{"id":26965,"date":"2017-04-24T11:12:07","date_gmt":"2017-04-24T10:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=26965"},"modified":"2017-04-24T11:24:16","modified_gmt":"2017-04-24T10:24:16","slug":"all-star-lineup-announced-for-livewire-festival-blackpool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2017\/04\/all-star-lineup-announced-for-livewire-festival-blackpool\/","title":{"rendered":"All Star Lineup Announced For LIVEWIRE Festival Blackpool"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This August Bank Holiday weekend, 25-27 August, Blackpool\u2019s Headlands Arena will be hosting some of the world\u2019s biggest musical stars for LIVEWIRE Festival, a new series of concerts.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

One of the most recognisable outfit in musical history, The Jacksons will headline the Friday. The Saturday line-up features some of the biggest pop hits of the 1980s as part of Pete Waterman\u2019s Hit Factory, which includes the man himself, as well as Jason Donovan, Pepsie & Shirlie, Go West, Samantha Fox, Sinitta, Nathan Moore (Brother Beyond), and Undercover. Last but not least the Sunday sees Will Smith & DJ Jazzy Jeff team up for a rare UK appearance.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson said,<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis is LIVEWIRE Festival\u2019s first year and we are thrilled to be launching this fabulous weekend of music. We can\u2019t wait to bring Will Smith & DJ Jazzy Jeff, The Jacksons, Jason Donovan and more to Blackpool, the best location in the UK for entertainment.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Tickets on sale Tuesday 25th<\/sup> April at 10am from: livewirefestival.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This August Bank Holiday weekend, 25-27 August, Blackpool\u2019s Headlands Arena will be hosting some of the world\u2019s biggest musical stars for LIVEWIRE Festival, a new series of concerts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26966,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[264],"tags":[2854,7256,9759,9753,9761,9762,9756,9754,9757,9760,9755,9758],"class_list":["post-26965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-concerts","tag-blackpool","tag-go-west","tag-jason-donovan","tag-livewire-festival","tag-nathan-moore","tag-pepsie-and-shirlie","tag-pete-waterman","tag-pete-watermans-hit-factory","tag-samantha-fox","tag-sinitta","tag-the-jacksons","tag-will-smith-dj-jazzy-jeff"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-70V","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28511,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2017\/06\/livewire-festival-2017-announces-line-up-additions\/","url_meta":{"origin":26965,"position":0},"title":"LIVEWIRE Festival 2017 Announces Line-Up Additions","author":"Essentially Pop","date":"29\/06\/2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Livewire Festival announces the support acts for its inaugural year, which will feature Motown legends The Jacksons, who have just wowed Glastonbury audiences, as well as the first ever UK live performance for Will Smith & DJ Jazzy Jeff.","rel":"","context":"In "Concerts"","block_context":{"text":"Concerts","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/music\/concerts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/livewire.png?fit=1200%2C1189&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/livewire.png?fit=1200%2C1189&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/livewire.png?fit=1200%2C1189&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/livewire.png?fit=1200%2C1189&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/livewire.png?fit=1200%2C1189&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":28644,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2017\/07\/five-quick-questions-for-pepsi-shirlie\/","url_meta":{"origin":26965,"position":1},"title":"Five Quick Questions For Pepsi & Shirlie","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"06\/07\/2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Following on from our 6QQ with Brother Beyond earlier, we bring you UK pop duo Pepsi & Shirlie, who made a name for themselves as the backing vocalists for Wham! before moving to the front of the stage as artists in their own right. 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