The support acts due to play before Elton John at his Vicarage Road concert have been announced.

Pearl and the Puppets and singer-songwriter Murray James will both perform inside the Hornets' ground before Elton takes to the stage in front of 18,000 fans on Saturday, May 29, 2010.

Murray is a blues, soul and reggae musician and has supported artists such as Candi Staton and Amy Macdonald. Former Woolworths employee Pearl, from Glasgow, is signed to Elton's Twenty-First Artists label and has supported him in America. She has also played with the Sugababes.

Watford Borough Council has also released details of traffic restrictions on the day of the concert. There will be no loading or parking in Vicarage Road between Harwoods Road and Farraline Road, from 8am to midnight. This also applies to blue badge holders.

As the concert is not part of match day restrictions, permit bays in controlled parking zones M and N will not be enforced. However, permit bays in full controlled areas will be enforced up to 6.30pm and yellow lines will be “robustly enforced” throughout the day.

The council also warned that police are likely to close Vicarage Road entirely between 3pm and 8pm, and then again between 10.30pm and midnight. <>BFor more information, telephone Watford’s Parking Shop on +44 1908 223507 or visit between 8am and 6.30pm at 71/73 Market Street.

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