Blossoms be a part of line-up for Mayoral DJ Battle to struggle homelessness

Blossoms have joined the line-up for the Mayoral DJ Battle between Liverpool and Manchester to struggle homelessness.

Members of the band – comprised of Tom Ogden, Charlie Salt, Josh Dewhurst, Joe Donovan and Myles Kellock – are set to affix Andy Burnham (The Mayor of Larger Manchester) and Steve Rotheram (Metro Mayor of Liverpool Metropolis) – and an array of singers, presenters, actors and legends who will take to the decks at Liverpool’s Camp and Furnace venue on Friday, February 2.

The upcoming DJ battle is the third time Mayors Rotheram and Burnham have confronted one another on the decks as they increase cash for initiatives in Manchester and the Liverpool Metropolis Area to deal with homelessness and finish the necessity for tough sleeping. The proceeds of this yr’s DJ battle will go to the homeless charity A Bed Every Night. Tickets for the night can be found to purchase from here.

Their first conflict on the decks befell on-line through the pandemic in 2020, following by a second face-off in December 2022 which raised over £25,000.

Hailing from Stockport, Blossoms have a foot in each the Liverpool and Manchester camps, having not too long ago spent per week recording at Liverpool’s Kempston Avenue Studios.

“We’re coming again however this time we’re heading over to Liverpool,” Burnham stated in a press assertion. “I used to be so happy with what we achieved with our DJ Battle final yr, utilizing the facility of music and pleasant rivalry to unite behind one highly effective message, that homelessness has no place in Larger Manchester. It’s going to be larger and higher this time spherical, as we unfold the fundraising and ramp up the noise over in Liverpool.”

Rotheram added: “I’m actually trying ahead to welcoming Andy and the remainder of the Larger Manchester contingent to Liverpool – or the UK’s cultural capital as I prefer to name it! We’ve proven again and again that nowhere can throw a celebration fairly like our space and we’ve bought a implausible line-up of well-known faces becoming a member of us on stage for what guarantees to be a night filled with enjoyable and nice music.

“Most significantly although, it’s all in help of a trigger that’s very near all our hearts. Collectively, we’re exhibiting that the North West will all the time stand united in help of those that want it most.”

In a current interview with NME, Burnham defined how he hoped the town’s inaugural Beyond the Music conference would “galvanise” the music business, as points affecting the business continued to fall on “deaf ears” at Westminster.

He additionally spoke about the way it was “simply flawed” that the careers of younger musicians had been nonetheless struggling as they continued to face difficulties touring Europe post-Brexit.

In different information, Blossoms had been not too long ago introduced because the headliners for the subsequent Membership NME occasion.

They are going to be performing a reside Membership NME set in Manchester. Extra indie bangers will come from Lottery Winners (DJ) and Radio X DJ Sunta Templeton to maintain the get together going all night time.

Final month, the band revealed that they've teamed up with Jungle and CMAT on their upcoming new album.