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Big Country Princess Royal Theatre, Port Talbot. 8pm, £25. Info 01639 763214. Scottish pop-rock band, now over 40 years old as an entity.
Dearman, James & Dylan, Steve Hewlett, Justine Afante, Marky Jay, Who’s Molly? and host Kevin Johns.
Elvis: The Legend Lives On Miners Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £19.50. Info 01495 227206. Tribute show with Gordon Davies as big E.
Kayhan Kalhor & Erdal Erzincan Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £9-£18. Info 029 2039 1391. Two respected players of the kamancheh and baglama, respectively a Persian violin and Turkish lute. See Music. Paul Downes Crindau Constitutional Club, Newport. 8.30pm. Info 07966 754366. A Lyceum Folk Club night. The Malakites + Motel Thieves + Wigwam Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £5. Info 029 2023 2199. Local indie types.
FRIDAY 20 JANUARY
Burning Ferns + Smokestacks Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £5. Info 01633 221477. Americana kinda stuff. Dropkick Murphys + Pennywise + The Rumjacks + Jesse Ahern Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6pm, £41.80. Info 029 2022 4488. Bostonian faux-Irish punks on what I think is their first Welsh date ever? Certainly the first in this sort of venue.
SUNDAY 22 JANUARY
Jo Harman Acapela, Cardiff. 8pm, £16. Info 029 2089 0862. UK blues/soul vocalist with a set focusing on debut album Dirt On My Tongue.
TUESDAY 24 JANUARY
Sweet Electric Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 6pm, £10. Info 029 2064 4176. Hard rock band from Germany. Look very zany in their publicity photo. Viagra Boys Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £22. Info 029 2078 1458. Swedish postpunk band who’ve risen through the ranks in the last few years.
WEDNESDAY 25 JANUARY
Johnny Cash Roadshow St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £25. Info 029 2087 8444. Tribute show. London Winds Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £7. Info 029 2039 1391. Lunchtime performances of Mozart and Ligeti among others by this quintet.
Simon & Garfunkel Through The Years Memo Arts Centre, Barry. 7.30pm, £25. Info 01446 738622. Tribute show. The Class Of 55 Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £27. Info 01792 475715. Jerry Lee Lewis tribute show which also features a guest appearance from a Roy Orbison tribute it says here. The Subways The Rockin’ Chair, Wrexham. 7.30pm, £20. Info
therockinchairwrexham@gmail.com. Indie- rockers with a new album out. The VU with German Bello Rhostio, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info
facebook.com/ rhostiocoffee. Velvet Underground tribute band. I’m not sure who German Bello is but someone of that name has a Soundcloud account with two tracks on it, one of which has the same title as a Velvets song and appears to be 10 minutes of harsh noise wall. Curious.
Trucker Diablo + Eight Foot Square + Zenon Tivoli, Buckley. 7pm, £15. Info 01244 546201. Northern Irish hard rockers headline. In Crumlin tomorrow.
SATURDAY 21 JANUARY
Crippled Hillbillies + Flying Spider Revival + Idlechord + Hand Of Three The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £3. Info 01495 758597. Flash Acapela, Cardiff. 8pm, £20. Info 029 2089 0862. Queen tribute. Green/Matthews St Mary’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12. Info
ruffceilidhs.org. RUFF Ceilidh night with caller Bob Morgan. The Big Big Bash Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 3-11pm, £10. Info 029 2062 6015. Charity gig in aid of Oasis Cardiff refugee centre, with sets from The Semantics, The Weld Band (Neil Young tribute), Heather Jones, The Old Age Punk Band and Parcel Of Rogues. From 3-7pm there’s a related (but free entry) gig in the bar here, featuring Donny’s Bluegrass Band, The Lonely Hearts, Oasis World Choir, Laurence Kench and more TBC. The Infernal Sea + Suffering + In Which It Burns + Willy + Saarkoth + Betrayers + Vandr + L.S. Dunge Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 3.30-11pm., £11. Info 029 2064 4176. Several hours of extreme metal of various types. Trucker Diablo The Patriot, Crumlin. 7pm, £10. Info 01495 247178. Northern Irish hard rockers. Variety Night Live Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £20-£28. Info 01792 475715. Featuring Kerry Ellis, Louise
Blind River Scare + Josh Beddis Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £5. Info 01633 221477. Alt-country band headline. Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls + Lottery Winners + Wilswood Buoys Tivoli, Buckley. 7pm, £35.75. Info 01244 546201. Chin-beardy troubadour on his Dylan-esque Never Ending Tour Of Everywhere. Llŷr Williams Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12-£24. Info 029 2039 1391. Pianist performs Brahms pieces with clarinet and cello accompaniment.
