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• 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.

Young people taking part in the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra’s In Harmony
project. Credit: Liverpool City Council
Mayor 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.

Councillor Liam Robinson, Leader of Liverpool City Council,
said: