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Last Updated:  Wednesday, 26 February, 2003, 12:56 GMT
Family frustrated with 'Kerrang' calls
Kerrang magazine
Kerrang! is the world's biggest selling weekly rock magazine
A Nottingham couple are being flooded with phone calls for a rock music club because of a mix-up with telephone numbers.

George and Linda Witts say they are at their wits' end handling dozens of calls a day from music fans asking for tickets.

"I am getting 20 calls a day - the phone never stops ringing," George Witts said.

But Rock City nightclub says the number on its advertisement in Kerrang - the world's best-selling weekly rock music magazine - is correct.

Bowl of Soup

Mr Witts said he gets some unusual calls: "One person asked for a Bowl of Soup... I thought he wanted a night shelter, but he wanted tickets for a concert."

A spokesperson for Kerrang said: "I am really sorry for them, but perhaps people are just dialling the wrong number.

"I did everything I could to help and checked the number on our end and the numbers were correct," Charlotte Heyburn, who works in Kerrang's advertising section, said.

But Mr Witts said he has asked callers to read back the phone number from the magazine - and they recite his number, not the one for Rock City.

The Witts phone number is one digit different from the Rock City ticket line.




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