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.