Liverpool: What to Do in England's Music Capital - Home of the Beatles

Let's explore the rich history of Great Britain's musical city that birthed one of the most iconic bands ever - The Beatles! From the famous Cavern Club to the Beatles Story Museum - DW's Hannah Hummel introduces you to Liverpool and shows you how the city pays tribute to Ukraine as a host for the ESC in 2023.
00:00 Intro
00:36 The Beatles statue
01:12 The Beatles Story - an interactive museum
02:03 Just how important are the Beatles to the City?
02:44 Exploring the city with the Mercey Ferry
03:45 Liverpool's Street Music
04:25 Excitement for Eurovision
05:47 Why Liverpool was chosen to host ESC 2023
06:01 Ukrainian artists collaborating with artist from Liverpool
07:51 The Cavern Club
09:38 Enjoy the ESC!
CREDITS:
Report: Hannah Hummel
Camera: Marco Borowski
Editing: Josefine Funck
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[@kebabremover6024]

Ive recently visited Manchester and Liverpool, manchester was boring Liverpool was a brilliant vibrant city

[@charlottesadie3373]

So true. I love your comment ❤️

[@TomCro73]

I'd many nights out in Liverpool growing up there but have fond memories of one in particular - we were drinking in one of the city's oldest Irish pubs, and got chatting to a couple of tourists from the US. We all found much to talk about and had a great time - we'd to leave at 11pm for the last train home; they seriously offered to pay for taxis as we were all having such great craic! But as we left: "This was great, you guys. We were out in Manchester last night, nobody there was any fun at all." Handshakes turned into hugs after hearing that! Both are great cities - and it's touching that Manchester tries so hard to catch up. :)

[@Bellasie1]

Liverpool has a nice skyline, is by the water, enjoys the legacy of the Beatles and its airport is used by low-cost and charter carriers. Manchester has a very strong, diverse and continuous musical heritage due to many very successful artists putting it on the map *for decades*, had a tremendous impact in the nation's history and is still the third biggest city in the country, with an international airport to match. There is no comparison.

[@kebabremover6024]

@Bellasie Well that's my opinion! Manchester has some great bands but not internationally known bands, you go to the states and mention the smiths or oasis no one knows them, yet the beatles trump them all and always will, I met Americans and South Americans on our tour bus around Liverpool to see the beatles. Bill bryson notes from a small island praises Liverpool and yet says nothing about Manchester

[@scootaymildo1070]

As a tourist, Liverpool makes a lot more sense but I live slap bang in the middle of the two cities and i think Manchester is a much better night out.

[@lochinver1929]

I'm a Geordie but I always feel welcome and at home with Liverpudlians. I knew you’d do a brilliant job hosting Eurovision on behalf of the Ukraine… but watching the coverage has impressed me so much. In a world full with so much sh*te you give me hope God bless the good people of Liverpool and God bless the Ukraine… Let’s pray this war is over soon and the poor sods can get back to a life of peace with their families.

[@tvretros]

Lovely comment Lochinver I was also in Liverpool yesterday at the Albert Dock, and it was fabulous. I met many lovely people from all over the world and had an amazing day, I was so proud of Liverpool hosting the Eurovision Song Contest. It was just wonderful.

[@lochinver1929]

@@tvretros I would have loved to have been there. I can imagine how proud you are, and rightly so.

[@twoofsix3b3g]

We have to offer the Beatles memorabilia stuff just because there are so many visitors to the city who want to know about the Beatles nut there is so much more on offer here .

[@manuelfedericocachazasanju5294]

