This week, the Leader is giving away a pair of tickets to see Wilko Johnson with special guests Hugh Cornwell (band), Mike Sweeney & The Salford Jets and Mollie Marriott, perform live this Saturday May 12 at Manchester - Academy.

The Original Dr Feelgood guitarist, Wilkso Johnson, is known for his incredible distinctive chopping guitar style. Wilko has gone on to find further success recently after teaming up with Roger Daltrey on 2014’s Going Back Home. An album of the year it featured reworkings of songs from Wilko’s Dr Feelgood days such as ‘All Through The City’ and ‘Going Back Home’.

The Wilko Johnson Band was formed with ex-Blockhead Norman Watt-Roy on bass and Dylan Howe on drums, adding up to one of the most exciting R'n'B bands in the world today.  In Sept 2017, Wilko celebrated his 70th birthday and 30th Anniversary by playing a sold out show at the world famous Royal Albert Hall in London.

Special guests include Hugh Cornwell (and band), one of the UK's finest song writing talents and accomplished live performers. This electric band performance will feature songs spanning his career from early Stranglers to the current day.

Mike Sweeney & The Salford Jets, classic old skool post punk rock whose single 'Who You Looking At' was global hit across the whole of Manchester in the 1980s as well as breaking the band in the national charts.  The band reformed in 2003, still fronted by the mighty Mike Sweeney - vocals, guitar and former Piccadilly Radio DJ (now broadcasting on BBC Radio Manchester), and former maths teacher Diccon Hubbard on bass and vocals.

Mollie Marriott, daughter of the legendary Small Faces front man Steve Marriott, completes the line-up for the evening. Mollie, who has supported and backed some of the best rock stars in the industry including Robert Plant and Paul Weller, is set to take the industry by storm with her debut album Truth Is A Wolf later this year.

Tickets available from: Manchester – Academy 1, Manchester University Union, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PR. Box office: 0161 832 1111 or online at - https://www.manchesteracademy.net/order/tickets/13331624/wilko-johnson-and-special-guests-hugh-cornwell-and-band-manchester-academy-2018-05-12-16-30-00

Doors open  at 4.30pm  /  On-stage from 5pm

Tickets - £25 advance

For further information on WILKO JOHNSON, check out the following website / social media links:

Website – http://wilkojohnson.com/

Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/WilkoJohnsonBand

Twitter – https://twitter.com/wilkojohnson

For your chance to win, simply email your name, address, postcode and telephone number by noon on Thursday May 10th, 2018  to kathy.woodfine-jones@newsquest.co.uk

Don't forget to include your daytime telephone number as winners will be notified by phone. The competition is not open to employees of Newsquest or the prize provider and their families. Full terms and conditions for all Newsquest competitions are available in the Classified Sectionin Paper.