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Jon Withnall said of the plans: “We are the country's music city, aren't we?
We just are. There are so many reasons why that is absolutely bang on, and

so it should be; we should trade on that definitely.

“Sometimes you can get a little bit annoyed about The Beatles thinking,
'We've done a lot of stuff since'. I don't get annoyed about The Beatles

thing; I embrace that heritage, but you do hear people say, 'We're so so
much more than the Beatles'. "

New Retro Records founder Jon Withnall and The Cavern. | Emily Bonner

Liverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram revealed the radical plans to
"remix the music sector" 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 Department

for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, are to be presented to the 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.