Belle & Sebastian confirm Liverpool Sound City

Liverpool Sound City is celebrating the launch of it's 8th festival with Belle & Sebastian and a location move.

Said Stuart Murdoch of Belle and Sebastian "We're looking forward to headlining Liverpool Sound City on 24th May. This is the last date of our tour and we can't wait to play at the Liverpool Docklands, It's such an iconic location…"

Sound City CEO Dave Pichilingi explains the move: "Our goal year on year is to evolve, grow, challenge, inspire, surprise and delight.

The decision to move to Bramley Moore Dock is based on that ethos and vision. The site is quite literally incredible, at once a blank canvas but at the same time a powerfully evocative backdrop of the real Liverpool, it's industrial heritage and a once in a lifetime opportunity to breath new life into the sleeping heart of this city.

"The move is not just prompted by our desire for the new but also as a response to the feedback we have had from our audience. Ultimately we have outgrown our old home. It will be sad to leave working with the people and venues we have worked with over the past few years but we don't want a situation where people have to queue to watch acts or worse still not get to see them at all. Sound City is based on egalitarianism, just as this city is, and we chose the new site to ensure everyone who comes gets the chance to see and engage with everything."

With more high-profile headliners to announce in the coming months Liverpool Sound City has not lost sight of its ethos of showcasing emerging artists. The festival has previously provided a springboard for the careers of many now revered acts from Jake Bugg to Bastille to Royal Blood and is committed to finding and developing artists and bands from across the region and the globe.

In one final announcement Sound City 2015 is changing to the later date of 22-24 May. Early bird tickets are now on sale but the site change does not mean a hike in prices.

To buy wristbands or to apply to play at Liverpool Sound City 2015 visit http://www.liverpoolsoundcity.co.uk/