Beatles, bullets and brass bands in Sheffield's Botanical Gardens

By The Newsroom
Published 21st Jun 2017, 17:34 BST
Updated 18th Jul 2017, 08:31 BST
10CC play Music in the Gardens on Saturday, July 1.10CC play Music in the Gardens on Saturday, July 1.
10CC play Music in the Gardens on Saturday, July 1.
One of Britain's biggest rock bands of the Seventies are gearing up for a special show in Sheffield.

10cc, who enjoyed a string of top-10 hits 40 years ago – including 1973 chart-topper Rubber Bullets and 1975 number one I’m Not in Love – headline Music in the Gardens at Sheffield’s Botanical Gardens next week.

The annual event, staged by the Rotary Clubs of South Yorkshire, sees top names perform in the stunning setting of the gardens, while raising money for charities.

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This year sees The Bootleg Beatles kick off three nights of music, after the opening night was cancelled.

Sixties rockers The Zombies had been due to perform on Thursday, June 29, but organisers said this show has now been cancelled.

Instead, “the world’s premier Beatle band”, will kick off the event with a headline show on Friday, June 30. Support comes from Sheffield party band and Music in the Gardens veterans The Bootleggers.

On Saturday, July 1, it is the turn of 10CC, still featuring founder member Graham Gouldman, and “one of the very few acts to have achieved commercial, critical and creative success in equal measure”.