I WENT INSIDE THE CLUB CAVERN 1 EVENING WITH A FRIEND AND IT IS TRUE THERE WERE PEOPLE OF ALL AGES ! THIS PARADISE OF A MAGICAL PLACE HAD MY GOING WHEN I WENT INSIDE....I EVEN CRIED ! ,YES , I MUST ADMIT ( WHICH I KNEW IT WOULD HAPPEN) THAT I WOULD CRY,AND I DID ! ...IT COST ME MY ENTIRE LIFE TO GET TO LIVERPOOL FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE THAT THE EMOTION AND A RUSH OF ADRENALINE WENT THROUGH MY WHOLE BODY WHEN I WENT IN...AS I DID I WENT DOWN THE STAIRS AND I COULD HEAR FURTHER DOWN ...LOVE ME DO ! I PANICKED INSTANTLY AS SOON AS I SAW ON MY WAY DOWN PHOTOS OF THE BEATLES AND GERRY AND THE PACEMAKERS,ROY ORBINSON ETC....WHEN I FINALLY GOT DOWN TO THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE CAVE (WHICH WAS PACKED ) WITH PEOPLE ,THEN IS WHEN TEARS IN MY EYES STARTED RUNNING DOWN MY CHEEKS IN UTTER DESBELIEF ( MAN, IT IS HAPPENING AGAIN )👍😭😭😭😭 A SILLY BIG SOFTY I KNOW !😭😂😭😂...UNTIL 1 DAY THAT I MIGHT BE ABLE TO TO GO AND VISIT LIVERPOOL ....AGAIN !...AND I KNOW THE DAY I GET THERE AGAIN THAT I WILL CRY SOME MORE ....AGAIN !....PS : MY LOVE FOR LIVERPOOL IS LIMITLESS UNCONDITIONAL LOVE ,AND LIVERPOOL KNOWS THAT 😂😂😂😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😂😂😭😭👍🤩🤩🥳🎵🇬🇬⚽🔥💥💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

[@BrendaHeeligan]

❤❤❤

[@manuelfedericocachazasanju5294]

@@BrendaHeeligan THANK YOU !,FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART 💖💖🎵 ...BEATLES FOREVER RIGHT ! ....UNCONDITIONAL LOVE .....FOR THE BEATLES ...AND LIVERPOOL 🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖🐐🐐🐐🐐🥳🇬🇬👍😂😭👏💥🇬🇧

[@donaldwainwright]

My home city lived here 63 years through the good and bad times but will stick together and get through

[@Lyverbirdusa]

I live in Vegas now, but there is no place like home. Hope to be home I. The Pool for Christmas this year!

[@thecavernscruffs9761]

I loved it. Good job. Liverpool is one of the most beautiful cities to visit or live❤️

[@tvretros]

Lovely comment It is a wonderful city with beautiful architecture and a strong Maritime history.

[@lynby2108]

So excited, love Liverpool

[@Lee333Ino]

Thanks for the great video, everyone is welcome here

[@MrSD-YO]

Great video! Wish it was 10 minutes longer to show off the beautiful historic buildings (like the 2 cathedrals) and also talk about how important the football also is to the city..

[@DWTravel]

Of course, there are many other interesting sides of Liverpool. On the occasion of the ESC, we have focused on the musical heritage in the city.

[@TomCro73]

Great video - thanks Hannah! Liverpool's always been a musical city, though I grew up there amid less civic confidence, more nervous introspection. Delighted how much more vibrant it's become in the meantime; in particular, how many younger folks have chosen to make Merseyside their home. Quite telling that in your voxpop about halfway through, only the final interviewee was a true Scouser! And I don't say that in a mean way - we welcome anyone who's keen to become part of our community. Everyone who spoke, projected the values that define the great people of my beloved city.

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

The Beatles lasted only 10 years but their music will never stop.

[@brianevans2819]

Great video, very interesting informative content and insight into our great city.

[@sergioguillen1037]

A fantastic episode that is very well presented! Thank you so much for bringing Liverpool to us in such a wonderful way.

[@DWTravel]

Big thanks for the compliment!

[@04nbod]

Look I like the Beatles but Liverpool is more than that

[@lofomuses]

You missed the chance while on the ferry, to point out the iconic song 'Ferry Cross the Mersey' (1964), by Gerry and the Pacemakers. Liverpool was the home of the Beatles, but Liverpool was more than JUST the Beatles! You can even see 'Gerry and the Pacemakers' on the wall at the Cavern, in one of your last shots.

[@quietman18]

The ferry terminus is now now named after Gerry Marsden.

[@geddoyle7629]

Just pointing out the cavern club is a remake the other one is a bit further down as it was demolished. Town planning at its best. And funny enough we have had many more famous groups and singers as well as the fab 4 which didn’t get a mention

[@newb969]

Thanks for exploring great places

[@billybudd5854]

Is Liverpool a worthy host for the Eurovision Song Contest, she asks. What a redundant question. It's probably the most appropriate city for holding a festival of music in the whole of Europe (except for London).

