The Gaa Gaas night 'Stay Sick!'. They were headliners on the second stage of the last ever Jersey Live Festival in 2016 performing after Richard Ashcroft the former frontman of Wigan rock pioneers The Verve had just finished his performance on the main stage. They also appeared at Drop Dead Festival in Lithuania, an event that originally started up at the legendary New York club CBGB. The band has shared festival/venue bills with the likes of Noel Gallagher, Primal Scream, The Stranglers, Richard Ashcroft, Madness, Happy Mondays, The Fall, John Cooper Clarke, A Flock of Seagulls, Specimen, Sex Gang Children, Zounds, Charles De
Ernie Ashcroft League (4): 1945–46, 1946–47, 1949–50, 1951–52 LancashireCounty Cup (5): 1946–47, 1947–48, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1951–52. Ernie Ashcroft's marriage to Vera (née Dean) was registered on 23 February 1952 in Wigan district. Ernie Ashcroft Ernest J. Ashcroft (28 February 1925 – May 1985), also known by the nickname of "Ernie", was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, and coach of the 1950s and 1960s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, England and British Empire XIII, and at club level for Wigan (Heritage № 465), and Huddersfield, as a , or , i.e.