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• Knowsley hall stages its first festival

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The go ahead has been given by Knowsley Council for the biggest concert ever to be held in the borough.

Bands such as The Who, Keane, The Zutons, and Joss Stone amongst others will now perform in front of more than 40,000 fans over the weekend of June 23 and 24.

Knowsley’s Council granted the permission after months of partnership working between council departments, police, fire service, Cream and Loudsound.

Cllr Ken Keith, Cabinet Member for Corporate and Customer Services, said: “Knowsley has been working with partners to ensure that issues such as traffic, crowd control, stewarding, noise prevention and emergency planning have been considered and addressed in an attempt to minimise disruption and protect public safety.

“We hope the event is very successful and we will have council officers attending the event on both days to ensure that licensing conditions are met.

”The council is very happy that such a festival has come to Knowsley and hope everyone who attends the festival has a great time at Knowsley’s very own Glastonbury.”

Cream Chief Executive James Barton said: “Merseyside has waited too long for its own dates on the summer festival circuit, and the granting of this licence gives us the chance to put on an event with a line-up the equal of anything to be found around the country.

“Knowsley Hall is going to be a wonderful venue and the festival will be one of the music highlights of the summer.”

Loudsound director Jim King added: “We are delighted to get the licence for what we know will be a fantastic weekend. There is tremendous excitement surrounding this event already and thousands of music fans are going to have a great time.”

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