SIR PAUL McCARTNEY is to launch the Capital of Culture's Liverpool Performs themed year, the Daily Post can reveal.
The singer is heading an exclusive list of star guests invited to the event, which will be held as part of the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts' 10th anniversary celebrations at the end of this month.
Singer Joan Armatrading, chart songwriter Guy Chambers, and former OMD frontman and Atomic Kitten svengali Andy McCluskey are expected to attend.
They will be joined by former BBC director general Lord (John) Birt of Liverpool, and Conservative MP Stephen Norris, who attended the Institute with Sir Paul when it was still a school.
The guests will be treated to a gala performance at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, organised by LIPA, which includes footage of the Institute's history, and performances from the current intake of students as well as its alumni.
After recent criticism over the alleged secrecy of the culture team's planning, the event will finally reveal their programme for 2006, which will focus on the arts, sport and business.
Liverpool council leader Warren Bradley said: "We are looking forward to launching the fourth Capital of Culture themed year - Liverpool Performs - at a joint event to mark LIPA's tenth anniversary.
"We are particularly delighted that Sir Paul McCartney will be in attendance. It will be a fantastic way to start a 12-month celebration of the city's outstanding track record in the business, art and sporting worlds."
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