Event type: Concert

Showaddywaddy

‘The Greatest Rock & Roll Band In The World’ is a bold statement, but Showaddywaddy has lived up to that title for the last 5 decades! 

Formed in Leicester in 1973 from an amalgamation of several local bands, Showaddywaddy have gone on to sell more than 20 million records and tour all four corners of the globe. 

Their live show is dynamic and uplifting, featuring all of their greatest hits, many of which reached number one in the pop charts across Europe. 

‘Under The Moon of Love’, ‘Three Steps to Heaven’, ‘Hey Rock & Roll’, ‘When’, ‘Blue Moon’, ‘Pretty Little Angel Eyes’ and many, many more. 

So come and join the ‘Dancin’ Party’… ‘You’ve Got What It Takes’! 

The Legend of Barry White

The only UK touring show dedicated to the maestro and legend, Barry White. 

Direct from the USA, a critically acclaimed revue starring the incredible vocalist William Hicks also known as “the big man with the big voice”  

100 million records sold, 20 gold and 10 platinum singles – the world loves Barry White and Barry White loved the world. 

You’re the First, the Last, My Everything; Can’t Get Enough of Your Love, Babe; You See the Trouble with Me; Never, Never Gonna Give You Up; Just the Way You Are; What Am I Gonna Do With You and, of course, Let the Music Play… you’re never more than a song away from another million-selling hit. 

Hailing from Atlanta Georgia, William’s mesmerising stage presence effortlessly recreates the distinctive style and silky-smooth bass-baritone vocals of the three-time Grammy Award-winner. 

Joined on stage by his live band, Soul Unlimited and support by the stunning Motown Supreme Dreamgirls – with incredible attention to detail, this show has really “got it together” with William coming “as close to the real man himself as is possible.”  

“William’s vocal and deliverance is phenomenal, and this show is simply stunning” Eddie Holland (Motown Legendary Songwriter Holland-Dozier-Holland) 

If you love Soul and Motown -book your seats now! 

Let the Music Play! 

For The Culture: Hardcore Fundraiser for Care 4 Calais

For The Culture brings a stacked lineup of Merseyside hardcore to Future Yard on Thursday 27th August, raising money for Care4Calais—a volunteer-run charity supporting refugees and people seeking asylum across the UK, France and Belgium.

Featuring:

Boxcutter – Dark hardcore from L1 for the moshers!
Tear Away – Liverpool based heavy Clevo-esque inspired hardcore in the vein of Integrity, Ringworm, Terror and 108.
Confined – Scouse negative hardcore in the vein of Gulch and Nails.
Sure Shot – Raw Classic Hardcore from the heart of the 0151.
Suplex – First show from Liverpool youth drawing influence from big hitters Floorpunch and Chain of Strength.

The night showcases some of the most exciting bands in the local hardcore scene, coming together in support of an important cause.

Hardcore has long been rooted in community, solidarity and mutual support, and this fundraiser reflects those values. Every ticket sold will help Care4Calais continue its vital work providing practical support, campaigning for refugee rights, and standing alongside people seeking safety.

Join us for an evening of uncompromising live music, community, and collective action – all in support of a cause that matters!

Totally Tina

The Award-winning Tina Turner Spectacular! 

Come shake a tail feather with the UK’s supreme Tina – Justine Riddoch – and her talented cast. This breathtaking recreation of a live Tina Turner concert celebrates the Queen of Rock ’n’ Roll’s incredible songbook.

Early hits, including Proud Mary, River Deep – Mountain High and Nutbush City Limits, earned Tina a no-holds-barred reputation for fearsome live performances. While Eighties anthems We Don’t Need Another Hero, Simply the Best, What’s Love Got to Do With It, I Don’t Wanna Lose You, and When the Heartache is Over propelled the songstress to stadium concert stardom.

Supported by her fabulous band, and dazzling dancing girls in sequins, feathers and diamonds, Justine recreates those famed live performances.

The SUPREME Tina, a regular National Tribute Awards winner since 2013, Justine’s got the looks, she’s got the moves, she’s definitely got those legs, but most of all, she’s got THE voice.

Join an army of loyal fans for a truly authentic, fun-packed musical spectacular!  

 

National Tribute Music Awards Winner:

Best Choreography

Best Female Artist

Best Sound, Lighting and Production

Plus Lifetime Achievement Award

The Coral Official Afterparty

Join us for the official afterparty of the We Are Wirral Festival, following The Coral’s headline performance.

The celebrations continue late into the night, with the bar open until 2am and a special DJ set from Edgar Jones of The Stairs.

Annie-Claude Deschênes with THE DSM IV

Multidisciplinarity is an integral part of the creative process of Annie-Claude Deschênes, who continues her perpetual personal quest of uniting music and performance art by bending the pre-established conventions of stage presence.

A key figure in the Montreal independent music scene for twenty years, she made her mark as a frontwoman, singer, musician, songwriter, performer, and visual artist with cult bands Duchess Says and PyPy—bands renowned for their electrifying performances as much as for their artistic sensibility. Annie-Claude’s exploratory approach to staging and sound design takes a new direction with the genesis of her solo project: the urgency and intensity that characterizes her work remains, but sheer aggression gives way to cool, dystopian disco vibes. Annie-Claude Deschênes explores and reinvents herself under her own name, driven by a constant need to create outside her comfort zone.

Inspired by minimal pop and the pioneers of electronic music, LES MANIÈRES DE TABLE, her first solo album released in 2024, is as danceable and melodic as it is disquieting—proposing to set the table differently by deconstructing the social codes of politeness imposed on us. In April 2025, she released “Main de Fer,” a single that showcases a new & unique direction in her artistic approach.

