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Leftfield, Chase & Status and Hadouken! are some of the first acts to be announced for the upcomming Liverpool Music Week festival, which runs from the 29th October through November.
One of the headline acts for this year’s Liverpool Music Week, is one of the world’s most iconic electronic acts Leftfield who close the 2010 festival at Liverpool University. After a series of outstanding summer festival performances Neil Barnes returns with a new live show.
Leftfield’s debut album Leftfism was voted ‘one of the greatest albums of all time’ by Q Magazine, and their follow up album Rhythm & Stealth went to Number 1 spawning the techno anthem Phat Planet.
Another of this year’s headline acts will be Chase & Status, after a hugely successful outing at this year’s summer festivals and they will be playing the o2 Academy on Saturday 13th November.
Another act confirmed for LMW 2010 is the highly acclaimed Efterklang who have recently released their third album entitled Magic Chairs on 4AD. This will be the bands Liverpool debut, and will be flying in from Copenhagen especially to perform during LMW at o2 Academy on Sunday 7th November.
Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip is the next act to be announced for this year’s festival. Since their Liverpool debut at Liverpool Music Week 2007, they have gone on to become one of the best known names in revolutionary new music.
On the back of a blistering festival run and their second critically acclaimed album, Le Sac v Pip will take on their biggest Liverpool show yet at o2 Academy on Wednesday 3rd November.
Further hip hop & electronic beats will come in the form of improvisation sensation Beardyman. Having won the UK beatboxing championships twice in a row, winning best MC at the Breakspoll awards, will make his LMW debut on the opening night of this year’s festival at the Stanley Theatre.
Two other acts to play shows at the Stanley Theatre are Hadouken! and K’naan. A huge favourite in the city, dance-rock-ravers Hadouken will follow on from their second album For the Masses, and make their LMW debut on the Saturday 30th October.
Last years event attracted a record breaking 65,000 people to the city and is a combination of free and ticketed shows. The winning format returns in 2010 to stage over 80 events and play host to over 400 live bands.