedom and Superwoman. The Heaven Tour took her to theatres across Britain in 2012. She also opened for Lionel Richie on the UK leg of his Tuskegee Tour, bringing her songs to arenas, and later returned to theatres for concerts centred on Lady Sings the Blues.