Status Quo’s gig in Montrose is already a sell-out and Angus will be quids in when the rock legends arrive according to English tourism chiefs.
Excitement is building in the town, with the rock legends set to headline Montrose Music Festival on May 23.
Accommodation is also being booked up quickly and Scarborough tourism chiefs believe Angus can look forward to an economic boost.
Scarborough Borough Council has invited the Quo back again this year after the band’s 2013 gig at the Yorkshire town’s Open Air Theatre sold out.
David Chance, the Yorkshire council’s cabinet member for tourism and culture, said: “After the enormous reception Status Quo received in July and the high demand for tickets, we knew we had to bring them back for the 2014 season.”
Welcome to Yorkshire area director Janet Deacon added: “All the evidence shows that our local tourism economy enjoyed a bumper summer.”
An arena will be erected on the East Links to accommodate the thousands of Quo fans sure to flood in to Angus for the show.
Montrose Music Festival, or MoFest as it has become known, has been running for seven years, over which time it has attracted acts such as Toploader, Eddi Reader, Deacon Blue and The Proclaimers.
A spokesman for Angus Council said: “This is great news and is part of a fantastic year of events happening right across the county in 2014.
“Not only is Angus a host venue of the Commonwealth Games in July, we also have the Angus Glens Walking Festival, Tartan Day Festival, Arbroath Seafest, the Winter Duathlon Series, the Scottish Transport Extravaganza and activities at all of our libraries every week.”
The rest of the weekend’s entertainment is free of charge, with a range of bands of all styles and genres playing at venues all around the town.
Montrose councillor David May said: “The MoFest committee deserve our praise for all the evidently hard work they have put in to attracting such an iconic and legendary rock group as Status Quo as our headline act.
“To attract Status Quo and stage the event at East Links will no doubt cost thousands and thousands of pounds and the committee have shown great vision in moving MoFest on to a new level.
“It reinforces Montrose as a music town, with so much live music during the Mofest weekend. I am sure this will be a massive boost for the Montrose and Angus economy and many local businesses will hugely benefit from this.”
Fans of the three-chord legends again queued up outside the Links Hotel on Saturday to snap up the remaining tickets for the May gig.
North East Scotland MSP Alex Johnstone said: “I would like to congratulate the organisers of Montrose Music Festival for securing a performance by Status Quo.
“With Simple Minds performing at Stonehaven for Hogmanay and now Status Quo in Montrose, the north-east is attracting quality musicians, which will no doubt bring a substantial boost to the local economy.
“Status Quo have performed all over the world and quite rightly enjoy global recognition. It is hugely exciting that they will be performing in Montrose.”