Liverpool Music Awards 2013 - Full line up announced

Liverpool Music Awards - Full line up announced

Line Up Announced for Liverpool Music Awards 2013
Sunday 25th August
St George's Hall, Liverpool L1 1JJ
Red carpet: 6.30pm


The second ever Liverpool Music Awards ceremony, sponsored by Liverpool City Council takes place on Sunday 25 August at St George’s Hall, as part of the new Liverpool International Music Festival.  The red carpet event honours the heroes of the Liverpool music scene, from the musicians to those behind the scenes. 

Hosted by Liverpool born DJ Janice Long, it promises to be a star studded event, with presenters including chart-topping stars Heidi Range from the Sugababes and Atomic Kitten’s Liz McClarnon, Miss Stylie with guests including Miles Kane, The Farm and cast members of Hollyoaks.

Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s Paul Rutherford will be travelling from New Zealand to present an award alongside Gary Christian and China Crisis.

Presenters on the night include BBC Radio Merseyside’s Billy Butler, Dave Monks and Roger Hill, Radio City breakfast show host Rossie and DJ Lee Butler.  Radio 1Xtra’s Robbo Ranx, Brit and Grammy Award winning producer Steve Levine, Sound City founder Dave Pichilingi and Granada Reports Victoria Grimes. Margi Clarke and Pauline Daniels will be present alongside Steve Rotherham MP and Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson.

It will see performances and collaborations from a wide range of Merseyside musicians, including Paul Duffy from The Coral, Bill Ryder-Jones, Bird, Dominic Dunn, Natalie McCool, The Valentine Brothers, Milly Pye, Anna Corcoran, Rob Vincent, Miles Christian, KOF, GhostChant, Broken Men, Sundowners, Treetop and the Sense of Sound Choir.

"I am so excited about the line-up for the ceremony” adds Ellie “All of the artists are incredible live, and all of the performances are collaborations so it's going to be an incredibly special evening and completely unique. I had such difficulty deciding on the line-up because the amount of talent in our city is insane - I have no idea how the judges shortlisted the entries for the awards themselves. Voting closes Friday at midnight so there's still time to visit the website and cast your votes for those that were shortlisted."

The judges for the awards are Yaw Owusu, Spike Beecham, Roger Hill, Steve Levine, Billy Butler, Lee Butler, Jennifer John, Janice Long, Jade Wright, Dave Monks, Mark Featherstone-Witty and Michael Jones.

For more information on the awards and tickets go to www.liverpoolmusicawards.com

LIVERPOOL MUSIC AWARDS 2013 NOMINATIONS:

THE MICHAEL MOLLOY YOUTH MUSIC AWARD (age 16-21)
MIC LOWRY
KATIE NICHOLAS
TYLER MENSAH

MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
BILL RYDER-JONES
ESCO WILLIAMS
MILES KANE

FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
NATALIE MCCOOL
EVA PETERSON
ANNA CORCORAN

BAND OF THE YEAR
THE HUMMINGBIRDS
BY THE SEA
CLINIC

ONE TO WATCH (no age restriction)
JETTA
LUMIN BELLS
JOHN ROSS JUNIOR

SINGLE OF THE YEAR
JETTA – START A RIOT
HIGHFIELDS – THE CHASE (OH LORD)
MICHAEL MOLLOY – RISE & FALL

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
CUT FROM A STAR – IAN SKELLY
DON’T FORGET WHO YOU ARE – MILES KANE
TOWERS – BALTIC FLEET

LIVE MUSIC NIGHT OF THE YEAR
LIVERPOOL ACOUSTIC
HARVEST SUN
EVOL

LIVE MUSIC VENUE OF THE YEAR
LEAF
CAMP AND FURNACE
LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
IAN BROUDIE
AL GROVES
CAHILL

DJ OF THE YEAR
ANTON POWERS
GHOSTCHANT
RICHIE VEGAS

MUSIC BUSINESS OF THE YEAR
ELEVATOR STUDIOS
EIGHTIES VINYL RECORDS
3 BEAT RECORDS

Mel C announced to appear at Liverpool Music Awards

Mel C to join Lawson, The Wombats, Liz McClarnon and Esco Williams at the first ever Liverpool Music Awards  - Saturday 17 November 2012

Melanie C has announced that she will appear at the inaugural Liverpool Music Awards. The Widnes-born singer will present one of the awards at the ceremony on Saturday November 17.

Melanie has just finished a 21-date arena tour of the UK and Ireland, performing as Mary Magdalene in Andrew Lloyd Webber's rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar.

She says: “I loved being back in Liverpool and am really excited to be part of the first ever Liverpool Music Awards”.

Also confirmed to present an award is blues legend Connie Lush. The singer, who grew up on Scotland Road, is recognised as one of the finest blues singers that the UK has ever produced, winning international awards and touring the world. As BB King said “That Woman makes my heart sing.”

Connie says: “Any awards that are given, always encourage people to aim high, it feeds ambitions, I am so happy to be involved with our own Liverpool Music Awards.”

