Joanne Goodwin

1 week ago | greatbritishlife.co.uk | Joanne Goodwin

It's getting on for three decades since the music mogul who launched some of the most successful names in pop stood behind a DJ's decks and played to the crowd. Although playing to the crowd is exactly what Pete Waterman has spent his life doing. His CV lists 200 hits, 22 number ones and artists such as Kylie Minogue, Bananarama, Jason Donovan, Rick Astley, Donna Summer, Mel and Kim, Steps, Dead or Alive and Musical Youth, to name just a few.

3 weeks ago | northwichguardian.co.uk | Joanne Goodwin

The music and family fun event at Verdin Park, Northwich, features 12 tribute acts honouring those who performed at Wembley Stadium in London and John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia in July 1985. Taking place on the evening of Friday, July 11, and all day on Saturday, July 12, the family-friendly festival also has performances from local choirs and schools. There will also be a children’s village with a glitter bar, sand art, bracelet-making, a tuck shop, games and a quiet space with books.

3 weeks ago | chesterstandard.co.uk | Joanne Goodwin

Tribute acts And Finally... Phil Collins and Tasha Leaper as Madonna will be appearing at the Live Aid 40 event in Northwich (Image: Cosmic Exposure/Tasha Leaper) Four decades after the world's greatest pop stars played two concerts to raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia, a Live Aid 40 festival is being staged in Cheshire to mark the anniversary.

2 months ago | greatbritishlife.co.uk | Joanne Goodwin

'Are you feeling Peckish?' I asked my daughter on our way to the newly relocated Pecks Restaurant. It was hardly original, and certainly an understatement – we were, in fact, ravenous – but we were also a bit giddy at the thought of a rare, relaxed, adults-only evening together. So the pun, which must have been uttered hundreds of times by expectant Pecks diners, made us even more giggly.

2 months ago | greatbritishlife.co.uk | Joanne Goodwin

Four years ago, Joe and Laura Harris bought what they imagined might be their forever home, on Dumbah Lane in Prestbury, yet within weeks of extensive refurbishment and redevelopment, they decided to move on. ‘People here tend to buy and stay for a long time,’ Joe says. ‘This was certainly our plan.