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What Would George Clooney Do? Thursday 6th May 2010 is a very significant day. Not because it’s George Clooney’s 49th birthday (happy birthday, George – the card’s in the post), but because it’s the date of the most important general and local elections for a generation. At last June’s EuropeanContinue Reading

The first ever Rathole Radio gig is happening in Liverpool on Friday 30th April at the Bad Format Social Club. The Rathole Roadshow is a celebration of free culture and free thinking. It’s hosted by Rathole Radio’s Dan Lynch, with very special guests David Rovics and Attila the Stockbroker. TheContinue Reading

We’re starting to get really excited again here at Liverpool Acoustic HQ because the next Liverpool Acoustic Live is just around the corner.This coming Friday 23rd April sees our first ever LIPA Special, with sets from Zoe Nicol and the Worry Dolls, Rosie Jones and the Mystery Machine, Rachael Wright,Continue Reading

We Got Tickets is marking its 10th birthday on Monday 19th April and to celebrate they’re having a booking-free day.If you buy any tickets on this day you’ll have a choice. You can either buy a ticket and pay only the face value (you won’t be charged the standard 10%Continue Reading

The 3rd Degree Music Festival kicks off tomorrow, Thursday 16th April.For those of you who haven’t come across this festival before, the 3rd Degree is an opportunity for 3rd year students (see what they did there?) from LIPA – the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts – to showcase their amazingContinue Reading

There’s a double helping of Mello Mello acoustic events this Friday 16th and Saturday 17th April. For those of you who have never visited, Mello Mello is a community outreach cafe, bar and venue hidden away in the shadow of the uber-consumerism that is Liverpool One. It’s seen as theContinue Reading

Fancy storming the charts, and getting a local, unsigned musician into the Top 40? Trust us, it is more than possible! Remember when Jeff Buckley nearly beat X Factor’s Alexandrea Burke to the Number 1 spot in 2008? Then who can forget Rage Against The Machine becoming the Christmas NumberContinue Reading

We’ve just heard from the Lemon Hippo guys who tell us that their new Back on the Tracks event at The Railway Pub on Tithebarn Street is changing to every other Thursday from today, 8th April. It will continue to be booked guests and open mic, and run from 7.00pmContinue Reading