Sound Objects: Rie Nakajima + Pierre Berthet / Rachael Gibson

Rie Nakajima & Pierre Berthet ‘Dead Plants and Living Objects’

Rachael Gibson ‘Into My Heart an Air That Kills’

Curated by Lola de la Mata and Kepla

We are very excited to host Brussels/London based duo ‘Dead Plants & Living Objects’ AKA Rie Nakajima and Pierre Berthet, and restage Rachael Gibson’s ‘Into My Heart an Air That Kills’ which received its world premiere by London Symphony Orchestra last autumn.

Acoustic shadows vibrate, touch and call out to one-another at ‘Sound Objects’.Offering immersive environments, both acts engage in small gestures to reveal an often overlooked sonic world. Reshaping the space and its air volume, we partake in their playful approach in embodied listening.

Rie Nakajima is a sculptor living in London, creating sounds using a combination of motorised devices and everyday objects for both performance and installation. She has presented her work internationally in art spaces ranging from Cafe Oto (London) to STUK (Leuven) and ShugoArts (Tokyo), as well as a major solo exhibition at IKON gallery, Birmingham in 2018. She is a member of O YAMA O, and frequently collaborates with artists such as David Toop, Max Eastley and Angharad Davies.

Pierre Berthet is a musician and installation artist from Belgium. Having studied percussion at Brussels Conservatory and Liege Conservatory with Fredric Rzewski, Berthet brings his music experience to sculpting sound objects and site specific installations, in music venues, galleries, outdoor spaces and more. As well as duetting with Rie, Pierre has worked extensively as a percussionist with renowned minimalist composers Arnold Dreyblatt and Tom Johnson.

Rachael Gibson is a Merseyside-based composer and guitarist, currently undertaking a PhD at the University of Liverpool. Her research explores how alternative notation practices and audio-visual technology can be utilised to examine the connection between the body, touch and performance. Recently, Rachael has participated in the LSO Soundhub Scheme (2024/25) and the Britten Pears Young Artist Programme (2023/24). Her work has been performed by ensembles including Riot Ensemble, Pixels Ensemble, and House of Bedlam.

Rie & Pierre will also be running family workshops at Crosby Library as part of At The Library’s Now Playing summer programme on Tuesday 4 August from 11am until 4pm. For more information and to book onto the sessions please visit atthelibrary.co.uk

 

Liverpool Mozart Orchestra: Beethoven’s Violin Concerto

Leopold Mozart thought that Parisian symphonies were “noisy” but in Mozart’s hands the style combines vigour with stirring tuttis and an exciting active bass line, starting the LMO’s new season at The Tung with a bang.  

Scottish composer Thea Musgrave (b.1928), wrote her orchestral work The Seasons based on paintings spanning five centuries, using the images as a metaphor for the cycles in the life of man,  creating an inventive and varied soundscape.

The concert finishes with Beethoven’s epic Violin Concerto.  After an inauspicious première it was later described on its revival by Joachim as the “greatest” German violin concerto and has remained an audience favourite ever since.

There will be a free pre-concert talk starting at 6.45pm that all ticket holders are invited to attend.

Promoted by Liverpool Mozart Orchestra

Colours of the Piano

Part of the Yoko Ono Lennon Lunchtime Concert Series

More tickets for this concert will be released on Wednesday 30 September (four weeks before the concert). If it is currently showing as sold out, please check back on this page then. 

Workshop 11am-12pm, no additional ticket required.

Join Ruth K Minton in a return to the Yoko Ono Lennon Lunchtime Concert Series in a programme that will explore the colours of the piano through repertoire including Florence Price’s Three Roses, Chopin’s Barcarolle, and Gershwin’s Three Preludes. 

This half term concert, open to children and families, introduces the next generation to the joys and beauty of the piano as well as the concert experience. 

Come along in the morning from 11am for a fun and interactive pre-concert workshop about the piano, its history and colours, as well as learning about music and concerts. 

(Please note that under 10’s are not permitted to sit on the balconies (rows AA and BB).—-

The Tung Auditorium Lunchtime Concert Series is supported by Yoko Ono Lennon via Spirit Foundations

Habib Koité and Sura Susso: Manding Melody

Soulful vocals, shimmering kora melodies and complex rhythmic Malian guitar in this special collaboration.

An innovative and refreshing approach to creativity that will take listeners and audiences on a journey through West Africa, grounded with traditions full of joyful melodic vibes in a setting celebrating friendship and culture. Manding Melody features Mali’s redoubtable troubadour and guitarist Habib Koite and the charismatic Gambian kora maestro and singer Sura Susso, presenting their newly recorded intergenerational, cross-cultural project which celebrates the powerful ‘griot’ narratives of traditional Manding folk tales and stories, told through modern musical styles. 

West Africa’s griots (in Mandinka language known as Jeli) are traditional storytellers, poets, historians, musicians, and praise singers. They maintain and share traditions, cultural heritage, values and history. They originated in the 13th century within the Mande Empire of Mali. Since then, the oral tradition has been handed down through specific Manding griot families (in Mali, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea) of which both Sura and Habib were born into. Traditional instruments used by griots include the kora, balafon and ngoni. Manding Melody highlights some of these instruments, intertwined with contemporary musical instruments and styles. The result is a blend that refreshes and revives ancient stories and musical traditions.

Produced by African Night Fever, Manding Melody is on tour throughout England this October.

Presented in partnership with Chanya Culture and Africa Oyé