WITH less than three months to go until the 2015 Lancaster Music Festival, organisers have announced plans to increase the scope and number of live performances available to locals throughout the year.

Now in its seventh year, the festival has gone from strength to strength and has been ‘instrumental’ in positioning Lancaster as an important Northern city for live music.

Festival Director Ben Ruth said: "One of the original aims of the festival

was to highlight the quality, diversity and sheer quantity of live music in

this small city.

“People often talk to me about the ‘70s and ‘80s when Lancaster was on the itinerary of all the big

live music tours.

“Bands from Genesis to The Stranglers, from Queen to

Madness have played Lancaster in the past and we'd love to see this revived."

“We'll be making a start on this just after the festival by arranging for a Rock Legend to play in one of the city's most iconic buildings. I can't say any more just yet as contracts are still to be signed but watch out for further announcements from the festival team shortly.”

This year’s festival runs from October 8-12.