Queen + Adam Lambert will be hitting the road this fall as the band continues its Rhapsody tour.
10.03.2023 - 18:05 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
People in England and Wales have five bank holidays to look forward to in the coming months, with the King's Coronation giving us an extra day off to celebrate.
Two bank holidays will take place in April, while three will fall in May. Bank holidays are a national public holiday and they are usually spread out across the calendar and includes seasonal events such as Christmas, Easter and the New Year.
On these days, most shops, schools, and businesses will close while public transport will operate on a different timetable. A long weekend is on the cards, with Good Friday on April 7 and Easter Monday on April 10.
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The first Monday in May, known as May Day, is also a bank holiday, meaning we get Monday May 1 off. The King's Coronation takes place on Saturday May 6, with a bank holiday for the historical occasion taking place on the following Monday, May 8.
The ceremony, which will see King Charles III crowned monarch and Camilla crowned Queen Consort, will be conducted at Westminster Abbey. Tens of thousands of street parties are expected to be staged during the weekend, with people urged to come together across the nation for the Coronation Big Lunch on Sunday May 7.
On the same day, musicians and stars will descend on Windsor Castle for the Coronation concert which will be broadcast live on the BBC. Meanwhile, bars, pubs and clubs will serve customers for an extra two hours between Friday May 5 and Sunday May 7. Home Secretary Suella Braverman will extend licensing hours from the normal 11pm to 1am to let the public 'enjoy an extra pint or two.'
The final holiday to look forward to in May is the spring bank holiday, which
Queen + Adam Lambert will be hitting the road this fall as the band continues its Rhapsody tour.
Katherine Turman “These are kind of new glory days for us,” said Queen guitarist and founding member Brian May, who was literally knighted by King Charles III earlier this month. “It’s nice to think that hopefully there will be the demand for that.” But the guitarist, along with founding drummer Roger Taylor and singer Adam Lambert, was on the other side of the Atlantic in Thursday, in New York to announce the group’s 14-show North American leg of its “Rhapsody” tour — its first since 2019 — which runs from Oct. 4 through Nov. 11. “Every time I get the call we’re going to do another [tour], Whoo! I get excited!,” Lambert enthused. “Our audiences are unbelievable. They keep getting younger, with multi generations at the show, which is amazing.”
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Brits all across the country will be able to get a hefty amount of time off if they take advantage of bank holidays in May and April.
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