MANIC STREET PREACHERS & SUEDE deliver electrifying performances amid pouring Cardiff rain
The weather could have been better for the Manic Street Preachers and Suede, but spirits at Cardiff Castle couldn't be dampened.
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LLAIS: JOHN CALE opens 2022’s festival – with help from GRUFF RHYS, JAMES DEAN BRADFIELD and more
John Cale’s Llais performance promised “special guests” when announced in July, confirmed as James Dean Bradfield, Cate Le Bon and Gruff Rhys.
THE PROCLAIMERS skewer rose-tinted British nostalgia on DENTURES OUT
Dentures Out could quite easily be titled Knives Out. Satire against sunny melodies has been The Proclaimers’ modus operandi for 30-odd years and they don’t hold back here.
MANIC STREET PREACHERS | LIVE REVIEW
Watched by a socially distanced crowd of just 150, in a hall well over 10 times that capacity, and with rigorous COVID security measures in place, this was a strange setting for the return of the Manic Street Preachers.
THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES REVIEWED | FEATURE
THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES REVIEWED | FEATURE BIFFY CLYRO A Celebration Of Endings (Warner Music) Characterised by huge harmonies, erratic playing, and witty songcraft, Biffy Clyro are one …
SEREN CARDIFF POETRY FESTIVAL | UPFRONT
SEREN CARDIFF POETRY FESTIVAL After the success of the last two years, Seren Cardiff Poetry Festival (formerly Seren Cornerstone) is moving to the Temple Of Peace in Cathays Park, for …
MANIC STREET PREACHERS | LIVE REVIEW
MANIC STREET PREACHERS | LIVE REVIEW Cardiff Castle, Sat 29 June It’s almost too perfect. The sun is out and there is a beautiful breeze crossing the evening sky, …
MANIC STREET PREACHERS | LIVE REVIEW
MANIC STREET PREACHERS | LIVE REVIEW Motorpoint Arena Cardiff, Sat 5 May In the same way one has to experience a Welsh rugby international to see the passion and …
JAMES DEAN BRADFIELD PLAYS INTIMATE SET AT SPILLERS
“So this is what 50 people looks like,” said the bouncer as I stepped into Spillers last Friday night. For after months of anticipation and mounting headlines, the threesome from …