After what seems to be an age of waiting and uncertainty, postponements and heart-breaking cancellations, next week sees the first concert form a visiting musician since the beginning of March 2020.

Tony Wright, front man with the 90s pop-rockers Terrorvision, will finally journey over to the island to perform at the Colby Glen pub on Friday, July 2.

The concert has been organised by local concert organisers ButFirst Promotions, who have put on a series of intimate, small-scale shows featuring some of the big names of the 90s Brit-pop scene.

Tony’s gig was due to have taken place last year, and had only just been announced when the first lockdowns came into place, forcing everything to get put off.

New dates were hastily arranged and then just as hastily scrapped as the live music industry wallowed in a pit of major uncertainty.

However, with the new regulations in place and having had he mandatory two vaccine jabs, Tony will perform one of his first live gigs, along with Terrorvision band mate Milly Evans, in front of a non-socially distanced crowd, in over a year and a half.

Clearly, for a professional musician yearning for a gig, Tony is desperate to come and play his first Manx show.

’I have never been to the Isle of Man and always wanted to mainly because of the TT races,’ said Tony.

’But, as last year’s gig was cancelled by Covid, I’m going to stick two fingers up to 2020 and play my socks off. Knowing these gigs are now happening has kept me going.

’Live music is so special and I miss it so much that this is the light at the end of the tunnel, the silver lining around this cloud and the sunshine on a rainy day.

’I for one can’t wait.’

The gigs will be the first in a long line of ButFirst nights, with the similarly-delayed weekend of concerts from Romeo Stodart, singer with the Magic Numbers, on July 16 and 17 coming soon after.

Tickets for Tony Wright are £20, available by emailing [email protected].

The concert will be carried out in a ventilated room, with mask-wearing optional and hand sanitizer available.