BIANCA DEL RIO | INTERVIEW
BIANCA DEL RIO Chris Andrews manages to slow down Bianca Del Rio for long enough to talk drag legends and performing to four people just before her appearance at Norway’s Pride Festival. …
BIANCA DEL RIO Chris Andrews manages to slow down Bianca Del Rio for long enough to talk drag legends and performing to four people just before her appearance at Norway’s Pride Festival. …
BARRY ISLAND’S SUMMER MUSTS Barry is set to be home to a multitude of exciting festivals this July, following successes last year. Showcasing wonders from spectacular fire shows, Viking ships …
Kelis Tramshed, Cardiff Thurs 26 July Kelis Rogers’ present-day status as an 00s theme-party mainstay really began in 2003, when a slew of hit singles from her third album Tasty – …
Ginger Wildheart Ahead of a headliner slot at the metal-fest Steelhouse Festival, Owen Scourfield and Chris Andrews both had the chance for a brief chat with Ginger Wildheart. You are due to …
Glenn Hughes Ex-Deep Purple frontman Glenn Hughes tells Carl Marsh what to expect when he rocks up at Steelhouse this month for his only 2018 festival appearance. “This summer Steelhouse …
FLAMING LIPS IN THE TRAMSHED Sold out long before the event date (though you never know, you might get lucky!), The Flaming Lips play the Tramshed, an unusually small venue …
D. TIFFANY / DONALD DUST Rotary Club @ Kongs, Cardiff Sat 21 July Since their birth in Falmouth, Rotary Club have steadily imprinted themselves into the Cardiff club scene by …
GLASTONBARRY Paying tribute to musical icons every summer in Barry, none other than The Beatles are headlining Glastonbarry 2018, and Ringo Starr – OK, technically Simon Adams from tribute band Beatles …
CHRIS LIEBING The Vaults, Cardiff Bay Fri 20 July The Vaults’ series of in-house promotions kicks off by welcoming German techno giant Chris Liebing into Cardiff’s transformed bank vault. Achieving …
ALBUM REVIEWS THE ALARM **** Equals (The Twenty First Century Recording Company) After an eight-year wait, Alarm fans can rejoice, for not only is this record red-hot, frontman/composer Mike Peters …
THE COSMIC DEAD / INFINITY FORMS OF YELLOW REMEMBER | LIVE REVIEW The Moon, Cardiff, Mon 9 July In an alternative edit of Oliver Stone’s The Doors, Jim Morrison …
Hiby-Bardon-Hession The Queens Head, Monmouth Wed 18 July Free jazz, the genre that’s been bringing out the inner conservative in jazz fans for over 50 years, finds a more ready …
James Taylor and Bonnie Raitt This one’s for the dad rockers. Folk-pop icon James Taylor and enduring blues-rocker Bonnie Raitt bring their sound to Cardiff’s Motorpoint Arena. The show sees …
THE RPMS / BANDICOOT / VIOLET WALK / THE CASPIENS | LIVE REVIEW This Feeling @ The Moon, Cardiff, Thurs 5 July A rather humid summer evening saw the …
EAST 17 Cwrt Herbert Playing Fields, Neath Sat 14 July If there was ever the definition of ‘blast from the past’, here you have it. Nineties boyband East 17, albeit …
Newport Colour Clash Tredegar Park, Newport Sat 14 July Now iN its third year, Newport Colour Clash is returning this July with an astonishing line up that shatters previous years. …
RUDRY MUSIC FESTIVAL Parish Hall Field & Woodland, Rudry Fri 13 + Sat 14 July For the third year now, Rudry Music Festival will light up this small town near …
DAVID CROSS & DAVID JACKSON | LIVE REVIEW Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff, Sun 1 July The cliché of progressive rock musicians being po-faced and humourless is, like most clichés …
SUNDAY 1 JULY Claire’s Western Fundraiser Creature Sound, Swansea. 5pm, £20 (three days). Info 01792 301178. Charity weekender in aid of The Cystic Fibrosis Trust and presented by Rebel Cat. …
The Attic 5-6 Castle Bailey St, Swansea. facebook.com/theatticswansea Sat 21 LNE: 90s Rave 10pm-3am, £4-£8 adv. Acid house, trance, techno, disco, house and garage all in one nostalgic night. Fri …
MILES KANE | LIVE REVIEW Tramshed, Cardiff, Fri 29 June Forgive the overzealous attention seeking and questionable clothing – Miles Kane is very much a man of his own. …
WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM | LIVE REVIEW The Globe, Cardiff, Thurs 28 June Tonight is one of the most noteworthy black metal gigs to hit the region in …
As the National Health Service hits 70, Fedor Tot celebrates what makes it special and looks ahead to National Theatre Wales’ celebrations. The National Health Service stands as probably …
KNOCKED LOOSE | LIVE REVIEW Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, Mon 25 June It’s unbearably hot in Clwb Ifor Bach and not ideal conditions for a sold-out hardcore show. Backing …