Results tagged “summer pops” from Liverpool Echo - Culture Chat
Apparently the Echo arena box office has been fielding calls today from ladies who are keen to go to the Summer Pops concert tonight - but aren't sure they'll get in.
It appears some people have read the wording "Only Men Aloud" as a badly-spelled discriminatory instruction as opposed to being the name of one of the acts.
The all-male singing troupe, who won the BBC's Last Choir Standing contest, are sharing the bill with X -Factor runner-up Rhydian.
And Pops promoters tell me that everyone is welcome, whatever their sex!
We're into the final few days of the Summer Pops and open air music also comes to the Pier Head next week.
The Music of the Waterfront event is free and runs from Friday to Sunday next weekend with the RLPO being joined by the "rightful owners of the song" who were such a success during Capital of Culture year.
The Arabic Arts Weekender will fill Liverpool with the sights and sounds of the Middle East this weekend.
There are a number of events on at venues including the Philharmonic Hall and the Bluecoat over the next three days, and early music group The Clerks joins Syrian singers at St George's Hall on Sunday evening.
The Liverpool Summer Pops are upon us once again and with the big gigs come the little details which make them so much more interesting.
Riders - the requests made by artistes who perform at venues - can be very enlightening.
And as you'll see they're not always of the Crystal champagne and Diptyque candle variety.



