McFly sign up for Mathew Street gig

Aug 8 2005

By Joe Riley, Liverpool Echo

BRIT AWARD winners McFly are to top the bill at this year's Mathew Street Festival. Two members of ex- boy bands Busted and Blue and a fomer member of S Club 7 will make solo appearances. Also on the bill are Lemar, Lucie Silvas, Freefaller, Friday Hill and Tyler James. A handout of 5,000 pairs of free tickets will take place at HMV stores on Thursday. Story continues ADVERTISEMENT The two-hour concert takes place on a special stage at the Pier Head on August bank holiday Monday. Today's signings follow festival appearances already announced by Buzzcocks, the Stranglers and Merseyside group Amsterdam, also appearing at the Pier Head on the Sunday, August 28. James Bourne from Busted, Lee Ryan from Blue and Rachel Stevens from S Club 7 will all have their own slots, produced by Radio City in partnership with Liverpool's Capital of Culture company. Tickets will be distributed on a first-come basis at HMV shops in Liverpool, Birkenhead, Warrington and Southport. More than £350,000 is being spent giving the three-day Mathew Street Festival a makeover.

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