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Manilow’s music celebrated on stage

THEATRE impresario Bill Kenwright is to bring his new musical based on the life of Barry Manilow to the Liverpool stage. Read

Brian Jacques and Norma Heyman at Liverpool Cathedral receiving an honorary fellowship from Liverpool John Moores University

Arts personalities awarded honours

TWO Liverpudlian greats were recognised for their work in literature and film yesterday. Read

Philosphy in Pubs expanding minds at new locations

LIVERPOOL’S unique and ever-expanding group, Philosophy in Pubs, is celebrating branching out to more new venues – and helping set up the concept elsewhere. Read

Dancers to samba through streets of Liverpool

LIVERPOOL’S thoroughfares will be pulsing to the beat of 600 samba drums next weekend when the city hosts its first ever Rio De Janeiro Brazilian Street Party. Read

Key Liverpool Arts Events

STAGE: The Specialists bring their eccentric personalities to virtuoso string performances. Highly-strung violinist Yarlsberg has visions of the perfect concert and the ever-enthusiastic Mr Abanathie aims to please with a variety of instruments. Read

Blondie's Debbie Harry on form at the Liverpool Summer Pops

MUSIC REVIEW: Blondie and The Stranglers, Summer Pops, Liverpool

ROCK and roll is forever, but rock and rollers aren’t immortal until a great song thunders from the stage and trem-bles the souls of those gathered below, blowing away the years in celebration of what used to be and still can be – in your dreams. Read

Kings of Leon play Echo Arena, Liverpool

AMERICAN rockers Kings of Leon, whose appeal seems to be growing wider by the week, are the latest big names to book a date at the Echo Arena, Liverpool. Read

Andrew Schofield in Eight Miles High at the Royal Court

THEATRE REVIEW: Eight Mile High, Royal Court, Liverpool

IT’S the year of the Gibson Flying V, protests in Paris and Washington, the end of the Yardbirds and the beginning of Led Zeppelin; The Beatles’ White Album, John Lennon’s divorce, and the final episode of The Monkees. Read

Key Liverpool Arts Events

EXHIBITION: Mr Roscoe’s Garden, RHS Flower Show, Tatton Park. Chelsea Flower show exhibit created by Liverpool City Council Parks department will be open to the public at the 10th annual show. Read

Globe’s Midsummer Night’s Dream heads for Cathedral for festival finale

NIGHTLY performances of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, in the gardens of the Anglican Cathedral, will mark the climax of this year’s Liverpool Shakespeare Festival. Read

Liverpool Music Week and MTV announce partnership

LIVERPOOL Music Week and MTV have announced a partnership for the sixth annual winter music festival. Read

Folk and jazz with an Arabic style

PALESTINIAN singer Reem Kelani plays her first show as part of the Liverpool Arabic Arts Festival tomorrow night. Read

Paul McCartney wows huge crowds at Quebec birthday celebrations

PAUL McCARTNEY churned out a song list laden with Beatles tunes at a free concert as part of Quebec City’s 400th anniversary celebrations. Read

MUSIC REVIEW: Michael Buble, Summer Pops, Liverpool

THERE were those who said Michael Bublé's intimate, late night cocktail bar sound would never translate to the big stage. Read

World Museum Liverpool stages European football exhibition

FOOTBAll fans have had to look to Europe this summer to seethe best of the beautiful game, and there’s more European action in store this autumn. Read

MUSIC REVIEW: The John Lennon Songbook featuring Mark McGann, Claire Martin, Curtis Stigers with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

THE Orchestra has been at the fulcrum of some of the greatest musical moments of Capital of Culture year so far, most especially in its forays away from the purely classical and into the world of pop. Read

Music festival a cocktail of pop, dance and opera

SOUTHPORT’S music festival is hotting up, with charismatic conductor Vasily Petrenko sharing top billing with chart-topping pop acts. Read

MUSIC: Last Night of the Summer Pops, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool

DON’T let the title confuse you, the Pops are not yet over, instead the concert was named after the grand finale of the Proms at the Royal Albert Hall. Read

Kasabian: We are possibly one of the best live bands in England

KASABIAN have won plaudits from their army of fans and the musical press – but can they earn the respect of a Creamfields crowd? Emma Johnson reports. Read

Stranglers, still wild after all these years

FROM punk rock to distant thoughts of the bus-pass years, a Strangler contemplates bra-throwing in the years to come. David Charters reports. Read

Getintothis music blog

Nationwide Mercury Music Prize: Our Pick
Another year, another fairly respectable, if predictable Mercury Prize list....Read
Singles Club #18
Magic Arm wave their magic wand and Alistair Houghton falls under their spellbinding charm....Read
Band Of Horses: Carling Academy, Liverpool
Simple, soulful and Southern-fried....Read
Touching Me Touching You
Dan Thomas wants to be touched....Read