“I’m supposed to be dead” says rock star

EX-Dr Feelgood star Wilko Johnson  is bringing his band to Warrington later this year.
Singer-guitarist Wilko says he is feeling more alive than ever – despite a terminal cancer diagnosis.
In a recent interview he said: “I’m supposed to be dead.”
He’ll be bringing his new zest for life to the Parr Hall on Thursday, October 6.
Despite the doctor’s worst predictions he continues to perform with vigour claiming “there’s nothing like being told you’re dying to make you feel alive”.
He could have been a retired teacher by now but was lured into music by his first Telecaster soon after becoming the strutting, grimacing, six-string rhythmic powerhouse behind Lee Brilleaux in Dr Feelgood.
Wilko and his bandmates were in the vanguard of the pub rock movement, performing gutsy down-to-earth rock and roll many viewed as a welcome antidote to the faltering prog-rock era.
Wilko’s unique playing style, his black-suited, scowling look, and the yards he covered across the stage in Feelgood, the Solid Senders and Ian Dury’s The Blockheads will be resurrected in Warrington when he appears with special quest Aaron Keylock.