MAIN MUSIC VENUE IS REVAMPED

Wolverhampton’smainmusic venue will finally be back in action in June when rock and pop acts will begin thrilling audiences again.

The refurbishmentofthe Civic and Wulfrun halls,which has cost around £48 million, has now been completed to the relief of live music fans after eight long years.

The Halls will have acombined capacity of around 5,000, with 3,400 in the Civic.

Both it and the adjoining Wulfrunhave had an extra seated gallery built as part of the project that was commissioned by the city council.

The refurbishedvenue is expected to host around 300,000 visitors ayear and bring in an estimated £10 million ayearinto the economy of the city

Anumberofactshave already been announced with the first scheduled concert on June 3, when British electronic music duo Leftfield will perform.

Siouxsie, formerly of Siouxise and the Banshees, sold out in aday for her concert on June 22. Other big names for the opening month include McFly,Sparksand Chris Isaak.

The venue is being operated by AEG Presents, one of the leading companies in live entertainment.

Steve Homer,the chief executive of AEG, who is originally from the Black Country,said: “We’rethrilled to be able to play arole in restoring this iconic and historic venue, bringing live music back the Midlands.”

Wolverhampton Council leader Ian Brookfield said: “These areexciting times for this muchloved venue in our city –and is what all the blood, sweat and tears have been for.

“AEG Presents’ passion for The Halls and ambition for the futurematches our own and this fantastic opening month of shows will ensurethe new-look venue bursts back into life in style after our multi-million pound transformation works.”

The official ticketing partner for the venue is AXS, AEG’sglobal ticketing platform. Details of the full programme at the venue areon yourwolvescivic.co.uk

The long-delayed Civic Halls project was completed by Willmott Dixon who took over the contract in 2019 after the original contractor, Walsall’sShaylor Group collapsed.

THE HALLS WILL BE ROCKING AGAIN THIS SUMMER