Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram at set to go head-to-head once more in one other Mayoral DJ battle subsequent month.
Burnham, The Mayor of Larger Manchester, and Rotheram, Metro Mayor of Liverpool Metropolis, might be participating of their third charity battle on February 2 to lift cash for homeless charity A Mattress Each Night time.
The occasion will happen at Liverpool venue Camp And Furnace, the place the mayors might be joined by a bunch of well-known faces together with singer Rebecca Ferguson and Coronation Road star Sally Lindsay.
Their first conflict on the decks came about on-line through the pandemic in 2020, following by a second face-off in December 2022 which raised over £25,000.
“We’re coming again however this time we’re heading over to Liverpool,” Burnham stated in a press assertion. “I used to be so happy with what we achieved with our DJ Battle final yr, utilizing the facility of music and pleasant rivalry to unite behind one highly effective message, that homelessness has no place in Larger Manchester. It’s going to be greater and higher this time spherical, as we unfold the fundraising and ramp up the noise over in Liverpool.”
Rotheram added: “I’m actually wanting ahead to welcoming Andy and the remainder of the Larger Manchester contingent to Liverpool – or the UK’s cultural capital as I prefer to name it! We’ve proven repeatedly that nowhere can throw a celebration fairly like our space and we’ve bought a incredible line-up of well-known faces becoming a member of us on stage for what guarantees to be a night filled with enjoyable and nice music.
“Most significantly although, it’s all in support of a trigger that’s very near all our hearts. Collectively, we’re displaying that the North West will all the time stand united in help of those that want it most.”
Tickets for the night can be found to buy from right here.
we offered out final nights DJ Battle, we raised a ship load of money for the Larger Manchester Mayors Charity @GMMayorsCharity
‘A Mattress Each Night time’
and we had a good time too 😍 pic.twitter.com/Qzv2WD3MHj— Tim Heatley (@MrTimHeatley) December 3, 2022
In a current interview with NME, Burnham defined how he hoped the metropolis’s inaugural Past the Music convention would “galvanise” the music business, as points affecting the business continued to fall on “deaf ears” at Westminster.
He additionally spoke about the way it was “simply mistaken” that the careers of younger musicians had been nonetheless struggling as they continued to face difficulties touring Europe post-Brexit.
