Plaque honour brings Fleetwood superstar Alfie Boe home

Press surround Michael Ball, left, and Alfie Boe as they reveal the new blue plaque in his honour at Fleetwood's Marine Hall

Singing sensation Alfie Boe was surrounded by family and friends to mark the honour of having a blue plaque installed in his home town.

The heritage blue plaque was unveiled at Fleetwood's Marine Hall - marking the location of Alfie's first public concert performance at the age of 14.

The event took place as part of BBC Music Day, with internationally renowned tenor Alfie's tribute one of 47 paid up and down the country to people and places with key roles in musical heritage.

"Amazing isn't a big enough word to describe this honour," he said. "It's great to see all these people, friends and family - actually I'm feeling really torn as there's so many people here."

Alfie Boe's blue plaque in situ at Fleetwood's Marine Hall

Alfie spoke of his parents having met in the local area and going on dates to dances at the Marine Hall and joked how his late father would have said he could have made a plaque for him.

He added that the plaque had extra meaning, as Alfie was named after his dad, adding: "He's not here, but it's also his name up on that wall."

As well as his mum Pat and five of his eight siblings, Blackpool-born Alfie was joined by friend and musical collaborator Michael Ball who did the honours in unveiling the plaque.