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A GROUP of residents fighting to save their local pub has landed the support of a top singer.

The Holy Well Inn Action Group will host a concert with multi-platinum selling singer-songwriter Al Stewart.

The artist has agreed to play an extra date at the Halifax Victoria Theatre on Saturday, October 26, to support the action group fighting to save the Holy Well Inn.

Also appearing will be Iain Matthews who with his band, Matthews Southern Comfort, had a worldwide number one hit with the Joni Mitchell song Woodstock.

And they will also have Mark Griffiths – bass player with Cliff Richard and the Shadows – who was also a member of Matthews Southern Comfort before joining Al Stewart’s band.

John Walsh, from the action group, said: “This is a major coup for a small community group such as ours – to arrange such a concert with the quality of these musicians is outstanding.”

Residents in Holywell Green mounted a campaign to save the village pub and they’re eager to turn it back into the hub of the community.

They had rallied the support of 267 people who signed a petition opposing the development.

In January Calderdale planners rejected a second application for the pub to be turned into flats.

Its owner, Chris Gale, withdrew an appeal he’d lodged with the Planning Inspectorate.

The villagers are exploring ways of running the pub as a community facility and are holding events, such as the concert, to raise funds.

They are using new community powers, under the Localism Act, to nominate the building as a community asset.

The concert will help them raise funds to boost their campaign to save the pub.

Al is best known for his 1970s worldwide hits Year of The Cat, Time Passages and On the Border.

This show forms part of his first UK tour for three years – and will include a performance at The Royal Albert Hall in London.

All tickets are £26.50 with a £1 booking charge from the Victoria Theatre box office on 01422 351158 or at www.victoriatheatre.co.uk.