Glastonbury's Left-Field Stage comes to Liverpool

Glastonbury is bringing its social conscience to Liverpool as part of the city's Culture celebrations.

The event, dubbed ‘Glastonbury v Capital of Culture', was organised by the trade union run, Left Field, a stage at Glastonbury that promotes freedom of speech and left-wing politics.

The special one off event will take over the Carling Academy in May and will also act as a fund-raising campaign for Anti-Slavery International.

Some of the best, up and coming musical talents in Liverpool are playing.

On the bill are the Arctic Monkey's new favourite band, The Rascals, Elle S'Appelle, Married to the Sea, The Daisy Riots and The Seal Cub Clubbing Club.

Geoff Martin, director of the Left Field said: "We are pleased to finally have Liverpool on board. It's great to cement the tie with this wonderful city in its very special year."

"We thought that the city of culture would be a great place to bring the spirit and ethos of the Left Field. It's a wonderful opportunity for all involved", he added.

There is more good news for the bands involved, as part of a reciprocal deal with The Capital of Culture, they have been invited to showcase their music in a special segment at Glastonbury in June. "We are delighted to bring a little bit of Liverpool down with us to Worthy Farm in June", said Mr Martin.

The Seal Cub Clubbing Club, who have been described as "Sigur Ros filtered through glitter ball glory", are set to offer a more alternative sound on the evening. Their keyboardist James Freeman said: "It's great for the local talent of Liverpool and it is such a good thing for the city's music scene to have the connection with Glastonbury. I hope it continues in the future."

"The exposure for all the bands involved is brilliant and playing Glastonbury is a dream come true", he added.

Left Field is now an integral member of the Glastonbury community offering festival goers the chance to combine music with political campaigning. "Everyone has their own views on the world and it's great that Left Field provides the platform to make them heard", said James.

Eclectic arrays of music artists, comedians and political thinkers have graced the Left Field in previous years. It has attracted people such as the perennial left-wing musician Billy Bragg, political funny men Ed Byrne and Mark Thomas, veteran MP Tony Benn, and mainstream superstar's Joss Stone and Dizzee Rascal.

‘Glastonbury v Capital of Culture' takes place on May 14 and tickets are £7.50.