Yahoo! UK & Ireland Answers blog

On the Pier Head, overlooked by the watchful eye of the Liver Bird, the symbol of Liverpool, the Brain Bus has been partying to some excellent live music at the Mathew Street festival with headliners of the day being the Lightning Seeds and The Wonder Stuff.

Despite being “drunk a thousand times” The Wonder Stuff found the energy for a lively performance. However the Lightning Seeds blew the crowd away with an inspired combination of new and old tracks. Following the boppy Change, Syd Barrett’s Lucifer Sam and the classic, ethereal You Showed Me, the Seeds had the crowd singing along with Whole Wide World and Life of Riley before climaxing with, yes, you guessed it… Three Lions.

We had chance to catch up with Ian Broudie, the lead singer of the Lightning Seeds after his awesome performance where we asked him to pose a question for Yahoo! Answers…

Despite being an established artist, Ian considered the many unsigned bands performing in Liverpool this weekend, in asking “what is the best way for an unsigned band to get started in music?”

The party continues tomorrow with even more stages but be sure to check out our festival images for some excellent live shots of several bands and more shots of the public having fun on the bus.

–Yahoo! UK & Ireland team

Images courtesy of David Evans (Music 2 Media) and Niall Owens