So why choose Liverpool? It is obvious to me. It's all explained in the lyrics of that Beatles hit:
"Penicillin is in my ears and in my eyes"
Any City with a Penicil Lane would naturally become "The City of Cultures" at some stage.

Forget Ringo Starr, Let's hope Pete Wylie, The Mighty Wah, sang Heart as Big as Liverpool at the opening. Not a dry eye in the house :'(