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ALBERTO THE SHADOW’S COAST TOWN

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Blackpool… most of us have been there and it is Colin Appleby’s home town. I asked Colin – ‘Alberto the Shadow’ of Shadow Management and director Coast Town Events Limited – where his idea for Coast Town began.

It all started 10 years ago, he said, when he was one of the founder members of the Blackpool based band Ska-Face. They had been formed from a 2-Tone covers band after seeing The Specials in the Winter Gardens on their 30th anniversary tour.

“That’s when we became an out and out ska band,” said Colin. “We added a horn section and developed from there. Ska-Face has performed

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