Dizzee Rascal is set to perform
Liverpool Music Week and MTV have announced a partnership for the 6th Annual winter music festival. The partnership follows the announcement of this years MTV Europe Music Awards which is set to be staged at the Echo Arena in Liverpool on Thursday 6th November and will be one of the highlights of Liverpools year as European Capital Of Culture. Liverpool Music Week, the UKs largest indoor winter music festival will be staging over 50 events, across 16 venues and will play host to over 250 live bands. Attracting a record breaking 60,000 people in 2007, this year the festival returns with a jam packed itinerary of live music, to take over the city for 8 days creating one of the biggest musical events of the year. MTV Liverpool Music Week will run from Thursday 30th October leading up to the EMAs, and a number of shows from the festival will be filmed for broadcast across MTV channels, to be announced shortly. The event will be supported by the Liverpool Culture Company, for the fourth year in a row. MTV is very proud to be supporting Liverpool Music Week, it will provide a fantastic line-up of artists leading up to the MTV Europe Music Awards, said Richard Godfrey, Executive Producer. This partnership underlines MTVs commitment to live music for both new and established artists and will make this years EMAs a memorable event for the city of Liverpool and for MTV.Coinciding with the announcement of MTV Liverpool Music Week, the first acts announced to perform include the Mercury nominated Goldfrapp, performing at Liverpool University on Friday 31st October, this internationally renowned band have achieved three No.1 US Dance singles and their album Supernature was nominated for Best Electronic/Dance Album at the 49th Grammy Awards. On Sunday 2nd November at Liverpool University, Mercury Prize winner Dizzee Rascal performs, with a No1. selling single Dance Wiv Me currently at the top of the charts this largely self composed London will be one of the major highlights of this years Liverpool Music Week. New Yorks rock indie super group Vampire Weekend will be opening this years festival at Liverpool Carling Academy on Thursday 30th October. The band who became one of the biggest draws and highlights of this years T In The Park and Glastonbury have also had one of the biggest selling debut albums of the year, and they visit Liverpool for a highly anticipated debut performance. On Saturday 1st November, Black Kids headline Nation, this US indie 5 piece have been one of the trailblazing acts of 2008, already one of Rolling Stone Magazines Top 10 Artists of 2008 and tipped as the coolest kids in music, they have gone on to produce one of the best albums of the year. Black Kids will be supported by Ladyhawke.
Mike Deane and James Barton co-directors of Liverpool Music Week comment: We are thrilled to announce our partnership with MTV, underlining just how far this festival has come since it's creation in 2003 we will celebrate this with the largest and most diverse LMW to date. With a mouth watering agenda of ticketed shows and the massive spread of free events all featuring the hottest new artistes around and the most interesting line up to date, MTV LMW will have something for everyone. It is certainly the best means for all people of the city to come and be involved in the final major music highlight of this very special year.
Liverpool Music Week was founded in 2003 by Mike Deane, and has gone onto become a nationally recognized event and highlight of the live music calendar, in order to push the event to even greater heights, last year a JV partnership was formed with one of the UKs most prolific music industry figures, Cream CEO James Barton. The festival format is a combination of ticketed shows and a huge agenda of free shows, the event has attracted some of the UKs biggest live acts as well as becoming a platform for new emerging talent who are set to become the stars of tomorrow, breakthrough artistes such as The Wombats, Hot Club De Paris, and The Rascals alongside the likes of Kaiser Chiefs, The Chemical Brothers to name but a few.
As well as staging a huge agenda of live music events, Liverpool Music Week will also be running a series of panels and seminars featuring some of the UKs music industry movers & shakers who will come together to discuss issues and opportunities within the sector and to offer advice and support to a range of related music businesses, artists and individuals with a desire to enter the music industry.
MTV Liverpool Music Week will culminate the cities year as European Capital of Culture, this partnership combined with an award winning line up of acts performing will cement Liverpools position as the worlds capital of Music and celebrate what makes Liverpool great.
Councillor Warren Bradley, Leader of Liverpool City Council and deputy chair of the Liverpool Culture Company, said: As the World Capital of Pop Liverpool is immensely proud of its musical credentials, but were equally keen to ensure that the citys music scene continues to grow and develop, especially during our year as European Capital Of Culture. The city has been a keen supporter of Liverpool Music Week over the past few years and Im delighted that the event has joined up with MTV for what promises to be an extremely exciting partnership
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