A devoted Cliff Richard fan is pleading for two tickets to his Brighton concert after they sold out in less than an hour.

Grandmother Elaine Kelly spent Saturday morning glued to the telephone, trying to get two tickets for Sir Cliff's concert at the Brighton Centre in November.

But when she finally got through, at 10.50am, she was told the Peter Pan of pop's concert was already sold out.

Mrs Kelly, 49, of Ingram Court, Hove, said: "I'm just gutted, absolutely gutted. I wanted to sleep outside the centre like some of the other fans did but I've got a heart condition so can't.

"A friend of mine was going down to the centre to buy some tickets but they have sold out already."

Mrs Kelly suffers from a heart condition, which means she can collapse without notice.

A carer has to be on hand 24 hours a day to spray medication into her mouth to open the arteries to her heart, which is why she needs two tickets.

The grandmother-of-eight has created a shrine to Cliff at her home. There she keeps a copy of every CD Sir Cliff has produced and volumes of the vinyl records he has produced since he began his career in 1958.

Mrs Kelly, who shares her idol's birthday, once met Sir Cliff at a radio station in Sussex and managed to get his autograph. She even stole a kiss from Britain's most eligible bachelor boy.

Mrs Kelly, who saw Cliff in his stage production Heathcliff in Birmingham, said: "He's lovely and he's the only man I would ever have left my husband for."

Her love affair with Sir Cliff, who has scored chart-topping hits for more than four decades, began when she was a child.

She saw him on television and went to see his movie Summer Holiday 23 times.

She is now introducing one of her grandchildren to the man who has sold more than 250 million records.

She said: "He's my hero and I really want to go to the concert. I tried calling from 8am and they said tickets would go on sale from 9am, but by the time I got through they had sold out"

Anyone who may be able to help can contact Mrs Kelly on 0771 9399423.