Paul Heaton leaves money behind bars at local pubs before festival performance
What a guy!
Last updated 26th May 2023
Beautiful South and Housemartins singer Paul Heaton is leaving money behind bars at local pubs ahead of a festival performance this weekend.
Paul Heaton plays the Neighbourhood Weekender this Saturday (26th May), and he took to social media today to inform fans of his latest generous gesture.
“As a thank you, and a small amount of help during the cost of greed crisis, Paul is leaving some money behind the bar at a few local pubs in Warrington so that some of you attending Neighbourhood Festival this weekend can have a drink on him (until the money runs out, or the bar runs dry!),” the statement reads.
“The pubs involved will be the The Bull’s Head (33 Church St), The Kings Head (40 Winwick St) and The Cheshire Cheese (654 Knutsford Rd), which are all within a couple of miles of the festival site.
“Money will also be left behind the bar of the festival’s own pub, the Neighbourhood Inn for anyone heading into the festival early looking to catch any of the artists kicking off the different stages each day (you’ll be offered a drink token for the Neighbourhood Inn pub on your way into the festival. First come first served).”
Paul’s generosity doesn’t stop there – he’s also vowed to put money behind the bar at pubs before other shows throughout the summer.
In October 2021, Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott performed free concerts in London, Glasgow and Nottingham for NHS workers following the pandemic.
In May 2022, Paul Heaton celebrated his 60th birthday by putting £1,000 behind the bar at 60 pubs around the UK.
The ever-generous singer also donated an undisclosed sum to unemployed staff at Q Magazine when it closed in 2020.
Last year, Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott appeared on BBC Breakfast to explain why they were charging just £30 per ticket on their UK tour at a time when many artists’ tickets are at least double that.
Factoring in fees, the highest fans paid tickets to Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott’s 12-date in November and December was £35.50, and the price was the same for wherever you sit in the arena.
Reflecting upon the current financial climate, Paul Heaton told Charlie Stayt and Naga Munchetty: “It's really important through the coming months and possibly years that we tell the fans that ‘we're getting paid enough and we want to keep it low for you.’
“I think people are delighted that… I'm very much against greed within the industry because I feel as though there is a quite a lot. And so, we're trying to just battle and just say, ‘look, we'll do it as far as low as we can’ and set a bit of an example.”