The inaugural Liverpool Music Awards are taking place next month at The Dome on Renshaw Street and it has been announced that chart-topping band Lawson and Liverpool indie stars The Wombats will be appearing as two of the acts at the prestigious event.

The red-carpet event, hosted by Radio 2 D.J. Janice Long, will also see performances from X Factor finalist Craig Colton and M.O.B.O. Unsung Act award winner Esco Williams, Mark Simpson, the first person ever to win both the B.B.C.’s Young Composer and Young Musician titles in the same year along with Liverpool legend Ian Prowse, Cold Shoulder and the Sense of Sound Choir.