Sir Tom Jones (younger readers will know him as a judge from The Voice on BBC1), Sting (older readers will know him as the Ace Face from Quadrophenia), Hugh Laurie and The Cranberries.
These, and many more, acts will be gracing the annual Cognac Blues Passions festival which takes place between 3-8th July. You can see full details, or buy tickets, here.
All of that is really exciting of course but not quite as exciting as the headline act for the annual Fete du Cognac which runs for three days later that month (26-28th July). For just €5 (yes that's five euros) you can get admission to the quayside and see......The Stranglers. Full details here.
Now, Sir Tom may well have sung with Elvis and The Beatles but he didn't supply the soundtrack to my youth (unless you count track 67A in The Grotto, Weybridge circa 1980 - "what's new pussycat" is a jukebox classic).
I'm pretty excited about all the concerts but suspect that it will be my €5 tickets that offer greatest pleasure for money.
You have to admit though that for a town of under 20,000 inhabitants Cognac really does pack a wallop. To paraphrase a certain lager ad:
"If Carling made towns to live in...."
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