Editing Liverpool (section)

===Music===
{{Main|Music of Liverpool|Beat music}}
[[File:The Beatles Statues.jpg|thumb|right|[[The Beatles]] statue at [[Pier Head]]. The group are the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed band in popular music.<ref>[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-artists-of-all-time-19691231/the-beatles-19691231 100 Greatest Artists Of All Time: The Beatles (No.1)] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121115091804/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-artists-of-all-time-19691231/the-beatles-19691231 |date=15 November 2012 }}. ''[[Rolling Stone]]''. Retrieved 29 March 2018</ref>]]
Liverpool is internationally known for music and is recognised by ''Guinness World Records'' as the "World Capital City of Pop".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visitliverpool.com/site/experiences/liverpool-rocks|title=Liverpool Rocks|publisher=VisitLiverpool.com|access-date=9 March 2010|archive-date=25 July 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725091704/http://visitliverpool.com/site/experiences/liverpool-rocks|url-status=dead}}</ref> Musicians from the city have produced 58 No. 1 singles, more than any other city in the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://liverpoolexpress.co.uk/blog-the-beatles-at-no1-puts-spotlight-back-on-our-city-of-music-again|title=BLOG: The Beatles at No1 puts spotlight back on our city of music (again!)|date=11 November 2023|publisher=Liverpool Express|access-date=13 November 2023|archive-date=14 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231114141642/https://liverpoolexpress.co.uk/blog-the-beatles-at-no1-puts-spotlight-back-on-our-city-of-music-again/|url-status=live}}</ref> Both the most successful [[The Beatles|male band]] and [[Spice Girls|girl group]] in global music history have contained Liverpudlian members. Liverpool is most famous as the birthplace of [[the Beatles]] and during the 1960s was at the forefront of the [[Beat Music]] movement, which would eventually lead to the [[British Invasion]]. Many notable musicians of the time originated in the city including [[Billy J. Kramer]], [[Cilla Black]], [[Gerry and the Pacemakers]] and [[The Searchers (band)|the Searchers]]. The influence of musicians from Liverpool, coupled with other cultural exploits of the time, such as the [[Liverpool poets]], prompted American poet [[Allen Ginsberg]] to proclaim that the city was "the centre of consciousness of the human universe".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2007/feb/21/europeancapitalofculture2008.liverpool|title='It's like San Francisco – with greyer weather'|date=21 February 2007|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=9 March 2010|location=London|first=Alfred|last=Hickling|archive-date=10 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510013755/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2007/feb/21/europeancapitalofculture2008.liverpool|url-status=live}}</ref> Other musicians from Liverpool include [[Billy Fury]], [[A Flock of Seagulls]], [[Echo & the Bunnymen]], [[Frankie Goes to Hollywood]], [[Frankie Vaughan]], [[Anathema (band)|Anathema]], [[Ladytron]], [[the Zutons]], [[Cast (band)|Cast]], [[Atomic Kitten]] and [[Rebecca Ferguson (singer)|Rebecca Ferguson]]. [[The La's]] 1990 hit single "[[There She Goes (The La's song)|There She Goes]]" was described by ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' as a "founding piece of [[Britpop]]'s foundation."<ref>{{cite magazine|title=40 Greatest One-Album Wonders: 13. The La's, 'The La's' (1990)|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/pictures/30-greatest-one-album-wonders-20160714/13-the-las-the-las-1990|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=12 June 2019|access-date=12 June 2019|archive-date=30 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630185917/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/pictures/30-greatest-one-album-wonders-20160714/13-the-las-the-las-1990|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[File:Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool.jpg|thumb|left|[[Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool|Philharmonic Hall]], home of the [[Royal Liverpool Philharmonic]]]]

The city is also home to the oldest surviving professional [[symphony orchestra]] in the UK, the [[Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra]], which is based in the [[Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool|Philharmonic Hall]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolphil.com/116/the-orchestra/musicmaking-at-home-and-abroad.html|title=The Orchestra|publisher=[[Liverpool Philharmonic]]|access-date=10 March 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100117192733/http://www.liverpoolphil.com/116/the-orchestra/musicmaking-at-home-and-abroad.html|archive-date=17 January 2010}}</ref> The chief conductor of the orchestra is [[Vasily Petrenko]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolphil.com/286/our-history/royal-liverpool-philharmonic-orchestra.html|title=Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra|publisher=[[Liverpool Philharmonic]]|access-date=10 March 2010|archive-date=1 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101060521/http://www.liverpoolphil.com/286/our-history/royal-liverpool-philharmonic-orchestra.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Sir [[Edward Elgar]] dedicated his [[Pomp and Circumstance#March No. 1 in D|Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1]] to the Liverpool Orchestral Society, and the piece had its first performance in the city in 1901.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elgar.org/3pomp-a.htm|title=Elgar – His Music : Pomp and Circumstance – Introduction|website=Elgar.org|access-date=18 January 2018|archive-date=18 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118105544/http://www.elgar.org/3pomp-a.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Among Liverpool's curiosities, the Austrian émigré [[Fritz Spiegl]] is notable. He not only became a world expert on the etymology of [[Scouse]], but composed the music to [[Z-cars]] and the [[Radio 4 UK Theme]].

Well established festivals in the city include [[Africa Oyé]] and [[Brazilica Festival|Brazilica]] which are the UK's largest free African and Brazilian music festivals respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://africaoye.com/index.html|title=Africa Oyé the UK's largest free celebration of African music and culture|website=[[Africa Oyé]]|access-date=29 August 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120823182344/http://www.africaoye.com/index.html|archive-date=23 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clickliverpool.com/culture/culture/1213812-brazilica-samba-festival-in-liverpool-this-weekend.html|title=Brazilica samba festival in Liverpool this weekend|website=Click|access-date=29 August 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130102081753/http://www.clickliverpool.com/culture/culture/1213812-brazilica-samba-festival-in-liverpool-this-weekend.html|archive-date=2 January 2013}}</ref> The dance music festival [[Creamfields]] was established by the Liverpool-based [[Cream (nightclub)|Cream]] clubbing brand which started life as a weekly event at Nation nightclub. There are numerous music venues located across the city, however, the [[Liverpool Arena]] is by far the largest. Opened in 2008, the 11,000-seat arena hosted the [[MTV Europe Music Awards 2008|MTV Europe Music Awards]] the same year, and since then has played host to world-renowned acts such as [[Andrea Bocelli]], [[Beyoncé]], [[Elton John]], [[Kanye West]], [[Kasabian]], [[the Killers]], [[Lady Gaga]], [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], [[Pink (singer)|Pink]], [[Rihanna]], and [[UB40]].

On 7 October 2022, the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]] and the [[European Broadcasting Union]] (EBU) announced that Liverpool would host the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2023]] on behalf of the previous year's winning country [[Ukraine]], which was unable to meet the demands of hosting the event due to security concerns caused by the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine|Russian invasion of the country]]. The contest was held at Liverpool Arena, and consisted of two semi-finals on 9 and 11 May and a final on 13 May 2023. This was the first time that the contest took place in the city, and was also a record-extending ninth time that the UK has hosted the contest, having last done so in [[Birmingham]] in [[Eurovision Song Contest 1998|1998]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=7 October 2022|title=Liverpool will host Eurovision 2023|url=https://eurovision.tv/story/liverpool-will-host-eurovision-2023|access-date=7 October 2022|website=Eurovision.tv|publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]] (EBU)|archive-date=7 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007182308/https://eurovision.tv/story/liverpool-will-host-eurovision-2023|url-status=live}}</ref>