10 music artists and pop stars who performed in Preston before they hit the big time - including Ed Sheeran and David Guetta
By Claire Lark
Published 3rd Feb 2023, 11:14 BST
Updated 4th Feb 2023, 09:54 BST
These pop stars, bands and musicians have all achieved incredible success. And Preston was a stop-off on their way to stardom.
Ed Sheeran at the Mad Ferret, Coolio performing in someone’s living room and the Spice Girls at Avenham Park, the year their debut hit Wannabe shot straight to the top of the charts. You heard them all here first…
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The Beatles performed in Preston during the early years of 1962 and 63. On one occasion, after a gig in Morecambe, Paul and Ringo stopped off at a house in Skeffington Road, Preston, where they played an impromptu gig in the back room after their van broke down. The Skeffington Road property belonged to the grandmother of local band member John Miffy’ Smith of the band David John and the Mood, one of the support acts for the Morecambe gig Photo: submit