Shenyang & Simon Lepper Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £7. Info 029 2039 1391. Bass- baritone/piano duo perform Chinese poetry set to music.
THURSDAY 26 JANUARY
Blue Amber + Dusty Cut Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, free. Info 01633 221477. Jazzy indie band from Cardiff headline.
Wall Of Floyd Acapela, Cardiff. 8pm, £19. Info 029 2089 0862. Pink Floyd tribute band.
SATURDAY 28 JANUARY
Ant-Trouble Acapela, Cardiff. 8pm, £15. Info 029 2089 0862. Adam & The Ants tribute band.
Black Stone Cherry + The Darkness Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6pm, £46.60. Info 029 2022 4488. Hard rock stalwarts of varying daftness.
Crazee Bone + Blueberry Hawks + Hawker + Insanity Beach + B4 Time Tivoli, Buckley. 6pm, £10. Info 01244 546201. Charity night in aid of Welsh Air Ambulance, and in memory of one Stephen Powell.
Dark Valley + Mercy Of The Current + Shovelface Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7pm. Info 029 2064 4176. South Wales classic rock style band headline. Go Your Own Way Torch Theatre, Milford Haven. 7.30pm, £24. Info 01646 695267. Fleetwood Mac tribute. Kaysha Louvain The Foundry, Brecon. 7.30pm, £5. Info 07450 384740. Country- pop artist from south Wales.
Keith James: The Songs Of Leonard Cohen The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £15. Info 01497 821762. Welsh folk- rock guy performs his Len tribute set. King Kraken + Straight For The Sun + Six Sins Till Sunday Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil. 7pm, £6. Info 01685 727475. Album launch gig for the headliners.
Writers’ Choices
TAKEAWAY Angela Hui (Trapeze) The average customer probably doesn’t give a second thought to the family that owns their local Chinese takeaway. And that’s a shame, because as author Angela Hui tells in her movingly appe- tising memoir, there’s a wealth of history, culture, happiness and pain there as she relates a child- hood spent behind the counter in rural Wales.
RHONDA LEE REALI LIBERATION DAY
George Saunders (Bloomsbury) The sinister plot reflects the extent to which society is tethered to its ability to oppress, whether through brute force or the facade of choice. Saunders uses Libera- tion Day’s nine dystopian stories to subvert the reader’s mind, in order to describe what has been in front of them all along.
MEGAN THOMAS
Bye Bye Baby Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £27.50. Info 01792 475715. Frankie Valli tribute show. Dr Feelgood Acapela, Cardiff. 8pm, £20. Info 029 2089 0862. Pub rock legends, no original members but three who were in the early 80s incarnation of the band. Saw Wilko Johnson had died about an hour before putting this listing on the page, though: RIP to a real one, a sentiment I hope will be expressed onstage here even two months after the fact. The Classic Rock Show St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £38/£33. Info 029 2087 8444. Tribute show.
FRIDAY 27 JANUARY
Broken Fires + Beano Naboo & The Real Keepers Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £5. Info 01633 221477. Byron Wallen’s Four Corners Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8-£16. Info 029 2039 1391. UK jazz trumpeter performing here with a guitarbassdrums band.
