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With Ian Brown already announced as the headliner for the launch party on October 1st, Dubai Sound City, the brand new music business conference and festival are overjoyed to be able to announce that Scouse legends Echo and The Bunnymen are taking the Sound City brand from it’s home in Liverpool across the water to Dubai alongside Happy Mondays, The Human League and over 50 other acts to play at the event’s inaugural 3-day outing. Taking place from November 5th †to 7th 2009 across five venues in the city – Irish Village, Alpha, Chi@ The Lodge, 360 and Le Meridien Village – Dubai Sound City has been established to celebrate and develop the regions burgeoning music scene and industry.
Joining Madchester giants Happy Mondays, who are guaranteed to bring the house down with their infectious grooves and Shaun Ryder’s tongue-twisting poetry and The Human League, whose retro-futuristic electro vibes never fail to set pulses racing, are Liverpool legends Echo & The Bunnymen who continue to enthral in their third decade as a musical tour-de-force with their new album ‘The Fountain’ released in October. Plus psychedelic troubadours Super Furry Animals will be showcasing tracks from the recent, lauded ‘Dark Days / Light Years’ album and NME Award winners The Wombats will be unleashing their indie hurricane on an unsuspecting crowd.
The event has been organised by Dubai’s leading entertainment and nightlife company, New Dawn in conjunction with world-recognised music conference Liverpool Sound City.
NewDawn CEO Alex Bracken believes the city is ready for something completely different. “Over the eight years that NewDawn has been in business, we’ve seen how the music scene has changed here,” says Bracken. “There is a much broader taste of music, not just the usual rotation of the Top 20 international DJs, but with the quality of established bands and artists that now visit on a regular basis. Still, this is not enough. I want a line-up that will equal any top festival from around the world.” †
Dave Pichilingi, the Liverpool Sound City festival director, is planning to bring over 50 artists with 50 keynote speakers to descend upon the city. “The aim is to draw in business from countries such as South Africa, Australia, Japan and other areas within three or four hours’ flying time of Dubai. The city is a hub for the rest of the world. It'll be similar to the way we’ve done it in Liverpool. By day, we’ll discuss the issues affecting the industry, and by night we’ll put on amazing parties and events.”
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