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Jamie Webster: The Liverpool hometown superstar fuelled by football and politics

By Ian Youngs

Entertainment & arts reporter

Liverpool singer Jamie Webster is a superstar in his home city, with a 40,000-capacity headline show coming up this summer. But his outspoken political and footballing allegiances have proved divisive elsewhere.

When Webster played the biggest gigs of his career so far - two sold-out shows for 24,000 people on Liverpool's waterfront last summer - one intrepid fan spotted an opportunity to sneak in.

The open-air concerts took place between two of the city's historic docks. "There was a canal running right down the middle," the singer explains.