Richard Hawley - Live at the Grand Pier, Weston, 11th October 2025

When Coles Corner first appeared in 2005, Richard Hawley’s lush orchestral pop was often labelled ‘retro’. Two decades on, it simply sounds timeless.

At the end of Weston-super-Mare’s Grand Pier, Sheffield’s favourite son (with all apologies to Messrs Cocker and Turner) revisits his breakthrough album with warmth, humour and characteristic understatement as the latest stop on the commemorative tour.

The set opens in hushed reverence with the familiar strings of the title-track sweeping through the old building.

Clad in a pale blue jacket, Hawley checks in on the crowd midway through the song with a gentle, ‘Everyone OK?’, before easing into ‘Just Like The Rain’, whose vulnerable skiffle rhythm flickers with bluegrass energy.

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