News

Free Show Headliners Announced For Liverpool Music Week

• 28th Sep 2010

The UK’s biggest indoor winter music festival kicks off on 29th 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 31st 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 29th.

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 29th Oct – 15th 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 11th 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 – link

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 link

Tickets on sale now / Info: link / Tel: 0151 707 1309

DATES ANNOUNCED:-

MOJO FREE SHOW AGENDA
in association with BIDO LITO!

DARWIN DEEZ
Friday 29th October
Mojo – Back Berry Street
Free Entry / Age 18+ / Doors 7pm

Moshi Moshi Records present:
JAMES YUILL + SILVER COLUMNS
Monday 1st November
Mojo – Back Berry Street
Free Entry / Age 18+ / Doors 7pm

FIELD MUSIC
Tuesday 2nd November
Mojo – Back Berry Street
Free Entry / Age 18+ / Doors 7pm

EGYPTIAN HIP HOP
Wednesday 3rd November
Mojo – Back Berry Street
Free Entry / Age 18+ / Doors 7pm

CHAPEL CLUB + DIAMOND RINGS
Thursday 4th November
Mojo – Back Berry Street
Free Entry / Age 18+ / Doors 7pm

MILES KANE
Thursday 11th November
Mojo – Back Berry Street
Free Entry / Age 18+ / Doors 7pm

SLEIGH BELLS + O CHILDREN
Friday 12th November
Mojo – Back Berry Street
Free Entry / Age 18+ / Doors 7pm

LOS CAMPESINOS!
Monday 15th November
Mojo – Back Berry Street
Free Entry / Age 18+ / Doors 7pm

SPECIAL EVENTS:
CAST – live
Thursday 11th November
BBC Radio Merseyside Performance Space
Free Entry / Age: 14+ / Doors: 7pm

TICKETED EVENTS:

WARPAINT – LMW ‘10 launch event
Saturday 23rd October
The Kazimier
£8.00+BF / Age: 18+ / Doors: 8.00pm

BEARDYMAN
Friday 29th October
Liverpool University (Stanley Theatre)
£10.00+BF / Age: 14+ / Doors: 7.30pm

HADOUKEN!
Saturday 30th October
Liverpool University (Stanley Theatre)
£12.50+BF / Age: 14+ / Doors: 7.30pm

!!! CHK CHK CHK
Sunday 31st October
Liverpool University (Stanley Theatre)
£13.00+BF / Age: 14+ / Doors: 7.30pm

DAN LE SAC vs SCROOBIUS PIP
Wednesday 3rd November
02 Academy Liverpool (Main Room)
£14.50+BF / Age: 14+ / Doors: 7.30pm

EFTERKLANG
Sunday 7th November
02 Academy Liverpool (Main Room)
£10.00+BF / Age: 14+ / Doors: 8.00pm

CHASE & STATUS
Saturday 13th November
02 Academy Liverpool (Main Room)
£14+BF / Age: 14+ / Doors: 7.30pm

K’NAAN
Saturday 13th November
Liverpool University (Stanley Theatre)
£12.50+BF / Age: 14+ / Doors: 7.30pm

LEFTFIELD – LMW ’10 Closing Event
Thursday 25th November
Liverpool University (Mountford Hall)
£24+BF / Age: 14+ / Doors: 7.00pm

Tickets available from link / Tel: 0844 888 4401.

Info: link / link