BINGLEY Music Live has got “bigger and better” each year since it started nearly a decade ago, with top pop acts queuing up to take to the stage.

This year’s Bingley Music Live will attract around 45,000 people over the next three days, starting tomorrow, with acts including All Saints, Tinie Tempah and Travis at Myrtle Park.

The event has grown each year since it became known as Bingley Music Live in 2007 and now attracts fans from across the country.

Britpop bands including The Charlatans and The Bluetones were on the first year’s bill, which also featured an appearance by Bradford-based band Scars on 45, who have since enjoyed chart success in the US.

Performances by bands including the Happy Mondays, dance DJ Calvin Harris, James and the Pet Shop Boys have been among the many highlights at the festival, which became a three-day event in 2009.

This has led to its further expansion, as more chart-topping acts including Ella Eyre and Razorlight have clambered to sign up to wow the crowds.

A second stage, now known as The Discovery Stage, was added in 2011 to give new artists the chance to showcase their talent in front of the large crowds.

Event manager Andrew Wood, who has organised the event since it started, approached Bradford Council before the 2007 festival to support the event, to benefit the district’s community and businesses, which the local authority has done ever since.

The event has also given a boost to the local economy, with revellers flocking to the town’s shops, bars, restaurants and pubs during the festival.

Richard Holmes, Bingley Chamber of Trade & Commerce honorary vice-president, said the town’s music festival continues to attract thousands of revellers because of its contemporary line-up of musicians.

He said: “It’s a very good event.

“It brings an awful lot of people into the town, that can only be a good thing.

“They not only spend at the venue, but in the town itself.

“It’s got bigger and better. It used to get the odd headline band when it started. But now it gets the very contemporary acts, like Tinie Tempah, who really attract visitors to the town.”