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664008. Fella from Busted and Fightstar. Deep Tan + Red Telephone + Slate Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7-10pm, £7. Info 029 2023 2199. Ysgol Nos showcase night. Enjoyed what I’ve heard of Deep Tan. Novo Amor Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £18. Info 029 2023 5555. Soft focus folk-rock fella and strong contender for the Welsh musician who makes the least effort to alert people to his Welshness. Rory McLeod Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club. 7.30pm, £8. Info folkclub@folkwales.
org.uk. Rescheduled from May 2021. Price £5 for Llantrisant Folk Club members. The Sound Of Springsteen The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm, £26.50. Info 01633 656757. Tribute show, rescheduled from February when one of the band had COVID. uTom Robinson Acapela, Cardiff. 8pm, £24. Info 029 2089 0862. Two-night stint (on tomorrow also) here for new wave fave, originally touring to celebrate his 70th birthday except that was in 2020. Whitesnake + Foreigner + Europe Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6pm, £56. Info 029 2022 4488. Hard rawk in triplicate.
THURSDAY 26 MAY
Beardyman The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £18. Info 07590 471888. Zany human beatbox bloke.
Bird Eats Baby + Catherine Elms Hangar 18 Music Venue, Swansea. 8pm, £5. Info 07984 664008. Headliners are goth- rockers from Brighton. Dirty Dancing In Concert St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £28-£58. Info 029 2078 8444. A live band plays the songs from the movie which is screened on a big screen. uEd Sheeran Principality Stadium, Cardiff. 5pm, £75. Info 0844 2491999. Three dates in a row. Fri 27 is sold out as of early April. (Until Sat 28) Georgia Ruth Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £13. Info 01970 623232. Welsh folk-rocker.
Jazz Jam Session The Garage, Swansea. 8pm, £5. Info 01792 213200. With the Dave Cottle Trio. Kelsy Karter + Gen & The Degenerates + Kenzo Cregan Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £12. Info 029 2023 2199. Kiwi singer-songwriter headlines. The Unthanks Pontardawe Arts Centre, 7.30pm, £26.40. Info 01792 863722. Folk duo, back in the game after several years. Thunder + Ugly Kid Joe + Those Damn Crows Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 7pm, £41.80. Info 029 2022 4488. Triple bill of reliable hard rock carthorses. Rescheduled from May 2021. Totally Tina Princess Royal Theatre, Port Talbot. 7.30pm, £26.40. Info 01639 763214. Tina Turner tribute.
FRIDAY 27 MAY
Bob Fitzgerald & Band + Caitlin Mae The Patriot, Crumlin. 7.30pm, £8. Info 01495 247178. Country rock. Cedric Burnside The Druidstone, Pembrokeshire. 8pm, £18. Info 01437 781221. American bluesman and one of the great RL Burnside’s, ah, plural number of sons.
Copehill Down + Karmen Field + Black Pyre + Suns Of Thunder Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £5. Info 029 2064 4176. Heat 7 of South Wales Metal 2 The Masses.
CVC + The Rotanas + Ci Gofod Sin City, Swansea. 7.30pm, £6. Info 01792 468892. Wacky funk band from near Pontypridd headline. We interviewed them nearly a year ago on the basis of an album coming out shortly, no sign of it so far. Dervish Acapela, Cardiff. 8pm, £24. Info 029 2089 0862. Longrunning Irish folk group.
place across Fishguard, in its various pubs and even on the street if the weather’s OK; there are three concerts at Theatr Gwaun, which cost £15 each or £40 for all three, and everything else is free. Those concerts: The Shackleton Trio and Nick Wyke & Becki Driscoll (Sat 28 May, 2.30pm); The Jackie Oates Trio and Luke Daniels (Sat 28 May, 7.30pm) and Alaw (Sun 29 May, 7.30pm). See the festival website for other scheduled performers. (Until Sun 29) Flash Hearth Elysium Gallery, Swansea. 8pm. Info 07980 925449. Bluegrass/ Americana.
Full Dark No Stars + The Marshall Chess + Mistakes Were Made The Bush Inn, Blaina. 8pm, £2. Info 01495 292132. Gig in aid of various charities. Hardline + Gin Annie Tivoli, Buckley. 7pm, £20. Info 01244 546201. US hard rock band, originally scheduled for April 2020. Harsh Hangar 18 Music Venue, Swansea. 7pm, £6. Info enquiries@
hangar18musicvenue.co.uk. Parisian hard rock band.
Head Noise + Linus Fitness-Centre + Maes Y Circles The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info info@themooncardiff. com. EP launch gig for headliners, and the third appearance in four weeks here for the openers. Fair play!
Vivaldi’s Gloria.
Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita The Tabernacle, Machynlleth. 7.30pm, £20. Info 01654 703355.
Charity Music Gala Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 6.30pm, £20. Info 0345 2263510. In aid of Neuroendocrine Cancer UK and featuring Zirenz pOpera, Bex Hazard, Catrin Llewelyn , The Meadows and Lisa Mears. Rescheduled from May 2021. Hardline Patti Pavilion, Swansea. 7pm, £20. Info 07703 354418. Hard rock. Henry’s Funeral Shoe + Heavy Flames Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7.30pm, £13.50. Info 01874 611622. Brace of bluesy hard rock type bands from southish Wales.
