Liverpool Sound City 2010
18-22 May 2010Various, Liverpool
15 March 2010
Ian McCulloch to close Liverpool Sound City 2010
The Echo and the Bunnymen singer will play a solo show at St Georges Hall on 22 May.Speaking about his inclusion in the event McCulloch said: “It's great to be playing St. Georges Hall again as part of Liverpool Sound City. The last time I played there was 'Crystal Day' with The Bunnymen.”
Individual tickets for the show will be available for £20 each and free for festival wristband holders.
See below for ticket details.
As part of the four-day festival there will also be a series of special events and movie screenings with Julian Temple’s portrayal of Dr Feelgood, ‘Oil City Confidential’, to be unveiled on 20 May.
Director Temple and Wilko Johnson from Dr Feelgood will be present and participating in a Q & A session immediately following the screening.
Venue to be confirmed.
The Wilko Johnson Band will also play live on the same day at the O2 Academy.
Tickets are £12.50 with support acts to be announced.
Other acts that are set to perform at the event includes Speech Debelle, Is Tropical, Los Campisinos!, The Maccabees and more.
Click here for the latest Liverpool Sound City line-up.
Festival wristbands, which allow access to all the shows at the event, are available now at £45.
Full delegate tickets, which allow access to the gigs, events and conference, are priced at £150. Tickets for individual gigs are also on sale.
Click here to buy tickets to Liverpool Sound City.
Liverpool Sound City 2010 will take place at various venues around Liverpool from 19-22 May.
The festival will showcase local and national talent and it is a chance for industry insiders, promoters, tastemakers to sign the next big thing and music lovers to discover their favourite new band.
Various venues around the city's cultural quarter will provide a platform for bands and artists to show off their skills, but there will also be conferences and panels held over the weekend as well as label-hosted nights.
11 March 2010
Gil Scott-Heron to open Liverpool Sound City 2010
The man behind tracks like ‘The Revolution Will Not Be Televised’ and ‘The Bottle’ will perform at the Philharmonic Hall on 29 April.Scott-Heron is back after 16 years in the musical wilderness with a critically-acclaimed album ‘I’m New Here’.
Speaking about the announcement, Liverpool Sound City Director, Dave Pichilingi said: “We are absolutely delighted to be bringing such a legend to Liverpool and it is wonderful to be able to work with the Philharmonic Hall on such a special event. However, it does not end here. Look out for some amazing acts and names to be unveiled over the next few weeks!”
Tickets for the show have to be bought separately from festival wristbands. They will go on sale at 12pm on 15 March.
Other acts that are set to perform at the event includes Speech Debelle, Is Tropical, Los Campisinos!, The Maccabees and more.
Click here for the latest Liverpool Sound City line-up.
Festival wristbands, which allow access to all the shows at the event, are available now at £45.
Full delegate tickets, which allow access to the gigs, events and conference, are priced at £150. Tickets for individual gigs are also on sale.
Click here to buy tickets to Liverpool Sound City.
Liverpool Sound City 2010 will take place at various venues around Liverpool from 19-22 May.
The festival will showcase local and national talent and it is a chance for industry insiders, promoters, tastemakers to sign the next big thing and music lovers to discover their favourite new band.
Various venues around the city's cultural quarter will provide a platform for bands and artists to show off their skills, but there will also be conferences and panels held over the weekend as well as label-hosted nights.
4 March 2010
More names for Liverpool Sound City 2010
Both will support The Maccabees who will play two shows the O2 Academy on 22 May, which includes an all age matinee concert.Field Music and Ed Sheeran have been confirmed for a show at the Masque on 20 May a day later than British Sea Power.
Other acts announced today (Thursday) include Archie Bronson Outfit, Oh No Ono, White Hinterland, Django Django and TeenagersInTokyo.
Festival wristbands, which allow access to all the shows at the event, are available now at £45.
Full delegate tickets, which allow access to the gigs, events and conference, are priced at £150. Tickets for individual gigs are also on sale.
Click here to buy tickets to Liverpool Sound City.
Liverpool Sound City 2010 will take place at various venues around Liverpool from 19-22 May.
The festival will showcase local and national talent and it is a chance for industry insiders, promoters, tastemakers to sign the next big thing and music lovers to discover their favourite new band.
Various venues around the city's cultural quarter will provide a platform for bands and artists to show off their skills, but there will also be conferences and panels held over the weekend as well as label-hosted nights.
25 February 2010
Delphic, The Fall, more for Liverpool Sound City
Welsh hardcore group The Blackout, Young Guns and My Passion will all play at The Masque Theatre on Friday 21 May while Everything Everything and Egyptian Hip Hop will support Delphic.Speaking about the announcement, festival director Dave Pichilingi said: "We are delighted to be announcing a number of amazing new acts for Liverpool Sound City 2010. Delphic and The Blackout are two of the hottest bands around at the moment and we are also proud to present a truly legendary band in the shape of The Fall. Watch out for many more announcements over the coming weeks."
Festival wristbands, which allow access to all the shows at the event, are available now at £45.
Full delegate tickets, which allow access to the gigs, events and conference, are priced at £150. Tickets for individual gigs are also on sale.
Click here to buy tickets to Liverpool Sound City.
Liverpool Sound City 2010 will take place at various venues around Liverpool from 19-22 May.
