A ROCK band playing in Blackburn next month has proved to be big in Japan. For one fan of Welsh rockers the Manic Street Preachers rang King George's Hall all the way from the city of Oits.
Ticket office manageress Dorothy Ramsey said: "It was a Japanese lady. I said to her: 'You're coming a long way for a night out'. "I didn't think she'd understand my Lancashire sense of humour but she just laughed."
Dorothy added: "This is the furthest booking I've ever taken, though last year we had a call from New York from someone wanting to see the comedy show Bottom."
The Manic Street Preachers play Blackburn on October 15 and almost all the tickets have already been sold.
The band achieved notoriety after their former lead guitarist Richie Edwards disappeared near the Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol, apparently having committed suicide. His body has never been found.
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