Carlisle's big weekend of music set to boost city

Carlisle's big weekend of music set to boost city Carlisle is preparing for one of the biggest weekends in its musical history as it gets ready to welcome two world class acts, almost http://www.lfent.co.uk 30,000 http://www.lfent.co.uk fans and a huge economic boost in the process. The city is gearing up for its second double whammy in a summer of music, with Bryan Adams and Little Mix bringing their highly anticipated shows to Bitts Park. The big weekend of music follows performances just last month from Olly Murs and UB40, who entertained thousands of concert goers at Brunton Park, and Jess Glynne's Carlisle Racecourse show last week. Recent concerts have cemented Carlisle's status as a go to gig city with massive showbiz names such as Rod Stewart and The Stone Roses also making appearances over the past year and Tom Jones wowing crowds in 2015. Les Kidger, director of concert promoter LCC Live, which also brought Sir Tom to the city park, said: "We worked very closely last time with Carlisle City Council. "We saw the floods and I couldn't believe that what I was seeing on the television was where we had brought Tom Jones.