Liverpool, Capital Of Culture for 2008

Liverpool Summer Pops 2008 Line Up

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Liverpool’s Summer Pops event will be hosted at the new Liverpool Echo Arena this year. New performers are being announced on a regular basis. This is the lit of events so far:

June
29th - Westlife
July
1st - Mick Hucknall
2nd - Meat Loaf
3rd - Sugababes + Bjorn Again
4th - The Australian Pink Floyd Show (Wish You Were Here/The Best Of The Wall)
5th - Duran Duran
6th - Paul Simon
8th - Counting Crows
9th - Crowded House
10th - Beatles Day: Imagine The Concert
11th - Deacon Blue
12th - Diana Ross
14th - Bill Wyman’s Rhythm Kings and John Martyn
15th - Def Leppard + Whitesnake
18th - The Farm
19th - Michael Ball
20th - Michael Buble
22nd - Blondie & The Stranglers
24th - The Rat Pack
25th - Jools Holland and his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra
26th - The Australian Pink Floyd Show (Dark Side Of The Moon/Animals)

For information on ticket prices please call the Box Office on 0844 8000 400.

The Neil Campbell Collective Play at The Launch of Sonica Music Web Site

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The Neil Campbell Collective Play at The Launch of Sonica Music Web Site

The NCC will be playing at the launch of the new Sonica music web site at Bumper (Hardman Street, Liverpool) on Thursday 3rd April from 9pm. Also playing that evening will be The Great Northwestern Hoboes, The Mojave Collective and The Grand Architects.

The web site Sonicaonline.co.uk enables artists to sell their tracks using advanced new media technology. Musicians can register with Sonicaonline.co.uk free of charge and start selling their music instantly by uploading tracks and allowing web users to purchase and download their material. Unlike sites like MySpace.com, artists using Sonicaonline.co.uk can name their own price for music they sell through the site as long as it’s more than 25p per track. Many of Neil’s solo tracks and the NCC’s first album ‘3 O’Clcok Sky’ are available for mp3 download at the site.

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Search for Star Hits Town in 08

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AN X-FACTOR style search for a star will form the centrepiece of Halton’s Capital of Culture celebrations.Young people in the area are being offered the chance to shine in the Halton’s Got Talent event.

It is part of the borough’s European Capital of Culture 08 plans and one of the many events of H2O8 Halton Festival of Youth Culture.

The event will include heats in community centres around the Runcorn and Widnes area with a final in July.

Halton council’s Cllr Marie Wright said: “We’re looking for acts of all varieties, not just singing or dancing.

“Any ‘talent’ within reason will be considered.”

Halton’s lead member for the Capital of Culture 08, Cllr Eddie Jones, added: “This summer is a marvellous opportunity to celebrate the talent we have among young people in Halton.”

Source : Liverpool ECHO
Author : Catherine Jones
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Jools Holland to Play Liverpool Summer Pops in July

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Jools Holland and his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra are the lastest big name to be added to this year’s Summer Pops festival which is being held at the Liverpool Echo Arena during July.

Jools Holland and his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra have been performing under one guise or another since 1987, when the original Jools Holland Big Band was formed. Through sheer hard work and dedicated touring, the band has gained a thorougly deserved reputation for providing a great night out. Their lively and energetic shows around the UK and Europe regulalry sell out and they can often be found in a town near you close to Christmas time.

People of a certain age will remember Jools Holland from his Squeeze days. He was a founder member of the group which formed in 1974, but they failed to have any chart success until “Cool For Cats” reached number two in 1979. He came to the attention of the nation when he famously uttered the words “groovy f**kers” during a live transmission of a trailer for Channel 4’s Friday night music show, The Tube.

Currently there are 11 confirmed shows taking place under the banner “Summer Pops” and the headline acts include Diana Ross, Meat Loaf, Crowded House, Mick Hucknall, Deacon Blue, The Australian Pink Floyd Show, Counting Crows, Michael Bublé and Michael Ball.

08 Battle of the Bands Kicks Off

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LIVERPOOL’S most promising young musicians are being given the chance to play at some of the summer’s biggest gigs.

Liverpool Culture Company is looking for bands and individual artists aged between 14 and 25 to take part in Streetwaves 2008.

The competition will see the city’s brightest musical talent battling it out at heats in each of Liverpool’s five neighbourhood areas before a panel of industry experts.

The “most ready” talent from each heat will win a prize package including the chance to perform live at summer festivals across Merseyside.

Last year’s winners appeared at events including Mathew Street Music Festival and Creamfields.

Source : icLiverpool
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Author : Catherine Jones

Review - RLPO/Jenkins at Liverpool Cathedral

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One of the more unlikely Mersey sounds to emerge from Liverpool in its year as European Capital of Culture is a stream of very earnest, very mystical new choral pieces. John Tavener’s Requiem has already come and gone in a whirl of multi-faith chanting. Paul McCartney’s Ecce Cor Meum, a lament for Linda, arrives in his home city in May. And on Saturday Liverpool’s vast Anglican cathedral was packed - some achievement - for the premiere of Karl Jenkins’s Stabat Mater.

Source : TimesOnline
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Author : Richard Morrison

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