Belle & Sebastian to headline Liverpool Sound City

Liverpool Sound City 2015

Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th May 2015
Bramley Moore Dock, Liverpool, Merseyside, L3 0AP, England MAP
£65 for festival wristband

Daily capacity: 25,000

Liverpool Sound City has announced that Belle & Sebastian backed by a full orchestra will top the final day's bill of the festival held from Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th May 2015.

Stuart Murdoch from the Scottish group who release their ninth album 'Girls In Peacetime' Want To Dance in the new year, said, "We're looking forward to headlining Liverpool Sound City on 24th May. This is the last date of our tour and we can't wait to play at the Liverpool Docklands, It's such an iconic location."

Now in its 8th year Liverpool Sound City has also revealed a move from its original home in and around the venues of Wolstenholme Square to the Bramley Moore Dock.

Sound City CEO Dave Pichilingi explained the move, "Our goal year on year is to evolve, grow, challenge, inspire, surprise and delight.

"The decision to move to Bramley Moore Dock is based on that ethos and vision. The site is quite literally incredible, at once a blank canvas but at the same time a powerfully evocative backdrop of the real Liverpool, it’s industrial heritage and a once in a lifetime opportunity to breath new life into the sleeping heart of this city.

"The move is not just prompted by our desire for the new but also as a response to the feedback we have had from our audience. Ultimately we have outgrown our old home. It will be sad to leave working with the people and venues we have worked with over the past few years but we don’t want a situation where people have to queue to watch acts or worse still not get to see them at all. Sound City is based on egalitarianism, just as this city is, and we chose the new site to ensure everyone who comes gets the chance to see and engage with everything."

Sound City 2015 will utilise the existing industrial architecture and warehousing on the docks as unique venues whilst blending in a series of bespoke pop-ups, big tops and tents and for the first time an outdoor main stage.

Pichilingi added: “The possibilities with Bramley Moore Dock are literally mind blowing. The ways in which we can harness the existing structures and how we use the lighting to pick out amazing industrial buildings are endless.

"Then there is the water, not just the dock but the Mersey itself. We have some big ideas, very big ideas, about how we’ll use the river and waterways, all to be revealed. Rest assured though it’s going to make Sound City one of the most unique and awe-inspiring festival sites in the UK if not the world."

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Early bird tickets are now on sale priced at £55 including booking fee, but the site change does not mean a hike in prices.

Head of Marketing and Sales, Alex Simmonds added, "Sound City 2015 is going to be bigger and better in everyway. An awesome new site and lots more budget going into acts and audience experience. Our ticket prices are remaining exactly the same as last year though. We might well be achieving the next level in the Sound City journey but we are most definitely not selling out!"

Liverpool Sound City also features conferences and panels with seasoned veterans and younger voices, the commemorative John Peel World Cup, and legendary keynote speakers and special guests. LSC also helps the creative industry to grow and evolve is an integral part of LSC's ethos, with networking, education and skills development a central part of the main event.

Emerging talent get the chance to take to the stage following an open application process. Applications are not limited to the UK and are invited invited from all over the world and from all music genres. Applications for 2015 will close on 16th February 2015. Any band or performer who would like to be part of Liverpool Sound City 2015 should visit the festival's website and click on the Liverpool Sound City 2015 Band Applications button for full details on how to apply.

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