Liverpool indie popstars The Wombats will be presenting an award along with members of Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Liz McClarnon, Mike Di Scala and BBC Radio Merseyside’s Dave Monks.

The red-carpet event, hosted by Radio 2 DJ Janice Long, will also see performances from X Factor finalist Craig Colton and MOBO Unsung award winner Esco Williams, the Sense of Sound Choir and Mark Simpson, the first person ever to win both the BBC's young composer and BBC Young Musician in the same year.

Also performing collaborations on the night are Katie Taylor, Ivy and The Chance, Manukah, Jamie Broad, Susan Hedges, Stereo Electric Mistress and Charley Blue.

Lawson, fronted by Liverpool singer Andy Brown, will be playing a set on the night, as well as presenting an award.

Andy says: “We're looking forward to performing at the first ever Liverpool Music Awards and it will be an honour to present an award on the evening as Liverpool music has had such a massive influence on me.”

The ceremony at The Dome Grand Central on Saturday, November 17 will see performances from more than 50 Liverpool musicians from a wide range of genres, performing in different collaborations.

Awards organiser Ellie Phillips says: “I’m absolutely ecstatic that the Liverpool Music Awards have the support of such huge music stars. They will really help bring national and even international attention to the awards, and in turn to the musical talent and music industries which we have in Liverpool.”

Set to become an annual event, the Liverpool Music Awards will honour the heroes of the music industry in our city: not only local musicians, but also those behind the scene, who facilitate and inspire others to create and perform on Merseyside. While the scope of the awards provides opportunity to celebrate musical achievements which have gone beyond the borders of our city, at their core the awards are for those who are currently active in Liverpool.

The judging panel includes; broadcaster Janice Long, BBC Radio Merseyside DJ Billy Butler and son Lee Butler from Radio City, founder of LIPA, Mark Featherstone-Witty, programme director for the MA in music industry studies at the University of Liverpool Dr Mike Jones, Simon Glinn, executive director of Liverpool Philharmonic Hall & Events, Liverpool Echo music writer Jade Wright, BBC Radio Merseyside's Dave Monks artistic director of Sense of Sound, Jennifer John.

Tickets are available to the public via the website www.liverpoolmusicawards.com

Liverpool Pride announces full artist line up

THE ONLY WAY IS LIVERPOOL…PRIDE

TOWIE STAR JESSICA WRIGHT, 2 SHOES and LIZ MCCLARNON JOIN MARCUS COLLINS IN LIVERPOOL PRIDE LINEUP

At an exciting launch event, held aboard a Mersey Ferry river cruise this evening Liverpool Pride organisers announced that TOWIE star Jessica Wright, Essex Girls 2 Shoes and Liverpool’s own Liz McClarnon will also perform on the festival’s Waterfront Stage on Saturday 4 August.

The acts join Marcus Collins on the bill in addition to a river pageant load of other fabulous acts who will all perform when the UK’s biggest FREE LGBT Pride festival outside of London returns for its third voyage later this summer. 

Liz McClarnon, who attended the launch celebrations, was one third of Britain’s biggest girl band; Atomic Kitten. Liz travelled the world with the band on sell out tours, performed for the Queen at Buckingham Palace and has countless awards and number 1 singles and albums under her belt, sold 10 million records globally as well as bringing pop music back to the masses in 2001 when the band released “Whole Again” which spent 4 weeks at number 1 in the UK chart, 6 weeks at number 1 in Germany, and was number 1 in 17 other Countries. Since then, she’s gone on to launch a successful solo career and won Celebrity Masterchef. Now, she comes home to Liverpool Pride to perform some of hers and Atomic Kitten’s biggest hits.

Liz said:  "I'm so excited to be performing at this year's Liverpool Pride festival. The festival is doing a lot to raise awareness of Homophobia and break down any barriers that may exist in our city, It's such a worthwhile event. I always love coming home to sing in front of a home crowd and I'm sure that this time will be extra special – Bring it on!"

Jessica Wright shot to fame as part of ITV’s BAFTA winning series The Only Way is Essex. Since then the aspiring pop princess has landed a record deal and having written her debut album in Liverpool is now ready to share her exciting new venture with the world. She’ll be performing her debut single ‘Dance With Me All Night’ at Liverpool Pride. Who knows, maybe even Nanny Pat might join her…

Totes Amaze X-Factor duo 2 Shoes will also take to the stage to perform on the day. The bubbly Brentwood ladies made it through to the live show stages of X-Factor 2011 before being sent home by mentor Tulisa. Since then one of the pair; Charley, has gone on to have a baby named Beaux and they’ve signed a record deal! 2 Shoes are now ready to tear up the UK one step at a time including what is bound to be a fabulous Liverpool Prideperformance. 

This year’s Liverpool Pride line up also includes girlbands The Bon Bonz, a Yorkshire based rock-pop group and Concrete Rose;managed by Lee Latchford-Evans of Steps fame.  Single ladies getting in on the act include Maltese teen pop sensation Sophie and beautiful singer/songwriter Katrina Heenan.

