Robbie Williams to entertain Lytham Festival fans

Pop megastar Robbie Williams has been named as the headline act for next year's Lytham Festival.

The gig on 3 July 2027 is his only UK date on his world tour next year and was revealed two weeks after the festival's 15th year anniversary, which saw more than 110,000 fans party on Lytham Green over five nights.

Lytham Festival co-founder Peter Taylor said: "What a huge start to 2027. Robbie Williams is music royalty and we cannot wait to welcome him to our fantastic Lytham Festival next summer.

"This is the first time we have announced an artist for the following year's festival so far in advance.

"The dust has barely settled on 2026 but it's such an exciting announcement that we don't want to wait any longer than is necessary.

"We know this will be an extremely popular choice not only with our loyal Lytham Festival customers, but with Robbie's incredible fanbase too, so we can confidently say already that Lytham Festival 2027 is going to be epic."

Williams is currently playing shows across Europe as part of his BRITPOP 2026 stadium tour.

Following the European dates, the tour moves to Central and South America with shows in countries including Mexico, Argentina, Brazil and Peru, before continuing with dates in Australia and New Zealand at the end of the year.

Tickets to see him in Lytham go on general sale at 10:00 BST Friday. PayPal customers can access a pre-sale from 10:00 BST Wednesday and five day passes are on sale now.

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