Post by Helen on Feb 23, 2005 20:04:42 GMT
Ronan signs up for pops Feb 18 2005
By Joe Riley, Liverpool Echo
BRIAN Wilson, legendary leader of the Beach Boys leader and former Boyzone frontman Ronan Keating have been signed for this year's Liverpool Summer Pops.
Both shows are expected to attract full houses at the big top arena, but tickets do not go on sale until Friday, February 25th, at 9am.
Brian Wilson appears in concert on June 27 and Ronan Keating on July
8.
Wilson and Keating join Meat Loaf and Andy Williams in the June and July line-up, with many more names to be announced.
Brian Wilson returns to Liverpool after his appearance at Liverpool Empire in January 2004, as part of a world tour promoting the Grammy award album.
Wilson, the song-writing genius behind surfing music heros the Beach Boys, will be the first artist to appear at the 2005 Summer Pops.
His Pet Sounds album has been hailed as one of modern music's all time greats, with Paul McCartney citing it as one of his biggest influences.
Wilson presents a brand new Greatest Hits show, featuring classic Beach Boys material from Smile as well as Pet Sounds, and including the all-time classic God Only Knows.
Ronan Keating returns to the Pops four years after his triumphant debut there in 2001.
He is back to promote the release of his 10 years of Hits album, featuring massive favourites like Life is a Rollercoaster, Father and Son and the classic When You Say Nothing At All.
Pops organiser Chas Cole, who produces the festival in association with Liverpool City Council, said: "We have set an incredibly high standard over the past four years with the calibre of artists coming to Liverpool-"
