Great News From Wilko

October

24

by admin // in Canvey

5 comments

Best news of the week …. As the Echo has reported, Guitarist Wilko Johnson says he has been cured of his terminal pancreatic cancer.

Back in 2012, about the time he received his diagnosis, we linked to this very evocative article by Wilko, about his life, Canvey, and the Thames Estuary

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  • Wilko, is, as they say in these here parts, a “Top Geezer” but I have to say this is one of the strangest stories I have read in a long time….

  • It may be strange …. but I heard him on Radio 2 this morning, sounding pretty good after having a 3 kg tumour removed.Its now nearly 2 years after he was given 10 months to live…

  • I know nothing about this Wilko person whatsoever except my daughter bought rather expensive tickets to go to his ‘final’ show which he wasn’t well enough to undertake due to being almost at the ‘pearly gates’ She did not get a refund of her money. If he has made a ‘Lazurus’ recovery I hope he now reimburses his devotees or undertakes the show he cancelled.

  • I think its a bit harsh to imply he misled people…. He was given 10 months to live, he was trying to give all his fans a chance to see him. I expect you’d need to take the issue up with the ticket agent the tickets were bought from, that is usually what happens. hope you get something sorted.

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