[@eightiesmusic1984]

Why?

[@lynby6231]

@@eightiesmusic1984 now that Eurovision is finished, are you still wondering why???

[@garyrigby21]

​@@eightiesmusic1984 everything you said?! You only said why

[@bobsmith3291]

More worthy than anywhere else on the island

[@AdamTurnbull-xd3nf]

really ok?

[@eightiesmusic1984]

Why?

[@bobsmith3291]

@@eightiesmusic1984 because who else would do a better job?

[@user-sx5tf6kg9x]

Мне 67. К сожалению уже не удастся посетить ваш город с великой футбольной командой и великой четвёркой Beatles. Удачи.

[@charlottesadie3373]

My friend Craig L. W, one of the best musicians at the Cavern ❤️

[@GreatCityAttractions]

Always great content from DW Travel. well done.

[@daverich3352]

There's too much southern centric media in the UK for the main broadcast media to present Liverpool for what it is.

[@free..to..air..]

Not only that...but Liverpool takes second place to Manchester where news events in the NW are concerned...unless its bad news..we always get greater Manchester first...then Merseyside a poor second...BBC and Granada are equally to blame

[@gogledhol]

agreed

[@free..to..air..]

See above...and whenever bad news is being reported its always..Liverpool...otherwise..its Merseyside

[@HeaVYScePTiC]

Missed a perfect opportunity for another musical connection to the city whilst on the ferry. "Ferry Cross the Mersey" usually plays as you're on board

[@imthetravellingmasterthetr2531]

I recently went to Manchester and soon this week going to Liverpool

[@brucejackson4219]

What a nice young woman , with her enchanting smile. Don't forget that Max Bruch [his beautiful violin concertos & his orchestral Kol Nidrei ] was with the Philharmonic Orchestra in the city for a few years. Come on the RED SCOUSERS !

[@yadavjiii45-jx7jx]

nic place i liked

[@nathanprescott3192]

Wonderful ❤❤❤ dream

[@ujjolroy7851]

Football is also a part of Liverpool. Let us know about the history of Liverpool Football Club.

[@petermorris5957]

I can tell you. The afterbirth of Everton Football Club. The end.

[@simonlewis720]

We have 2 clubs ,one is successful and the other is comical

[@rachelcanterbury]

One club city Liverpool Football Club

[@gogledhol]

yes the biggest tourist club in merseyside!

[@adamsloan33]

It feels surprisingly odd to see DW presenters in my home town of Liverpool. I hope all visitors enjoy the ESC! Edit: I've been subscribed to this channel for a while, and am used to viewing content on travel in Germany and its neighbouring countries.

[@DWTravel]

Sometimes we also venture a little further outside the box 😉.

[@baconpancakes8899]

0:47 nice camera trick

[@sushifornico]

What is the location of the statue in sandbags - I am super excited to visit Liverpool next week :-)

[@adamsloan33]

I saw your comment and thought I'd help you out. The Ukraine memorial statue is located in the Exchange Flags, between Chapel St and Water St, near to the Three Graces on the waterfront. I hope you enjoy visiting Liverpool!

[@HeaVYScePTiC]

You're gonna have a boss time, mate 😁❤️

[@tvretros]

Welcome you will have a wonderful time in Liverpool

[@DWTravel]

Thanks for helping out 🙏 😘!

[@peterallman8474]

It's actually the Nelson Monument. Unveiled on 21 October 1813, the eighth anniversary of Nelson's death. The sandbags are a temporary addition symbolising the tragedy of events in Ukraine.

[@oufc90]

London might have something to say about that… Pink Floyd, Rolling Stones, The Kinks, Led Zeppelin, The Clash, Queen, David Bowie, The Jam, The Sex Pistols, Fleetwood Mac, T-Rex… etc

[@bobwoodward2185]

Led Zeppelin are from the Midlands x

[@oufc90]

@@bobwoodward2185 well, Robert Plant is yeah. But Jimmy Page is from London and the band were formed in London so I’d say they’re more of a ‘London band’ than anything else. But maybe they can share that 😂 either way a great band!

[@lynby6231]

When you say London, do you mean the city itself or the surrounding areas comprising millions of people?

