Passengers at Liverpool John Lennon airport will get an unexpected bonus to their flights on Tuesday evening.
For the first time in the UK, Brian Eno's Music For Airports, a 1978 ambient composition, will be played live in situ, at an airport departure lounge.
The event is courtesy of New York based Bang On A Can All-Stars, who are giving a full concert of their own music the following evening at Philharmonic Hall.
The airport promoters promise the result "will surprise, annoy or thrill."
Non-passengers wishing to witness the free phenomenon have to book a place asap, and must bring with them some form of valid photo identification.
Eno was keyboard and synthesiser player for Roxy Music, and notably performed and co-wrote tracks on David Bowie's Berlin Trilogy.
Although he has pursued parallel interests such as art installations, and even writing a regular national newspaper column, the Suffolk-born electro wizard is best credited as the father of ambient music, and producer of major albums for the likes of Talking Heads, James and U2.
