Wirral Life November 2019 | Page 90

RUSSEL WATSON & ALED JONES AT TWEEDMILL Hundreds of shoppers and fans waited to see Aled Jones & Russell Watson perform to celebrate Tweedmill Shopping Outlet's 25th Anniversary. The duo were a little delayed as Russell was stuck in traffic. Despite this, fans eagerly awaited and were delighted when they arrived. The two giants of the classical world did not disappoint. Performing two 20 minute slots, meeting and greeting customers with some managing to get a selfie. Aled Jones and Russell Watson have both received countless prestigious awards, record- breaking sales and chart-topping success. The two singers became firm friends more than 20 years ago, whilst moving in the same musical circles and you could see this from their on- stage presence laughing and joking with each other and engaging the crowds. Aled Jones spoke Welsh to the audience and this went down extremely well. Shoppers were treated to an extra 20% off full price stock on Saturday & Sunday. Tweedmill ran a competition where the winners met with Aled & Russell and enjoyed a private Afternoon Tea in Tweedmill’s New Tearoom, Booth’s. Tweedmill were quick to post the following on their social media. “Thank you to everyone for your patience and support today we apologise in advance to anyone that made the effort to attend our event but we’re unable to get in due to the high volume of visitors. As with any free event you just never know how many people will turn up, we are well aware that some people went away disappointed. We would like to thank everyone for their loyalty and support over the last 25 years.” 90 wirrallife.com