Claire Simmo at Liverpool Pride 2014. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.
Rain has a habit of getting in the way of the most superb of days, like a badly bruised apple can spoil a bag of tempting fruit; it can annoy and ruin any specific moment in which fun and reflection is the order of the day, yet it couldn’t destroy the party that was Liverpool Pride 2014.
The first batch of judges for the Liverpool Music Awards have been announced – Curator of Liverpool International Festival Yaw Owusu, live event producer and production manager Spike Beecham, broadcaster Roger Hill – who won award last year’s Lifetime Achievement Award, record producer Steve Levine and D.J. Billy Butler are the first names to sign up. The awards ceremony will take place on Sunday 25th August at St George’s Hall as part of the new Liverpool International Music Festival.
The launch for the second ever Liverpool Music Awards takes place on Tuesday 30th April at Liverpool Town Hall. Liverpool born D.J. Janice Long will be hosting the event and Mayor Joe Anderson will be making speech on behalf of Liverpool City Council. With performances from two of last year’s Liverpool Music Awards winners, The Hummingbirds, who won the Ones to Watch Award and Ali Ingle who picked up the gong for Male Artist of the Year. Alex Evans will also perform Rise and Fall at the launch.
The inaugural Liverpool Music Awards are only a couple of weeks away and yet the team behind this unique event have managed to pull out yet another surprise for those attending this must go to event. Alongside The Wombats, Liz McClarnon and Esco Williams, former Spice Girl and singer/actor in her own right Mel C has announced she will be appearing to present one of the awards at the ceremony on Saturday November 17th.
Melanie has just finished a 21-date arena tour of the U.K. 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”.
Originally published by L.S. Media. May 19th 2012
The Women’s Organisation on St. James Street was host to a very special launch by Ellie Phillips on Thursday. So special that it is somewhat surprising that it hasn’t been done before, but then Ellie Phillips is a very inspiring individual whose music and business brain blends itself well to coming up with incredible ideas.
For the heartland of British pop will not have seen anything like this before, and the excitement that will build up before the Liverpool Music Awards 2012 will be palpable throughout the city. It is easy to be blasé about national music awards which have become more of a back slap and in some cases doesn’t reflect the local opinion anywhere.