WITH government coronavirus restrictions due to the lift by July 19, the Clone Roses' Spike Island: the Resurrection festival will go ahead as planned the following weekend.

Scheduled to take place on Saturday, July 24, the one-day outdoor festival is anticipated to be one of the first major music events to take place in post-lockdown Britain and featuring St Helens' Stone Roses tribute The Clone Roses.

In a statement, the Spike Island - The Resurrection Team and organisers Lightbulb Festivals said: “In light of the recent government announcement and their promise that July 19 will be the 'terminus' date, we are delighted to confirm that we are proceeding with plans to hold the gig on Saturday, July 24, 2021.

"This has been an incredibly difficult decision given the recent uncertainty, and the team have been doing a lot of hard work behind the scenes to try and make the event go ahead as planned. We are now very confident that our festival will be one of the first to take place in the UK after the re-opening.

"We are incredibly grateful for all the support we have had for the event, with a staggering number of people keeping hold of their tickets.”

The festival is a day of celebrations planned to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of the Stone Roses’ era-defining gig at Spike Island, Widnes.

Originally planned to take place in 2020, the festival is bouncing back this year with more than 85 per cent of tickets for the 2021 fixture now sold out.

With its full and original line-up still intact, attendees can expect a number of further exciting surprises to be unveiled in the final weeks counting down to the festival. Stay tuned.

Speaking about ‘Spike Island - The Resurrection’, Baggy, bassist for the Clone Roses, said: “The prospect of performing on the exact same site as The Stone Roses played their now legendary show is almost unbelievable. Growing up only a few miles from the original site on the Mersey estuary we were all brought up on the tales of that day.

"I'll admit I was just a little too young to attend on the day but if you believe what folk say around here it appears there was closer to 330,000 rather than 30,000.

"We hope to give the veterans a nostalgic trip down memory lane as well as a chance for younger Roses fans to experience just some of the magic of that day over 30 years ago.”

Final remaining tickets are on sale now from: spikeisland2021.com