00:00Liverpool Football Club will have more flexibility over when it stages concerts at Anfield
00:06after councillors approved a change to the stadium's licence.
00:10The club will no longer have to keep July free of pitch events
00:14but must still protect a minimum 31-day break each year.
00:18Major events will remain limited to six annually.
00:21The club says the change could help attract global artists.
00:25But residents raise concerns about disruption
00:27with one objector saying local people deserved more than the protected month offered by the club.
00:34Councillors backed the plans by a majority.
00:37Liverpool FC has made a commitment to donate to a community grant fund
00:41each time a concert is held in the stadium.