[@hier6238]

The who

[@katie8325]

What a ridiculous comment. London has a population bigger than Scotland and is more like a collection of small towns.

[@abhijitdeore2633]

Hi everyone who reading my comment, I am from India and i watch every video of dw travel for improve my english also I am enjoying to watch uropion contries

[@TR4zest]

Well done learning English. Two typos: European countries.

[@JW93.]

That was poor in all honesty there is much more music in Liverpool not only the Beatles!

[@TeeToes]

Song called Ferry across the mersey is by a old band from Liverpool..60s to..im surprised She didn't mentioned that lol

[@mrpeel3239]

Sad the original Cavern Club not saved from demolition!

[@oktfg]

The cellars under Matthew St all looked the same. Easy switch to the other side of the street after Liverpool built its metro underground system

[@mrpeel3239]

@@oktfg That's a bit like saying The Village Vanguard here in NYC could be moved to any, old basement along Seventh Avenue! 😯

[@marcturner3647]

Look , Liverpool will always get negative comments no matter what but tell me why does so so many people come here? Liverpool for me is home and i will always defend our city people can always comment about what they hate about our city but don’t comment about something that you have never been to, but people who hide behind their computers and just stay in behind their curtains and just troll other cities just need to get out and see for themselves what a fantastic city Liverpool is Y N W A 97

[@tvretros]

Well said

[@Pokafalva]

The Beatles didn't start in the Cavern. They started in the Casbah Club in Haymans Green in West Derby. It is a myth and fallacy that the Beatles started in the Cavern.

[@pauliejojo8241]

Their accent was quite similar to US English.

[@tonyjefferies4260]

The Beatles never played in that cavern. The cavern where the Beatles played was demolished by Liverpool council.

[@jas20per]

Please get it right the Cavern Club of today is not the same Cavern that the Beatles played in many times in the 60's.

[@tomboz777]

We should be doing more like this for the Sabbath boys, but our council is perpetually incompetent. A bench is insufficient.

[@spartakdauti9783]

Around the fields of Anfield ROAD !!! How dare you not mentioning the Kop.

[@MartinvonBargen]

Hummel Hummel!

[@ShowalterdontlikeME]

Sorry My Dear - The origin Cavern Club no longer exists - It was demolished in the 1970's - The place you went into is "The Cavern" in name only.

[@anthonymolloy9953]

The Beatles never played there ,it was on the other side of the road

[@mintomax2]

so the moral of this video is Liverpool is the city of music but only if you class all music as music by one specific band and act like no other music exists at all. While I am not an expert on music from Liverpool I find it extremely unlikely that in the complete history of music there has only ever been one band that comes from Liverpool, I am sure there is plenty of good music that comes from Liverpool but its all ignored because people can't stop talking about only one band when mentioning Liverpool.

[@jontalbot1]

I think the Beatles thing the least interesting thing to do. Just listen to the music. Liverpool is one of the world’s great cities with a ton of things to see and do. Best of all go to a pub and talk to people. Scousers love to talk. It’s the Irish in them

[@garyrigby21]

Please delete the negative comments

[@julianbarr6700]

It's £19 not £12 to go to The Beatles Story.

[@paulmcdonough1093]

i am a real scouser ask us what it means to people struggling properly

[@Azzi_0161]

Yeah Liverpool are the only working class city

[@terryevans2265]

Cheesy grin.

[@koksuklik117]

People who smile and grin too much, look like imbeciles.

[@mickyredeyes6220]

You will never get "scousers" to give an interview because of the history of the way liverpool is portrayed on the past .

[@KJ-js7pi]

What? I thought Hannah was British

[@gabrielm8150]

German-Scottish

[@royrice8021]

After 60 years it’s a racket, real simple.

[@manuelfedericocachazasanju5294]

EYES🙏😂

[@Frank75288]

5:45 there's no such thing as european union money

[@gogledhol]

yes there is. Liverpool got a huge amount of investment from the EU, all that's now dried up thanks to the rest of the country forcing us out. but oh well.

