CARDINAL BLACK deliver rock’n’soul to a sold-out Cardiff Tramshed
With their fanbase seemingly growing daily, it feels like this is only the beginning for Cardiff's soulful hard rockers Cardinal Black.
Wales-Wide
New Welsh music you may have missed in January, from new age reinventions to fantastical metal quests
Beginning 2025 after taking December off, Noel Gardner has some catching up to do in the service of telling you about class underground Welsh music.
Take 5: BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE
Bullet For My Valentine are kicking off 2025 with a co-headline tour alongside Trivium. Sara Murphy is here to give us a snapshot of BFMV’s best material.
Manchester-via-Swansea indie lads PASTEL build on Liam Gallagher endorsement with strong debut album
Citing influences from The Verve, Radiohead, The Charlatans and New Order, every track on Pastel's debut album Souls In Motion is a winner.
Newport Riverfront smash panto season again with DICK WHITTINGTON
Newport Riverfront's Welsh spin on classic panto Dick Whittington comes from the minds of producer Jamie Anderson and director/writer Richard Gauntlett.
In Tandem
Described as “a new cross-artform performance that weaves together dance, sculpture, drawing and sound,”this is a collaboration between choreographer Faye Tan, sculptor/artist Cecile Johnson Soliz and composer Richard McReynolds, who …
SPIRITUALIZED help us sail on through the Christmas period in Cardiff
With plenty of instrumental layers to their live set, Spiritualized take everyone present on a journey through space and time.
2025’s biggest shows, festivals & live music to look out for
These are the biggest shows, festivals and live music events happening in Wales over 2025 for those looking to be entertained in a big way.
From noisemakers to wordsmiths, Buzz’s ONES TO WATCH in 2025
Musicians, playwrights, charitable causes, illustrators and wrestlers... It's that time of year again for Buzz's predictions for the people and things that'll be big in 2025.
DAVID HURN & ROBERT GREETHAM help to launch the SIGNATURES photography talks in Penarth
Ben Woolhead visits Penarth’s Turner House Gallery for a speaking event covering Wales’ photography scene and its storied history, with guests David Hurn and Robert Greetham.
Strike a pose: Buzz photographers’ best live shots of 2024
Buzz writers have notched up well over 100 gig reviews this year, and our photographers have illustrated them along the way. We thought we’d give you a visual treat in the form of our 20 personal favourites from 2024.