Sarah Keyworth
Glee Club Unit 7A Mermaid Quay, Cardiff Bay, CardiffThis show, titled My Eyes Are Up Here, debuted in early 2024 and is touring until April – first in the UK, then the US and Australia. Its title refers to Nottingham comic Keyworth, who came out as non-binary a few years ago, getting top surgery and navigating the reactions of, in particular, their family. …
Hayseed Dixie
Pontardawe Arts Centre Swansea, UKHayseed Dixie are the archetypal band who play Wales all the time (once or twice a year maybe?) and for this reason are rarely included in this section. I’m sure such omissions wound the faux-Appalachian rock/bluegrass hybridists to their core, so to show that I have nothing personal against them, here is a mention of …
Bowling For Soup + Wheatus
Swansea Arena Oystermouth Road, Bae Copr Bay, Swansea, Swansea, United Kingdom“Texas’ favourite punk rock band continues to expand their global fanbase and achieve new heights year after year,” trumpets the blurb for this show, which takes place in an arena half the size of the Cardiff one BFS played a year ago. The comparably ribald, enduring and American Wheatus join them as main tour support.
Pretty Vacant: The Story Of Punk And New Wave
New Theatre Park Place, Cardiff, Cardiff, United KingdomThis is one of those ‘rock’n’roll musical’ type shows that is essentially a cover band but with slightly elevated production values. I don’t normally bother listing them but am making an exception here as it stars Kevin Kennedy, aka Corrie’s Curly Watts, as narrator in between performances of Pistols, Clash, Damned etc songs, which sounds …
John Barrowman
Grand Theatre Swansea, UKDoes Wales have a greater-than-average affection for boaby-dazzler light entertainer John Barrowman? The Scottish-American’s career to date has lent him close ties to the nation, not least through filming Doctor Who and Torchwood in Cardiff, and with his solo showtunes-and-anecdotes tour including eight Welsh dates (Swansea, Carmarthen, Llandudno, Newtown, Brecon, Aberdare, Newport and Wrexham), it …
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