Music Venue Trust and The National Lottery have joined forces to host a one-off free gig on the Eurovision Village in Liverpool, which is ready to happen later this month.
Scheduled for subsequent Wednesday (May 10), the present is the most recent instalment to the continuing ‘United By Music Tour’ which options over 20 gigs at 20 music venues throughout town.
This marks the third time that the 2 organisations have joined forces, and follows a previously-announced collection of reveals going down in Liverpool between May 8 and May 12, which all offered out inside 4 minutes.
Designed to each have fun town’s iconic music scene and help grassroots venues all through the UK, the acts acting at Wednesday’s present embody The Lightning Seeds, Girls Don’t Sync, Michael Aldag, and Miles Kane.
The occasion might be hosted on the Eurovision Village at Liverpool’s Pier Head. However, the tickets is not going to be offered prematurely, so these eager to attend are suggested to go down rapidly on the day, as all 15,000 areas might be given out without cost on a first-come-first-served foundation. Gates will open for hopeful attendees at midday, and there might be a spread of performances constructing as much as the primary present, which kicks off at 6:30 pm BST.
Set to run till roughly 10 pm, quite a lot of acts competing in Eurovision 2023 are additionally anticipated to make appearances on the present. Find out additional particulars right here.
“We were completely blown away by the fantastic response to the announcement of The National Lottery’s United by Music Liverpool events,” mentioned Mark Dayvd, CEO of Music Venue Trust.
“Liverpool is still the home of live music and we simply couldn’t meet the demand from local audiences to be part of a celebration of everything the city has to offer. So we have spoken with some of the key artists taking part and found a way to bring even more music to Liverpool, with a fantastic free entry event.”
Ian Broudie, frontman of The Lightning Seeds, added: “We are delighted to be supporting a campaign that is backing so many music venues across Liverpool, one of the world’s leading cities for music. To play a part in providing Liverpool with a whole week of music is incredible and we’re thankful for The National Lottery and the Music Venue Trust for making it possible.”
Other artists set to carry out on the ‘United By Music Tour’ embody The Coral, Jamie Webster, Crawlers and The Mysterines.
Earlier right this moment (May 3), it was introduced that rock veterans Def Leppard would even be performing a present in collaboration with Music Venue Trust. Taking place of their Sheffield hometown, the present might be held on the iconic venue The Leadmill and marks their most intimate efficiency within the metropolis in over 40 years.
Back in March, the organisation confirmed that it had raised 75 per cent of its £2.5million goal for #OwnOurVenues marketing campaign — a marketing campaign to take public possession of 9 grassroots venues throughout the UK.