The Flaming Lips are to headline next year's 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

The Flaming Lips are to headline Liverpool Sound City next year held multiple venues and spaces in the city's Docklands.

Performing in the city for the first time in 15 years, The Flaming Lips will top the bill on Saturday 23rd May. Lead singer Wayne Coyne said, "We are lucky to have a "place" associated with our identity. We hail from Oklahoma City and even though I've lived there my whole life, and the band has always been from there, we are probably more influenced by the city of Liverpool because of the Beatles and our curiosity about their life."

Sound City CEO Dave Pichilingi added, "We’ve moved to an incredible new location and we are delivering on our promise to showcase the biggest and best bands in the world. We are delighted to have The Flaming Lips for 2015, a band we have wanted on the bill since our first year and a band with a massive connection with the city. We couldn’t have booked a better act to play at the beginning of our next chapter, it’s going to be an amazing spectacle right on the banks of the Mersey. Unmissable."

The first music act confimed were Belle & Sebastian backed by a full orchestra who will top the final day's bill of the festival now in it's 8th year held from Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th May 2015. Sound City will be announcing more acts and a final headliner in the coming weeks.

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Early bird tickets for the music part of the festival are now on sale priced at £55 or £30 for a day ticket.

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.

Taking place on Thursday 21st and Friday 22nd May, the international music conference will debate, discuss and highlight key issues with the contemporary music business 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.

First to be announced as part of the conference line up, under 2015's theme of 'The Unsung Hero', are The Fall’s front man Mark E. Smith, NYC punk and Ramones manager Danny Fields and James Barton, creator of Cream.

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A Liverpool Sound City Conference Full Delegate Pass is priced at £120.

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