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Intimate acoustic gig at St David’s Hall


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CHART-TOPPING folk artist and Ed Sheeran collaborator Amy Wadge will perform an intimate, acoustic concert at St David’s Hall tonight – and limited tickets are still avail- able. This special gig in the Level


3 Lounge marks the last of Amy’s current tour and she’ll be sharing the stage with sen- sational songwriting partner Pete Riley. Amy co-wrote the No.1 hit Thinking Out Loud with Ed Sheeran. She also collaborat- ed with the solo star for the bonus track called Even My Dad Sometimes on his best- selling album X. In fact, Ed Sheeran even released a 2010 EP entitled Songs I Wrote with Amy. Although born near Bristol,


Amy has adopted Wales as her homeland. After moving over the border and gradu- ating from the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, she cut her teeth performing Open Mic nights at Cardiff’s Toucan Club.Amywas quick- ly established a cult follow- ing and was spotted by Greg Haver, who has produced the Manic Street Preachers, Su- per Furry Animals and Cata- tonia. Subsequently, he re- corded her debut mini-album The Famous Hour. In 2002, Amy won the Best


Female Solo Act at the Welsh Music Awards, ahead of Charlotte Church. The follow- ing year she toured with the Welsh rugby team during the World Cup in Australia with her song Adre Nôl. She then capped off 2003 by retain- ing the Best Female Solo Act award. Furthermore, her 2006 al-


bum No Sudden Moves in- cluded a cover of the Manics’ A Design for Life. Plus, in 2009 she released a Welsh version of her single Hold Me titled Dal Fi, with proceeds going to the Welsh Nursery Schools


Psyche-rockers kick off tour


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NEWPORT TOUR LAUNCH: Elevant


LIVERPOOL-based experi- mental rock trio Elevant will play Newport’s Le Pub venue on July 11 as part of their headline Summer tour. While it’s not even been a


year since their s/t début al- bum hit the shelves and even less time since their 2015 follow-up, Dreamface, the Liv- erpudlian trio have already started thinking about the next instalment. The tour will see the psyche-


rockers take in seven dates throughout July, kicking off at Newport’s Le Pub on the 11th and rounding off at Notting- ham Lofthouse on July 31 Earlier this year, the band self-released their sophomore effort Dreamface, via Edward’s own label Elevant Music Lim- ited (EML). All 11 tracks were mixed and


recorded at the now defunct, Western Recording Company on Seel St. in their home-town Liverpool with Kyle Western in just six days with Pete Ma- her providing the magic touch on the final production duties. The result is an album that blends the furious tenacity of their live shows with an ever- more ambitious sound and a sonic palette daubed with psychedelia, grunge, Krau- trock and everything in-be- tween. Elevant is the brainchild of songwriter, guitarist, vocal- ist and boss of Elevant’s own label, Michael Edward. Re- cruiting multi-instrumental- ists Hannah Lodge and Tom Shand, the trio hit the road with their self-titled début al- bum in towfor the first time in Autumn 2014.


LIVE: Amy Wadge and Pete Riley


Movement. Amy has contin- ued to release songs in Welsh and is now also an occasion- al presenter on BBC Radio Wales.


Scouse singer, Pete Riley originally found cult success


Joe Bonamassa tour


INTERNATIONALLY re- nowned guitarist Joe Bona- massa brings his UK arena tour to Cardiff Motorpoint Arena on October 27. Joe Bonamassa’s tour sched-


ule consistently hovers at around 150 shows worldwide each year, and a handful of markedly diverse side projects keep him thinking outside the box and flexing every musical muscle he’s got. He founded and oversees the non-profit Keeping The Blues Alive Foun- dation to promote the heritage of the blues to the next gen- eration, fund music scholar-


ships, and supplement the loss of music education in public schools. Fans who catch him on his


forthcoming tour can expect to hear him perform songs from his classic albums including Sloe Gin, Dust Bowl, The Bal- lad of John Henry, Driving To- wards The Daylight (the latter reached #2 in the Official UK Album Chart 2012), and his critically acclaimed 2014 al- bum Different Shades of Blue. To book tickets visit Ticket- master.co.uk.


with his band Treehouse in the 90s before touring the States with iconic indie rock- er Edwin McCain. Pete returned to the UK


in 2010 and immediately set about creating arguably


his best work yet with Amy Wadge – releasing two ac- claimed albums titled Rivers Apart and Afterglow. Tickets are £12. To book your seats call the Box Office on 029 2087 8444.


ACCLAIMED: Joe Bonamassa


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