what's on june 27-july 3

The Once in a Lifetime Motown Legends tour reaches the Echo Arena on Sunday - see a review in the paper next week.
Everyword, the Everyman's annual new writing festival, kicks off on Monday. Highlights include a Q&A with Spooks and Pravda writer Howard Brereton, rehearsed readings of new plays by Kellie Smith and Lizzie Nunnery, and the inaugural showing of three Liverpool-made 3 Minute Wonders for Channel 4.
Elsewhere, the Summer Pops start on Friday with Australian Pink Floyd, but the Phil's classical summer pops are already under way. Check out the RLPO accompanying Dance Legends of the Silver Screen on Thursday while Vasily Petrenko returns after a month's absence (in which time he's been conducting in Copenhagen, Tenerife, St Petersburg and Monte Carlo - it's a hard life!) for the White Nights concert on July 4.
Meanwhile Bryan Adams delivers and acoustic show at the Empire on July 3, and there are new exhibitions at the Walker (Cecil Beaton) and the Lady Lever (Whistler sketches) which are both absolutely free.