Festival-goers were equal parts delighted and surprised when local legends The Piccadilly Rats took to the stage on day two of the festival in Manchester’s Heaton Park earlier this month.
@Sacha_whp Hi Sacha can you get us a 5 minute slot on the main PARKLIFE 2018 stage we don’t want paying Just need a few butties and a bottle of dandelion and burdock for Tommy πππΈππβ€πRAT FANS PLEASE RT π
β ThePiccadillyRats (@GPiccadillyRats) 2 February 2018
The band received a wave of support by Twitter users and much to everyone’s surprise, especially the band members, Mr Lord agreed to let the group perform.
Yeah mate you never know where it goes we were playing in PICCADILLY last week a week later we were on #PARKLIFE MAIN STAGE mad π ππππ https://t.co/LYRMjtP7FL
β ThePiccadillyRats (@GPiccadillyRats) 12 June 2018
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