[@Frank75288]

@@gogledhol its like a husband giving his wages to his wife and his wife giving him back £20 so he can go the pub with his mates

[@Hadrian363]

​@@Frank75288yeh but we needed to get the money redistributed through the EU because Thatcher put Liverpool through "managed decline" so we were starved by the government for investment until capital of culture

[@ayeshamuslima2913]

Hey beautiful can you help me for Europe viza I want to met you and want to visit your country

[@ianbanks2844]

In what way is Liverpool the musical capital of the U. K. ?

[@lesrutherford1050]

Because more Number 1’s have come out of Liverpool than any other city in the WORLD!

[@LIVERPOOLandFARBEYONDNEWS]

​@@lesrutherford1050 well said and so true. Its mad outsiders and wools don't give us the respect for are music history

[@joshg2603]

Not just the UK but music in general

[@RighteousBrother]

@@LIVERPOOLandFARBEYONDNEWS but this video is giving you respect and Liverpool is world famous for its musical output and thousands upon thousands of people flock there from all over the world to sample its musical legacy every single year - what more do you want??

[@ianbanks2844]

@Les Rutherford so the sale of no 1 singles determines everything about music ? And let's face it that stat is mainly down to the Beatles who famously couldn't get out of Liverpool fast enough . Having said that I will admit that Liverpool is the no 1 city when it comes to corruption and of course as so many lpool fans are keen to point out you are NOT part of England and hate this country . Oh I nearly forgot that world wide you are definitely no 1 in terms of being delusional.

[@AdamTurnbull-xd3nf]

would Say Manchester Is the music Capital because of all the bands that came out of there. thou the Beatles were the biggest band that came from the uk. Also hate to correct people but the new cavern is not where the the Beatles played is was in a site close to the cavern which was nocked down because of the underground tube in Liverpool .

[@DWTravel]

Thanks for your comment. It seems that we were a bit misleading about the Cavern Club - sorry for that!

[@jackreacher5667]

Eurovision is being held in Liverpool to make people aware of the war in Ukraine, they have so much in common with each other.

[@andicog]

They both look like a war zone?

[@Azzi_0161]

Are you about to tell us Liverpool are being oppressed?

[@Hadrian363]

​@@andicogit doesn't look like a warzone though does it, I see you tried to make a joke though you're just 3 decades too late for it to land, 😂

[@andicog]

@@Hadrian363 Ha ha, I live in Liverpool, try wandering around parts of Norris green, Bootle, Toxteth or Speke, I worked in Nogsy for 12 years so know the place well, some lovely people but the area is very run down and rife with crime , while the city centre and Albert dock has been much improved there are still some bad parts of Liverpool. So while my comment was meant to be humorous I will bet that the cameras of Eurovision won't show the worse parts of Liverpool.

[@Hadrian363]

@@andicog no different to any other city though, and don't talk to me about rough IV lived in Kenny 🤣

[@EternalRUSHfan63]

We're not in European union so why we still in this pharce of a competition !!! Love the beatles !!!

[@dave_h_8742]

Farce. Becouse we are 22 miles away from Europe.

[@EternalRUSHfan63]

@@dave_h_8742 I'm only a few miles from Scotland but I don't do Highland dancing !!!

[@katie8325]

Er we’re still a European country. And Australia and Israel take part. What’s your problem? Also, you don’t need a ph there.

[@EternalRUSHfan63]

@@katie8325 well its not a euro competition then is it , its a world competition with Australia and Israel in it !!! It's a contradiction in turm !!!

[@edmundtory6931]

Yes, it is, especially compared to Italy last year (Italy proved to be a third world country)

[@chewbaccaabduljabbar]

Nope most working for ppl don't want it tbh

[@andicog]

I live in Liverpool, for once we have flowers in large pots, a few roads repaired that have been bad for years and some nice bark chips on the flower beds by Albert dock.... Just a pity that the local council couldn't do all this for the people that actually pay council tax in the area, I could also say about the regular food vendor who has been told to move his business for ESC, if he wants to stay in his regular pitch the council want a £6000 payment.... All heart but music brings us together, apparently.

[@davidwebb8877]

That’s disgusting,£6000,what vender is it and are they still there?

[@andicog]

@@davidwebb8877 not sure if he paid or not.

[@johnf4659]

@@andicog They paid it, and probably made a fortune from it.

