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LIVERPOOL MUSIC WEEK 2010

FREE SHOW HEADLINERS ANNOUNCED!

Artists announced for 2 week extravaganza include-

DARWIN DEEZ, SLEIGH BELLS, LOS CAMPESINOS!,

CHAPEL CLUB, MILES KANE, CAST

The UK’s biggest indoor winter music festival kicks off on 29^th October and we are pleased to announce details for this year’s Liverpool Music Week free show agenda.

This year LMW HQ has delivered one of their most cutting edge line ups ever, which will feature performances from the likes of Leftfield, Efterklang, Chase & Status, Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip, Warpaint, Hadouken, Beardyman and K’naan. To wrap up proceedings, we’re thrilled to announce Warp Records’ !!! Chk Chk Chk is the final ticketed show to be announced for the run of this year’s debut shows at The Stanley Theatre and their first Liverpool show in over 7 years on 31^st October.

However this year the multi-venue festival - that this week has also been nominated as Best UK Metropolitan Festival in the UK Festival Awards - is proud to announce one of the most exciting free line-ups in the event’s 8 year history, with a selection of the UK’s freshest artists at the one of the city’s most lively young music hotspots - MOJO.

After their sell-out debut Liverpool show in May, Darwin Deez return to open the festival’s activities at MOJO. After huge success with the first single releases from their debut album – and already a firm favourite with the Liverpool crowd, the Deez gang will bring their music, moves and Radar Detectors to kick off the festival free shows in style on Friday October 29^th.

The free music agenda has always been an integral part of the festival’s blueprint, and this year audiences will also be able to get the chance to see exciting new acts such as Sleigh Bells, Field Music, Egyptian Hip Hop, O Children, Chapel Club, and Los Campesinos! all taking place at MOJO between 29^th Oct – 15^th Nov.

Also at MOJO is what will be one of the most anticipated of our free shows. Miles Kane will make his Liverpool solo debut, since his international success with The Last Shadow Puppets. This show takes place on Thursday 11^th November..

Another serious highlight of the free show agenda comes from one of Liverpool Music Week’s favourite sons. John Power will return with Cast to play in the performance space at BBC Radio Merseyside. John has a special affiliation with the festival since his legendary show back in 2005 where he was joined on stage with La’s bandmate Lee Mavers. This unique performance from Cast, especially for LMW, will precede their full UK tour including 3 sold-out o2 Academy Liverpool dates later in the month. Again, please check the LMW Facebook for further announcements on how to gain entry.

LMW Director Mike Deane said “We are delighted at the agenda we have pulled together for 2010. Important headline artists will fly in (out of festival season) from all over the world to play alongside the city’s most important Scousers of today. To have Cast and Miles Kane playing the type of shows that are intrinsic to how the festival works, is a perfect example of how we mix it with the music’s hottest new artists such as Darwin Deez, Egyptian Hip Hop & Sleigh Bells. I’m very much looking forward to the free MOJO shows at this year’s festival.”

You can access more information on these shows by checking the festival Facebook page - www.facebook.com/officialliverpoolmusicweek

If you are looking to go to MOJO free shows, please be advised to attend early. Doors at 7pm each show. We will announce ways of guaranteeing entrance on the Facebook page. The full agenda for the free shows will be announced in the next 2 weeks.

Liverpool Music Week has been nominated for Best Metropolitan Festival, Best Grassroots Festival and Best Family Festival in this year’s UK Festival Awards, to vote go to http://uk.festivalawards.com/

Tickets on sale now / Info: www.liverpoolmusicweek.co.uk / Tel: 0151 707 1309

DATES ANNOUNCED:-

MOJO FREE SHOW AGENDA

in association with BIDO LITO!

DARWIN DEEZ

Friday 29^th October

Mojo – Back Berry Street