Artists invited to design landmark Beatles sculpture
ReutersA competition has been launched to design a landmark Beatles-inspired artwork outside a venue where the band performed 27 times.
Artists in the Liverpool City Region are being invited to pitch ideas for a sculpture at Tower Ground in New Brighton to celebrate the Wirral town's links to the Fab Four.
The former Tower Ballroom was the venue where the band staged their most performances - apart from their spiritual home at Liverpool’s famous Cavern Club.
Competition organisers's vision is for the sculpture, which should be at least two metres (6.5ft) tall, to be viewed from the River Mersey.
On the other side of the water, the Beatles statue on Liverpool's Pier Head - designed by Andrew Edwards and contributed by the Cavern Club - has become one of the city’s most popular selfie spots since its installation in 2015.
Grants will be offered for shortlisted applicants to develop the work for Tower Ground.
Funding has been provided by local authorities and firms after Wirral became the 2024 Borough of Culture.
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