BANDS including The Saturdays are to perform on the Liverpool set of Hollyoaks for a new TV series.
The Hollyoaks Music Show with Matalan will be made up of 10 episodes, which will play out on T4 on Saturdays at 11am, from October 17.
It will host acoustic performances from four live bands who will appear on music stages at the Lime Pictures studios in Childwall each week.
The line-up will include one unsigned act per show, with each one being championed by a cast member who will introduce them on stage.
An online vote will take place at the end of the series to decide which one of the nine unsigned bands will feature on the soap’s soundtrack.
Actress Zoe Lister, 27, who plays Zoe Carpenter, said: “I was asked to do it because Claire Cooper, who plays Jacqui, and I started a music night, Tarquin Won’t Jam, in Liverpool last year.
“There are so many great new bands around and Liverpool is a great place to live if you love music.
“There are not really that many music shows on mainstream TV so it is good for the audience.
“The winning act gets to play a track on Hollyoaks, so there will be a lot of banter once we start mentoring our acts.”
The show is part of Get Close to Hollyoaks – an initiative from Channel 4, Lime Pictures and its digital arm Conker Media.
Lee Hardman, executive producer, said: “It gives fans the chance to enjoy their favourite music artists in familiar Hollyoaks settings.
“They can also learn about the musical tastes of their favourite Hollyoaks cast members.”
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