{"id":32917,"date":"2018-02-12T12:26:11","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T12:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=32917"},"modified":"2018-02-12T12:26:11","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T12:26:11","slug":"livewire-festival-to-return-to-tower-headland-arena-blackpool-23rd-26th-august-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/02\/livewire-festival-to-return-to-tower-headland-arena-blackpool-23rd-26th-august-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"LIVEWIRE Festival To Return To Tower Headland Arena Blackpool 23rd-26th August 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"32921\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/02\/livewire-festival-to-return-to-tower-headland-arena-blackpool-23rd-26th-august-2018\/livewire2018\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/livewire2018.png?fit=2336%2C930&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2336,930\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"livewire2018\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/livewire2018.png?fit=640%2C255&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32921\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/livewire2018.png?resize=640%2C255&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"255\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>After a massive inaugural year, which saw unforgettable performances by a host of UK and international acts including Will Smith &amp; DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Jacksons, <a href=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2017\/04\/all-star-lineup-announced-for-livewire-festival-blackpool\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LIVEWIRE Festival announces it will return to the famous seaside resort for the August bank holiday.<\/a> From Thursday August 23<sup>rd<\/sup>\u00a0\u2013 Sunday August 26<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Blackpool\u2019s Tower Headland Arena will once again welcome some of the world\u2019s biggest music stars, this year increasing the festival from three to four nights.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/livewirefestival.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tickets are priced from \u00a340 and go on sale this Friday 16 th February at 10am LIVEWIRE Festival.<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The first headline artists to be announced are Boyz II Men, and Matt Goss who will be performing on Thursday August 23<sup>rd<\/sup>. For both artists this will be their only UK shows in 2018.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Boyz II Men hold the distinction of being the best-selling R&amp;B group of all time, with an astounding 60 million albums sold. The 4-time Grammy winning group redefined popular R&amp;B with their\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2012\/jan\/29\/boyz-ii-men-live-review\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en-GB&amp;q=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2012\/jan\/29\/boyz-ii-men-live-review&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1518518580049000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHuIaxEdiVQgakym40OqL9BcfaTGA\">glorious a capella harmonies and\u00a0undisputed talent<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Also announced is Matt Goss, fresh from selling out two nights at London\u2019s O2 Arena in a record-breaking seven seconds.\u00a0Since his heady days at the lead singer in the 80s phenomenon BROS, Matt more recently\u00a0set his sights on the bright lights of Las Vegas where he has now solidified himself as a headliner on \u2018The Strip\u2019 and received multiple accolades proclaiming him \u2018The New King of Vegas\u2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2076862002005673\" data-ad-slot=\"6199619065\"><\/ins><\/p>\n<p><script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">LIVEWIRE Festival may only be in its second year but it has already it left its stamp on the UK Festival circuit, generating worldwide headlines following Will Smith &amp; DJ Jazzy Jeff\u2019s first UK performance to a sold out 20,000 capacity crowd.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Councillor Gillian Campbell, Deputy Leader of Blackpool Council, said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe are thrilled that the LIVEWIRE Festival is returning to Blackpool for a second year. Last year\u2019s event brought a fabulous line up of talent to the resort over the August Bank Holiday weekend including an unforgettable concert by Will Smith and we can\u2019t wait for this year\u2019s stars to be revealed. It promises to be another amazing summer of music and entertainment in Blackpool.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Cara Birchall, spokesperson for LIVEWIRE, added,<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cAfter the fantastic success of the three-day LIVEWIRE 2017 we\u2019re looking forward to bringing more stars, international and homegrown, to Blackpool for LIVEWIRE 2018.\u00a0 Boyz II Men and Matt Goss are the first of a fantastic line up for that will be revealed over the next few weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a massive inaugural year, which saw unforgettable performances by a host of UK and international acts including Will Smith &#038; DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Jacksons, LIVEWIRE Festival announces it will return to the famous seaside resort for the August bank holiday. From Thursday August 23rd \u2013 Sunday August 26th Blackpool\u2019s Tower Headland Arena will once again welcome some of the world\u2019s biggest music stars, this year increasing the festival from three to four nights.<br \/>\nTickets are priced from \u00a340 and go on sale this Friday 16 th February at 10am LIVEWIRE Festival.<br \/>\nThe first headline artists to be announced are Boyz II Men, and Matt Goss who will be performing on Thursday August 23rd. For both artists this will be their only UK shows in 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32921,"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":[2854,12733,10486,261,6128,9753,12734,1358,1574,9755,10485],"class_list":["post-32917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-concerts","tag-blackpool","tag-boys-ii-men","tag-dj-jazzy-jeff","tag-festival","tag-las-vegas","tag-livewire-festival","tag-matt-goss","tag-motown","tag-rnb","tag-the-jacksons","tag-will-smith"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-8yV","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":35804,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/05\/mariah-carey-to-headline-blackpools-livewire-festival-2018\/","url_meta":{"origin":32917,"position":0},"title":"MARIAH CAREY TO HEADLINE BLACKPOOL\u2019S LIVEWIRE FESTIVAL 2018","author":"Essentially Pop","date":"10\/05\/2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Mariah Carey, the best-selling female artist of all time, has chosen Blackpool\u2019s LIVEWIRE Festival for her only UK 2018 festival appearance. 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