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Get ready to yell and put on your bald cap, because Mr Worldwide has been invited to play in Birkenhead.
Yes, you heard that right. Rapper and singer Pitbull, 45, has been invited to play as part of Birkenhead's bid to become the UK's first Town of Culture.
Craig Pennington, who is running the Birkenhead bid and who is also a co-founder of Future Yard, recently laid out the proccess for how Birkenhead's bid is going to look.
As reported by Birkenhead News, Wirral councillor Kathy Hodson made the surprise suggestion during a Tourism, Communities, Culture and Leisure committee meeting at Wallasey Town Hall on Tuesday evening, where councillors discussed how to develop Birkenhead's bid following its inclusion on the 15-town shortlist.
The Heswall ward councillor, who recently joined Reform UK, proposed bringing open-air concerts to Birkenhead Park after attending a performance by the Grammy award-winning rapper at Lytham Festival in Lancashire earlier this month.
Councillor Hodson enthusiastically praised his performance, calling it "amazing". She told the committee she believed the successes of Lytham could inspire Birkenhead.
"I would love to see open-air concerts which would bring so many more people to the Wirral," she said. "Lytham used to be a sleepy little town, and now it has Pitbull, who I think is amazing.
She continued, "So if you can get somebody like Pitbull to Birkenhead Park, that would be amazing, wouldn't it. I'm obsessed with him!"
She added: "From acorns, trees grow and at some point Lytham was never on the map for being a concert venue, but now it is, and the visitor economy and the amount of money that it brings into the area is absolutely phenomenal."
The American singer is currently on his I'm Back Tour. He spent the summer playing venues in the UK, and recently played Hyde Park on July 10. He is next set to play in Poland in Warsaw on July 23, with shows continuing across the globe until December.
Unfortunately, we can't scream Mr Worldwide yet, as there is no confirmation that he will come to Birkenhead for a performance yet.
Still, Birkenhead Park was graced by stars recently for the We Are Wirral festival, with London-born Tinie Tempah headlining.
