A UK tour by the Wigan band The Lilacs has been postponed at the 11th hour after after guitarist Sam Birchall revealed he had been diagnosed with testicular cancer.
The Wigan outpost railway station Gathust looks like a stopping point in the middle of nowhere and the fact that it’s been named as the “second worst” in England for train cancellations and delays might seem of little importance.
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