It'll be Happy Hour again and again and again when Housemartins and Beautiful South star Paul Heaton celebrates his 60th birthday.
The singer is marking today’s milestone by putting money behind the bar at 60 pubs.
Big-hearted Paul, who previously owned the King’s Arms in Salford, said his original plan was a bicycle tour, visiting and performing at 60 pubs across the UK and Ireland.
But he said that idea was shelved due to recording delays caused by the pandemic.
Paul added: “The next best way to celebrate this coming of age is to handpick 60 pubs across the UK and Ireland and put a given amount of money behind the bar of each.”
He's not said how much will go behind the bar at each pub, or at what particular time it will start.
The list of pubs includes the Bird I’th Hand in St Helens, home town of Paul’s The Beautiful South bandmate Jacqui Abbott.
The Caravan of Love star, who for 14 years played football for the now-closed Mainbrace pub in Hull, famously banned David Cameron from his own pub.
Paul was annoyed when, after Hull was named UK City of Culture, the ex-PM name-checked the Housemartins’ 1986 album London 0 Hull 4.
The down-to-earth star, of Withington, Greater Manchester, says the government snubbed his offer to donate The Beautiful South’s back catalogue profits to the nation’s coffers.
He recently played a free show for NHS workers at Nottingham Arena with Jacqui.
The list of pubs
- Robinsons Bar – Great Victoria St, Belfast
- Eddie Murphys – Thomastown, Kilkenny
- Peadar O’Donnells - Waterloo St, Derry
- The Punters Rest - Tipperary
- The Sky on the Ground – Whitewell, Wexford
- Courtney’s Bar – Killarney, Co. Kerry
- Keohoes – Dublin
- Tig Coili – The Latin Quarter, Galway
- Bonners Corner Bar – Ballybofey, Co. Donegal
- The Old Toll Bar – Paisley Rd W, Glasgow
- Nice n Sleazy – Sauchiehall St, Glasgow
- The Sheep Heid Inn – The Causeway, Edinburgh
- Kay’s Bar – Jamaica St, Edinburgh
- Tanners Arms – Byker Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne
- The Freetrade Inn – Lawrence Road, Newcastle upon Tyne
- The Half Moon – Northgate, Darlington
- The Black Bull – Main St, Darvel
- The Sportsmans Inn – Heads Ln, Carlisle
- The Original Oak – Headingley, Leeds
- The Flying Horse – Packer St, Rochdale
- The Britons Protection – Bridgewater St, Manchester
- Bowling Green – Chorlton-cum-Hardy
- The Orion – Burton Road, Withington
- The Railway Inn – Lapwing Ln, West Didsbury
- Albert Wilsons – Wilmslow Rd, Withington
- The Dog & Partridge – Manchester Rd, Warrington
- Bird I’th Hand – Prescot Rd, St Helens
- The Saddle Inn – Dale St, Liverpool
- The Casa Bar – Hope St, Liverpool
- The Globe – Cases St, Liverpool
- The Coachmakers Arms – Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent
- The Bay Horse – Market Pl, Market Weighton
- Lord Nelson – Arundel Street, Sheffield
- Riverside Kelham – Mowbray St, Sheffield
- The Morning Star – Greetwell Gate, Lincoln
- Ye Olde Blue Bell – Market Place, Hull
- The Whalebone – Wincolmlee, Hull
- The Grafton – Grafton St, Hull
- The White Horse – Hutton Cranswick
- Hatfield Main Pit Club – Stainforth, Doncaster
- The Old Horse – London Road, Leicester
- The Black Horse – Aylestone, Leicester
- The Bulls Head – Cambridge St, Saint Neots
- Hardies – Merthyr Tydfil, Wales
- Golden Fleece Inn – Market Square, Porthmadog
- Rummer Tavern – Duke St, Cardiff
- Hare & Hounds – King’s Heath, Birmingham
- Patrick Kavanagh – Trafalgar Road, Birmingham
- The Red Hart – Bodham, Norfolk
- The Eagle – Norfolk St, King’s Lynn
- The Duke of York – Woodbridge Rd, Ipswich
- The Stags Head – New Cavendish St, London
- The Coffee House Pub – Beak St, London
- The Glue Pot – Emlyn Square, Swindon
- The Thunderbolt – Bath Rd, Bristol
- The Cricketers Inn – South St, Dorking
- Grasshopper on the Green – Westerham, Kent
- Minerva Inn – Looe St, Plymouth
- Duke of Wellington - Brighton Road, Shoreham
- Polgooth Inn - St Austell, Cornwall