Flash Hearth & Friends + Desert Life + Kate Ronconi & Sarah Birch + Andy Williams Elysium Gallery, Swansea. 7pm, free. Info 07980 925449. Head Noise Rhostio, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info
facebook.com/rhostiocoffee. Electropop from the valleys. Luther St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £29.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Luther Vandross tribute show. Michael Starring Ben Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £27.50. Info 01792 475715.
The Red Hot Pokers Rhostio, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info
facebook.com/rhostiocoffee/ Blues-rock. The Smyths The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15. Info 07590 471888. Smiths tribute band. These guys have hit on a foolproof concept where it’s always a major (multiple of five or 10 in years) anniversary of a Smiths album, so which are they toasting this time? None of them, as it is in fact 20 years since The Smyths formed. Well done. The Ultimate Classic Rock Show Blake Theatre, Monmouth. 7.30pm, £15. Info 01600 719401. Tribute show. Total 80s Miners Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £22.75. Info 01495 227206. Decade-specific tribute show.
SUNDAY 29 JANUARY
WNO Orchestra St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 3pm, £29.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Tomáš Hanus conducts Smetana’s Má Vlast.
TUESDAY 31 JANUARY
Capital City Jazz Orchestra St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £17. Info 029 2087 8444. Ella Fitzgerald tribute show with guest vocalist Alison Jiear. English Teacher Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £10. Info 029 2023 2199. Postpunk band.
THE STORY OF ART WITH- OUT MEN
Katy Hessel (Hutchinson Heine- mann) A glorious and pioneering cor- rective into female and gender non-conformist artists often overlooked and excluded from the past 500 years. I truly admire Hessel for this profound piece of work, and for aiding in the breaking down of the white male, Western, imperial canon.
JOHN EVANS
BRITTLE WITH RELICS Richard King (Faber) Subtitled A History Of Wales 1962-97, King has spoken to a cast of several dozen politicians, activists and artists; many will have opinions on what was not discussed, but for a modern social history of a nation Brittle With Relics covers impressive ground.
NOEL GARDNER stage THURSDAY 1 DECEMBER
Oh What A Night! The Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 7.30pm, £23.50. Info 0345 2263510. Frankie Valli tribute. Padraig Jack & Gorllewinwynt Oriel Plas Glyn-Y-Weddw, Pwlhelli. 7pm, £7/ free kids. Info 01758 740763. Described as “an intoxicating medley of languages, live folk and contemporary music, live art and dramatic surprises”; I think there’s a Welsh folktale element too. Quatuor Agate Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £7. Info 029 2039 1391. Young French string quartet.
uBlood Brothers Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £17.50- £73.50. Info 029 2063 6464. Big shot musical about twins separated at birth. On at 2.30pm and 7.30pm on Thurs 1 and Sat 3 Dec. (Until Sat 3 Dec) uCollective Rage: A Play In 5 Betties Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.45pm, £7.50-£15. Info 029 2039 1391. Jen Silverman’s play about five New Yorkers who are all called Betty and who have ribald coversations. On at 2.30pm and 7.45pm on Sat 3 Dec; 7.45pm only all other dates. No performances on Sun 4 or Mon 5 Dec. (Until Fri 9 Dec) Cyw’s Christmas Show & BBC NOW Venue Cymru, Llandudno. 10.30am + 1.30pm. Info 01492 872000. Kids’ theatre show with orchestral backing. Both perfor- mances are sold out though. uDeath Drop: Back In The Habit
NIGHTCRAWLING Leila Mottley (Bloomsbury) Inspired by a scandalous truth that unfolded in author Leila Mottley’s hometown of Oakland, Nightcrawling takes you along for a gruelling ride in a city full of injustices and failures. This book erupts with powerful observations and poignant words that linger.
KARLA BRADING Book Of 2022
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