Applications for Liverpool Sound City 2015 are now live.

The event is set to take place from May 21-22. Its organisers state that it will be "bigger, bolder and brighter with the promise of some very big headline names, globally renowned speakers and some massive surprises.”

In 2014 more than 350 new acts took to the stage during the festival. 

Alex Simmonds, marketing and ticketing manager, said: “Emerging talent has always been a massive priority to us and we’ve helped ...