Dublin band’s tune was top festive hit

A FESTIVE ode to the city of Liverpool was voted Best Original Christmas Song by the listeners of a radio station set up to celebrate the holidays.

‘Christmas In Liverpool’ by Dublin band Monster Monster was declared the winner of the Christmas FM Centra Song Contest 2014 by the listeners of the station.

Monster Monster received a prize of free studio production time, airplay on Christmas FM and a

?¬500 one4all gift card after their song was selected by public vote from almost 100 entries.
This is all great news for Monster Monster songwriter, guitarist and life-long Liverpool fan Mick Stuart.

“Monster are delighted to have won the Christmas FM Centra Song competition and we would like to thank everyone who voted and everyone at Christmas FM for making this the best Christmas ever,

? Mick said.

Christmas In Liverpool has also become a firm favourite at Anfield, home of Liverpool Football Club where it was recently played at the legendary venue.

Now the song is becoming a huge hit with Liverpool fans too. YouTube hits for the video have skyrocketed and BT Sports were due to use the song for their Christmas schedule.

“Christmas In Liverpool is a love song to Liverpool,

? Mick explained.

“The band was inspired to write the song after a cold rainy night in Dublin.

“Reflecting on being vulnerable and exposed in a city, the line,

‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ came to mind, which gives hope in a difficult situation,

? he added.

“Once we had that, all the things we love about Liverpool came to mind, its kindness, its music, its football.

?

Monster Monster are an alternative-pop duo from Dublin who are backed up by musicians from across the city with members from Donaghmede, Harold’s Cross, Rathfarnham, Blackrock and Donaghmede.

This year, Christmas FM was set up to raise awareness and funds for Age Action, the charity that promotes positive ageing and better services and policies for older people.

All donations raised by Christmas FM and Age Action will fund 30,000 essential home repair and maintenance jobs for vulnerable older people across Ireland as part of the innovative

‘Age Action Care & Repair Programme'”.

Christmas FM is run as a not-for-profit operation with 100 per cent of donations going directly to charity.

The station is funded by sponsorship which covers all the costs. More than 100 volunteers participate across the on-air production and promotion of the station, with each devoting between 20 and 50 hours of their time

Since 2008, Christmas FM has raised over

?¬500,000 for various charities including Focus Ireland and Aware.