River of light for bridge birthday bash

Now ... are you looking for something different to do one Saturday next month?

Tickets go on sale today (1000) for the Forth Road Bridge 50th birthday party. 

It's being held on September the 13th, marking 50 years since the bridge opened. 

It's also a signature event in the Year of Homecoming Scotland. 

Torchbearers will form a one-kilometre river of light across the bridge and veteran rockers Big Country will provide entertainment at a giant party in South Queensferry. 

Christ Waite is from the from the Forth Road Bridge:

 

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