[@auletjohnast03638]

🔵THIS VIDEO IS NOTHING ABOUT THE BEATLES AND THE BEATLES STORY SO I GAVE IT A THUMBSDOWN👎!🔴

[@DWTravel]

Sorry to hear. We wanted to cover not only the Beatles but Liverpool as a music city as a whole.

[@manuelfedericocachazasanju5294]

BEEN IN LIVERPOOL A MONTH AGO ! ...ALL I'M GOING TO SAY IS THAT I NEED TO GO BACK FOR OBVIOUS REASONS I MEAN THERE IS STILL SO MUCH I HAVE NOT SEEN YET ! 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖⚽⚽⚽💖💖💖💖🎵🎵🎵💥🇬🇬👍🔥🥳😂😭😭😭😭😭🤩😭😭😭😭😂😭😭💖

[@bigears5809]

Vibrant city centre. Move a mile out of it a there is much that is tatty.

[@katie8325]

Like most big cities, no?

[@bigears5809]

@Luna Bella Like many that's true. Liverpool takes it to a new level.

[@MrThegreatuser]

Britan isnt part of Europe.

[@oufc90]

Yes it is. It’s not part of the EU, but it definitely is in Europe.

[@simonlewis720]

We left the European Union,we haven’t floated off to another part of the world

[@gogledhol]

yes it is

[@jakeicloud]

It is?

[@DWTravel]

Why do you think that?

[@colinmcdonald6239]

No it’s not full of victims

[@gogledhol]

what

[@bobwoodward2185]

Troll

[@katie8325]

Colin, have a day off fella. Maybe some day you’ll get out of your mothers spare room.

[@THAIRISH_92]

Englands music capital? Eh sorry no

[@DWTravel]

What would you say is England's music capital? :)

[@THAIRISH_92]

@@DWTravel The Beatles are huge, maybe the biggest band ever, but other cities have more venues and larger amounts of significant artists. Leaving aside perhaps the obvious music capital, London, other cities with a greater claim to title of England’s Music Capital include Birmingham, Sheffield, and Manchester.

[@DWTravel]

@@THAIRISH_92 That's certainly one way to look at it. Thanks for sharing your perspective.

[@gogledhol]

scouse not english. so you're correct

[@fazfinisher5598]

No other city wanted it.

[@gogledhol]

glasgow?

[@bobwoodward2185]

Troll

[@katie8325]

Well, that’s patently untrue.

[@manuelfedericocachazasanju5294]

MANCHESTER WILL ALWAYS BE BEHIND OF LIVERPOOL SPECIALLY MUSIC WISE,YES THEY HAVE THE SMITHS OR DOGSHIT OASIS....WE HAVE THE BEATLES WHO WERE,ARE AND EVER WILL BE THE BEST BAND OF ALL TIME !,PERIOD....SHE LOVES YOU YEA, YEA, YEA ...WE CAN WORK IT OUT ! 😂😂😂😂😂DOES ANYBODY KNOW THAT PENNY LANE IS IN MY EARS AND IN MY EARS....WE EVEN HAVE YELLOW SUBMARINES !😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🎵🎵🎵💖💖💖💥🔥🥳🤩

[@MebXVII]

Most in other parts of The UK consider Liverpool the capital of all that is wrong with society

[@LIVERPOOLandFARBEYONDNEWS]

Haha so right. But a lot of the time we are also the capital if some good things like clothes fashion, hairstyles, slang and more

[@garyrigby21]

But obviously that's not true! Most people love Liverpool

[@tvretros]

Only uneducated people who have never travelled or visited Liverpool sadly have that view

[@CraigLW]

A ridiculous statement if ever there was one.

[@MebXVII]

@CraigLW Of course, someone from there would disagree with me, I wouldn't expect anything less.

[@michaelpyatt831]

It’s the place in England with most people missing teeth They sell more sunglasses there than anywhere else in England But 95% of the sales of sunglasses are to victims of domestic violence More teenage pregnancies than anywhere else The most popular sporting event is the Liverpool decathlon, football fencing then squash Most people visit to be reunited with their hubcaps Liverpool is so ghastly that Ringo and Macca never set foot there again The river Mersey runs through Liverpool, if it walked it would be mugged Liverpool uses less water that average in the Uk because they are smelly Liverpool is such a run down dump that Gaza city recently held a charity fundraising concert for Liverpool