The festival will showcase local and national talent and it is a chance for industry insiders, promoters, tastemakers to sign the next big thing and music lovers to discover their favourite new band.
Various venues around the city's cultural quarter will provide a platform for bands and artists to show off their skills, but there will also be conferences and panels held over the weekend as well as label-hosted nights.
18 February 2010
Maccabees to play twice at Liverpool Sound City
The indie group, who affirmed their quality with their second album ‘Wall Of Arms’, will play the O2 Academy on 22 May after the festival teamed up with promoters Eat Your Own Ears.The Sunshine Underground will also make a comeback at the city festival alongside locals Hot Club De Paris and Attack! Attack! from Wales.
Liverpool icon Ian McNabb will also appear at the event, which already boasts performances from Mercury Music Prize winner Speech Debelle and chameleon pop star Paloma Faith.
Speaking about the confirmations, Sound City Festival Director Dave Pichilingi said: "Eat Your Own Ears and The Maccabees fit perfectly with the Sound City ethos. Eat Your Own Ears are the coolest promoters in the UK.
“They promote and book for some of the best festivals in the UK including Field Day and underage Festival. Their line-ups are always eclectic and like our very own bookers they have those amazing ears and knack to book the right things at the right time.
“They do not jump on bandwagons but instead serve to present the best acts before anybody else gets to hear of them. Notable successes over the past few years include Hot Chip, The Temper Trap, Florence and the Machine and The Big Pink. Like our bookers they have worked with Maccabees from their earliest roots. This is going to be a must see show for Sound City 2010."
Other acts confirmed today include Canada’s Chilly Gonzales, Australia’s Philadelphia Grand Jury, Teenagersintokyo, France’s Naive New Beaters, Panico and Thieves Like Us.
You Say Party! We Say Die! and the USA’s Here We Go Magic will add to the international prowess of the event with North Atlantic Oscillation, My Passion, Reverend Soundsystem, Esben and the Witch, Rox, Lonelady, Stopmakingme, Dead Kids, The Delta Fiasco, Chickenhawk and Sharks also confirmed.
The first topics to be discussed at the festival’s conference will include Does music need fashion? Are indie labels the right choice anymore? Is the touring circuit dead of alive? Are the halcyon days of publishing over? and The power of the agent.
Festival wristbands, which allow access to all the shows at the event, are available now at £45.
Full delegate tickets, which allow access to the gigs, events and conference, are priced at £150. Tickets for individual gigs are also on sale.
Click here to buy tickets to Liverpool Sound City.
Liverpool Sound City 2010 will take place at various venues around Liverpool from 19-22 May.
The festival will showcase local and national talent and it is a chance for industry insiders, promoters, tastemakers to sign the next big thing and music lovers to discover their favourite new band.
Various venues around the city's cultural quarter will provide a platform for bands and artists to show off their skills, but there will also be conferences and panels held over the weekend as well as label-hosted nights.
4 February 2010
Paloma Faith, Speech Debelle for Liverpool Sound City
The singer, famed for her singles ‘Stone Cold Sober’ and ‘New York’, will play the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall on 19 May.Speaking about her inclusion, Paloma Faith said: “I'm so excited to perform at such a prestigious event; Liverpool is supposed to be the centre of the arts in Britain and that's where I want to be, smack bang in the centre of the arts!”
Other names confirmed today include Mercury Music Prize winner Speech Debelle, who will headline the O2 Academy Liverpool on 21 May as well as Wave Machines, Gold Panda, Hook and the Twin and Grosvenor.
Individual tickets will go on sale tomorrow (Friday 5 Febuary) at 9am.
In contrast to the live performances, the festivals first keynote speaker to be announced is musical royalty Seymour Stein. Stein was the founder of Sire Records and famous for signing artists such as Madonna, The Ramones, Blondie, Talking Heads and Liverpool’s own Echo and the Bunnymen. A musical mastermind in his own right, Stein will be in conversation with a surprise celebrity guest whom he has worked with in the past.
Early bird tickets for Liverpool Sound City are already on sale.
Festival wristbands, which allow access to all the shows at the event, are available now at £40.
Full delegate tickets, which allow access to the gigs, events and conference, are priced at £100.
Click here to buy tickets to Liverpool Sound City.
Liverpool Sound City 2010 will take place at various venues around Liverpool from 19-22 May.
The festival will showcase local and national talent and it is a chance for industry insiders, promoters, tastemakers to sign the next big thing and music lovers to discover their favourite new band.
Various venues around the city's cultural quarter will provide a platform for bands and artists to show off their skills, but there will also be conferences and panels held over the weekend as well as label-hosted nights.
20 August 2009
Liverpool Sound City 2010 early bird tickets on sale
Festival wristbands, which allow access to all the shows at the event, are available now at £40.Full delegate tickets, which allow access to the gigs, events and conference, are priced at £100.
Click here to buy tickets to Liverpool Sound City.
Liverpool Sound City 2010 will take place at various venues around Liverpool from 19-22 May.
No bands have been announced yet, but click here to read out reviews from Liverpool Sound City 2009.
The festival will showcase local and national talent and it is a chance for industry insiders, promoters, tastemakers to sign the next big thing and music lovers to discover their favourite new band.
Various venues around the city's cultural quarter will provide a platform for bands and artists to show off their skills, but there will also be conferences and panels held over the weekend as well as label-hosted nights.