Boybands feature heavily in the line up with sets from Wigan boys On The Line, who have supported multi platinum selling artists including Texas, Ronan Keating, Westlife and Lemar to name only a few. Rewind, who have worked with producers such as Pete Kirtley, Tim Hawes, Ian Curnow and LA super writer Andrew Lane.  Retro/acoustic boyband Concept, who take their influences from the Beatles, Motown, Ed Sheeran, Duran Duran and Labringth and Forbidden Juice, who are based at the same production house as Mcfly, Busted and George Michael. Rounding off the boyband line up is Future Kicks who BBC Radio 1 described the band as “the next kings of pop” after they played the stations Big Weekend festival in Carlisle.

Also taking to the Waterfront Stage is Jnay (John Adeleye), a MOBO award winner and 2010 X Factor finalist, currently working on his forthcoming EP ‘POLAROID’, drawing inspiration from Prince, Stevie Wonder, Tom Vek and Nirvana. Also hailing from reality TV, Sarah Whatmore rose to fame in the first series of the British television show Pop Idol. Simon Fuller signed her to RCA Records including a worldwide management deal with 19 Entertainment. But manufactured pop is the antithesis of Sarah’s soulful creative expression. Now a singer/songwriter, Sarah has collaborated with various artists around the world, experimenting with eclectic styles and sounds, and ultimately developing a rich and unique territory beyond genre.

Liverpool’s own LGBT Choir will take to the stage to perform a wealth of songs both old and new before Dance Dynamix, who famously made it to the finals of Sky One’s Got To Dance in 2011 tear up the stage with their electrifying routines.

Other performances come from Neighbours heartthrob Sam Clark, whose debut single ‘Devastated’ went in at No1 in 6 countries,Thomas Teago who signed a major deal with Fierce Management at the end of 2011 and is currently working on his debut album. They’re joined by Liverpool ʻbad boyʼ turned ʻgoodʼ Bradley Johnson who gave the judges quite a shock at his first X Factor audition with his performance of ‘A Team’ by Ed Sheeran and Armstrong who has worked with many artists and producers over the years, from the likes of The Honeyz, JLS, Babyface, Soulshock  & many more.

Rounding off the line up is Click 22 An urban duo with a shared passion for music and an incredible talent for song writing and performing.  They’ll be taking to the stage to perform alongside club diva Nikki Belle.

There will also be DJ sets from Desperate Scousewives’ Danny Latimer and Ste Cocky.  The Stanley Street stage line

Jen Corrigan and Karl Connor of Fierce Management who programmed the line upsaid: "This is our first year programming Liverpool Pride and we're really excited about the line up! There's something for everyone and we hope everyone will enjoy the party! We've worked on some big events across the country but nothing beats working on something so important in your home city. We're so happy and proud to be part of Pride and working on such an amazing event. We've worked hard to give Liverpool the biggest line up it's had to date and we're looking forward to seeing the festival grow and be even bigger next year!"

Zoran Blackie, Chair at Liverpool Pride said ‘‘We set the programming team with a challenge to bring some of the best of Liverpool talent and up and coming acts to appeal to our broad range of tastes for our incredibly diverse audience. I am made up with what we’ve got - three stages of entertainment, all for free, allowing the gay community and the rest of Liverpool to have a brilliant day together… let’s hope we can book the sunshine too’’

Liverpool Pride is the UK’s biggest FREE Gay Pride festival outside of London. In just two years, Liverpool Pride has established itself as one of the major highlights in the city and the wider LGB and T community’s summer calendar. Bursting onto the scene in 2010, the inaugural Liverpool Pride festival attracted over 20,000people, which was doubled to over 44,000 in 2011.

For 2012 Festival organisers are promising the best event yet, a festival which Liverpool’s LGB andT community is proud of, attracting people from across the country to experience the diverse culture of one of Europe’s most exciting cities.

The festival came about following the launch of the LGB&T Network, at which the public voted for a Pride festival to engage, empower and involve the LGB&T communities within the city. This was fully endorsed by Liverpool City Council in January 2009. Following a number of high profile attacks in the city, the event was established in 2010 and now takes place each year to coincide with the anniversary of murdered gay teenager Michael Causer.

Liverpool Pride 2012 will take place at Liverpool’s iconic pier-head and throughout the Stanley Street Gay Quarter. In addition to this, there will be a weekend of cultural events taking place at some of Liverpool’s most influential arts and cultural establishments. The festival’s ‘Nautical but Nice’ theme, chosen in a ballot by 700 members of the local LGBT community, gives a nod to the city’s commemoration of the 100 year anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, whilst at the same time, celebrating the city’s rich maritime history and taking advantage of the main festival site, which sits on the banks of the River Mersey.

Applications are still open for the Liverpool Pride March. Individuals, groups and organisations are invited to take part by registering online at www.liverpoolpride.co.uk/march before 31st July. 

Make sure you check out liverpoolpride.co.uk, @LiverpoolPride on Twitter and search Liverpool Pride on Facebook to have your say and for all of the latest pride news.

Article posted by Musicmafia