Catfish and The Bottlemen to play biggest show to date at Liverpool's Sefton Park

Catfish and The Bottlemen have announced their biggest show to date in Liverpool.

The indie rockers will play to around 32,000 fans on July 11, as part of the In The Park Festival at the city's Sefton Park, in what will mark one of the biggest concerts to ever take place in the northern city – behind Michael Jackson’s Aintree Racecourse show that was attended by 125,000 people in 1988.

More acts will be added to the bill in due course.

Tickets for the show will go on sale at 10am on Friday (19.04.24) via www.intheparkfestival.com.

Tom Grennan, Rag 'N' Bone Man and more will play shows in Liverpool and Newcastle-upon-Tyne as part of the festival series.

The 'Longshot' band will also headline shows at Cardiff Castle on July 19, and Edinburgh Summer Sessions on August 24.

The band are also headlining the Reading and Leeds Festival main stage in August.

In February, Catfish returned with their first single in five years.

The rock group recorded 'Showtime', in Los Angeles with award-winning producer Dave Sardy, who has previously worked with the likes of Oasis and the Rolling Stones.

The track reflects frontman Van McCann's evolution as a songwriter and is the first song off the band's much-anticipated new album.

Meanwhile, Van previously admitted to being hugely ambitious as a performer.

The songwriter also revealed that he'd been inspired by Oasis during his younger years.

The 31-year-old singer told the Guardian newspaper: "I want us to play stadiums. Not just arenas, but stadiums.

"If you’re in a band and you don’t want that it’s like saying you’re happy sitting on the bench at Liverpool. If I was gonna be a bin man, I’d make sure I was the best. You’re here one day and gone the next, so why not want to play in football stadiums?

"I remember going to see Oasis at Heaton Park when I was a kid and no matter where you were in Manchester, the vibe was Oasis. It was like a magnet had been dropped in the centre of the city and was drawing everyone in. That’s what I want happening with us."