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The four projects are:

• The Music Futures Lab – this bespoke facility will bring together
music businesses and musicians from across the creative and digital
sectors to reimagine the way we all create, consume and experience
music in the future. This new R&D lab would be the first of its kind
in the UK, taking advantage of the opportunities AI and VR brings,
and would build on – and future-proof – the incredible creative and
digital sector which the city already boasts.
• MusicFutures Cluster – a mix of academic and private sector bodies
creating the talent and training pipeline to make the most of the
facilities which the music lab will offer. A Creative Cluster has
already been established to kickstart this R&D in bringing together
the music and creative industries.
• Immersive Liverpool – this fully immersive audio and visual visitor
attraction will reimagine the way that audiences experience the
music they love. A world first, this attraction will offer a rotating set
of experience ‘residencies’ with the biggest music artists. Liverpool
City Council is undergoing a site selection process and is in
partnership with industry leaders to help develop the scheme.
• Recording and Rehearsal space – this space would become a new
rehearsal home for the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and a
leading national facility for emerging and established artists. This
would be the only UK studio of its kind and capacity outside London
– “the Abbey Road of the North” – and as well as boosting the city’s
ability to offer recording facilities for musicians, TV, film and gaming,
it would also provide first-class training, performance and rehearsal
spaces all year-round for young people across the region.

Rotheram revealed the ambitious plans at a Creative UK event as part of the
Labour Party conference in the city.

The draft business cases, funded by monies received from the DCMS, are to
be presented to government in the coming weeks with detailed plans
expected to be announced in 2025 – 10 years after Liverpool was appointed a
UNESCO City of Music.

Rotheram, said: “The Liverpool City Region has always had music running
through its veins—it’s part of who we are. We’re launching bold,
groundbreaking projects that will remix the way music is made and
experienced—right here in the heart of the UK.

“With cutting-edge technology like AI and VR, we’re creating opportunities for
the next generation, making sure that Liverpool isn’t just a city with a rich
musical history, but a global leader in the music of the future.