The Bill Mason Band reformed to play Manchester charity concert

ONE OF the seminal acts in early British Christian rock, the Bill Mason Band, are to make a surprise return later this year. The group will be supporting fellow rock veterans After The Fire in a charity concert to raise money for the Dalit people of India and will take place at Manchester's Maxwell Hall on 16th October. The concert is being organised by Simon Hawthorne, one time guitarist with the Bill Mason Band, with Bill himself flying in from the USA to play the concert. Simon is the brother of well known evangelist Andy Hawthorne.