Charlatans front man Tim Burgess has been confirmed as the latest addition to this year’s Sound City.
The frontman of the Madchester icons will be joined by the band’s guitarist Mark Collins for a special performance at the Tim Peaks Diner on Sunday, May 28.
As well as treating fans to hits from their huge back catalogue, all of The Charlatans will also be signing copies of the highly anticipated new album Different Days.
True to its roots of supporting and showcasing the very best emerging talent Sound City has added over 40 new acts to an already vast, exciting and radically diverse bill.
The festival again welcomes a host of hot showcases with Leeds College of Music presenting Lucy Whittaker, Laminated Pet Animal, Lucy Rycroft, The Golden Age of TV and Santino, POP Montreal with Pierre Kwenders and Mozart’s Sister, SESAC have Yak, LA Salami and Echotape and Alya Records showcase Music from Yorkshire featuring Fizzy Blood, I Set the Sea on Fire, Tremmors and Violet Contours.
After winning the Best Festival for Emerging Talent at the UK Festival Awards, Liverpool Sound City is delighted to be partnering with the Unsigned Music Awards to become the exclusive media partner for the unsigned talent.
Sound City has also announced some exciting additions to the wider arts programme including a co-commission between Sound City, bluedot and The Kazimier.
Shrouded in enigmatic mystery the performance will only be revealed at the event but is likely to be absolutely mind-blowing if previous Kazimier happenings are anything to go by.
Elsewhere The Martini Lounge are bringing their cabaret of delights to The Tim Peaks Diner Tent featuring Chinese acrobatics from Edd Muir, burlesque Bump’n’Grind from the marvelous Millie Dollar with an array of other acts thrown into the mix and all hosted by the hilarious Fred Bear.
Continental Drifts are presenting some of the Global Local rosta including Fandjango and KOG + The Zongo Brigade.
They are also joining local carnival starters Fiesta Bombarda to do a very tropical collaboration that includes a carnival procession with BYOB, ending in a battle of the brass on The Baltic Stage.
Katumba are headlining the Cavern Stage on the Sunday. This includes a pied piper like trail through the festival site returning to join up with the rest of the troop and their very special collaboration with Bring The Fire Project, resulting in what will be an unmissable spectacle of fire and beats.
Dave Pichiling, Sound City’s CEO, saidi: “This anniversary spectacular just gets better and better. We’re tremendously proud of what we’ve achieved over the last decade and what Sound City has become.
“I don’t hesitate for a moment to say this is going to be our biggest and best event to date and we still have more to announce. Don’t miss out, it’s going to be incredible.”