{"id":112051,"date":"2025-05-18T15:47:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T15:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/112051\/"},"modified":"2025-05-18T15:47:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T15:47:12","slug":"who-is-goodison-park-performer-ellis-murphy-musician-called-scouse-bob-dylan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/112051\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Goodison Park performer Ellis Murphy? Musician called &#8216;Scouse Bob Dylan&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrations are underway at Goodison Park following the final ever Premier League game<\/p>\n<p>14:54, 18 May 2025Updated 14:55, 18 May 2025<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1747583232_535_0_CaptureJPG.jpg\" alt=\"The first singer to entertain the Goodison crowds was Ellis Murphy. \" loading=\"eager\"  \/>The first singer to entertain the Goodison crowds was Ellis Murphy. (Image: EllisMurphyMusic Instagram)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Celebrations are underway inside <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/everton-goodison-park-score-live-31647760\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Goodison Park<\/a> as Everton played their final <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/barclays-premier-league\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier League<\/a> game at the stadium. While Everton won the game 2-0, there were many tears from the loyal followers of the club. It is<a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/everton-goodison-park-score-live-31647760\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"> time to celebrate the &#8216;Grand Old Lady&#8217; <\/a>now and the whole stadium have remained in their seats to watch the ceremony which the club are putting on &#8211; \u2018End of an Era\u2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The first singer to entertain the Goodison crowds was Ellis Murphy. The singer has amassed a cult following with his timeless brand of storytelling through his songs. His songs are both current and fresh but also nod towards a a time when troubadours were popular. Ellis has played in coffee shops, live music clubs, castles and concert halls around the UK since his debut performance in 2022,<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Most recently her performed a string of bi-monthly shows entitled &#8216;See What I See&#8217; as well as various other appearances in between. The performance from Ellis came as a surprise to many fans inside Goodison with a confused look the common expression on the faces of many,<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Evertonian Ellis performed &#8220;It&#8217;s a Grand Old Team to Play For&#8221; while playing the guitar and harmonica. He also performed Elton John&#8217;s &#8216;I guess that&#8217;s why they call it the blues&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_JS369534554.jpg\" alt=\"Fans of Everton show their support inside the stadium following their team's victory in the Premier League match between Everton FC and Southampton FC at Goodison Park\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Fans of Everton show their support inside the stadium following their team&#8217;s victory in the Premier League match between Everton FC and Southampton FC at Goodison Park(Image: 2025 Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">On June 6, 2025 the singer plays his first headline show of the year in the @liverpool_philharmonic music room. Explore Liverpool reported two years ago: &#8220;It\u2019s his social media you\u2019ll be seeing all over the place anytime someone mentions to you \u2018the new scouse Bob Dylan\u2019. But his influence carries on from even more greats like Woody Guthrie, Frank Zapper along with Simon and Garfunkel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;An extraordinary record collection inherited from his grandfather meant his music taste swiftly evolved into a diverse variety of music of all genres from 50s folk to 80s rock.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">As the celebrations unfold inside Goodison, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/everton-goodison-park-score-live-31647760\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">there will be more guest presenters<\/a>, appearances from current and former players, live musical performances and specially-curated big screen content that captures the spirit, memories and history of the stadium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Celebrations are underway at Goodison Park following the final ever Premier League game 14:54, 18 May 2025Updated 14:55,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":112052,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,393,11817,50689,4884,179,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-112051","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-everton","11":"tag-goodison-park","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-liverpool","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114529622265802654","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112051\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}