Madicide + Verletzen + Kill By Mouth + Mindset Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £7. Info 07716 767651. Metal. Minas + Winger Records Cwrw, Carmarthen. 7pm. Info 01267 223230 . Wonky hip-hop ish stuff from Cardiff and Carmarthen.
Motörheadache UK The Dragonffli , Pontypool. 7pm, £10. Info 01495 758597. Motörhead tribute band, rescheduled from December 2021.
Impersonating The Police The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10. Info 07950 471888. Police tribute band. Rescheduled from this time last year. Jake Blount Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £16. Info 01792 602060. US artist, here with a string band backing, whose music intersects Americana, jazz and blues and “shines a light on the major contributions that Black, Indigenous and LGBTQ artists have made to American folk traditions”. Sounds good. Jeff Beck St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £52.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Blues- rock progenitor plus band, which currently includes a cellist oddly enough. VIP tickets are £138 or £183 are also available. Rescheduled from June 2021. Planet Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7-10pm, £12.50. Info 029 2023 2199. Aussie indie band. Say It Anyway Le Public Space, Newport. 8.30pm, free. Info 01633 221477. EP release gig for a band who have Save Your Breath memebrs in if that excites you. There’s a related club night after until 4am also.
Sound Of The Sirens Pavilion Mid Wales, Llandrinddod Wells. 7.30pm, £13. Info 01597 258118. Folk duo from Exeter. TC & The Groove Family + Poly- Ritmo + Pamoja DJs + Worm Soundsystem The Globe, Cardiff. 9pm, £11. Info 07590 471888. Bristol label Worm Discs present a night of live dance music and funk, with a 10-piece band from Leeds headlining.
The Bowie Experience The Neon, Newport. 7pm, £15. Info 01633 533666. Tribute show with Lawrence Knight as Bowie. The Wedding Present Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £20. Info 029 2023 5555. Playing the Seamonsters album in full. XSLF + Fatal Blow + Dropping Like Flies Jac’s, Aberdare. 7pm, £10. Info 01685 882198. Headliners are quite literally ex- members of Stiff Little Fingers. The bassist was in The Outcasts who you will probably know if you follow Northern Irish punk for whatever reason. Rescheduled from April 2022.
ZMachine + I Fight Bears + That Which Ate The Moon + The Shunkos Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £5. Info 029 2064 4176. Heat 8 of South Wales Metal 2 The Masses.
SATURDAY 28 MAY
Fairport Convention Torch Theatre, Milford Haven. 7.30pm, £25. Info 01646 695267. Folk-rock pioneers, or some form of them. Rescheduled from June 2021. uFishguard Folk Festival Various venues, Fishguard. Info judy.whitehouse@
gmail.com /
fishfolkfest.co.uk. This takes
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A Foreigner’s Journey The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12. Info 07950 471888. Tribute to both Foreigner and Journey. Rescheduled from January 2021. Aberystwyth Choral Society Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £11. Info 01970 623232. David Russell Hulme conducts Sinfonia Cambrensis in a recital of
My Chemical Romance + Funeral For A Friend + Starcrawler + LostAlone Sophia Gardens, Cardiff. 5pm, £78.75. Info 029 2040 9380. The summery thwack of leather on willow is interrupted this evening as Newark comic book rockers MCR command the cricket pitch for a hefty outdoor show. FFAF were announced as main support in April.
Raul Speek & The Latin Kings The Cellar, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £10. Info 07818 056599. Cuban music. Revolver The Patriot, Crumlin. 7pm, free. Info 01495 247178. Hard rock I guess. Rumours Of Fleetwood Mac St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £31.50. Info 029 2078 8444. Tribute show. The Barflys + Fly 52 + Links + B4 Time Tivoli, Buckley. 7pm, £10. Info 01244 546201. Charity gig in aid of British Heart Foundation and Calon Heart. The Now Sin City, Swansea. 7.30pm, £8. Info 01792 468892. Welsh indie band who have an EP out in May and seem to be playing lots of gigs.
Twisted System + Surreal Panther Hangar 18 Music Venue, Swansea. 7pm, £6. Info enquiries@hangar18musicvenue.
co.uk. Tributes to Twisted Sister and Steel Panther.
SUNDAY 29 MAY
Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita Theatr Mwlda, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £20. Info 01239 621200.
David Gray Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, £40.15. Info 029 2022 4488. Centrepiece of this date is a performance of his album White Ladder in full. Rescheduled from March 2021. Little Rhumba The Queens Head, Monmouth. 8pm, free. Info 01600 712767. Folky stuff. Luke Daniels The Welfare, Ystradgynlais. 7pm, £10. Info 01639 843163. Folk-rock guy.
Sleep Inertia + Tyrants + Sydney Fate + Framework + Equinox Bunkhouse, Swansea. 6pm, £5. Info 07716 767651. Metal and post-hardcore. The Drifters
Cardiff. 7.30pm, £33. Info 029 2087 8444. Rescheduled from April 2021. The Big Moon Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £15. Info 029 2023 5555 Indie.
TUESDAY 31 MAY
Bridgend Swing Band Whiteheads Sports & Social Club, Newport. 8pm, £15. Info 01633 893227. A South Wales Big Band Society night, and a Jubilee special to boot.
St David’s Hall, stage SUNDAY 1 MAY
Andy Parsons The Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 7.30pm, £15.50. Info 0345 2263510. Rescheduled from May 2021. Hayley Ellis + Paul Pirie + Lorna Pritchard + Tudur Owen Theatr Clwyd, Mold. 7.45pm, £10. Info 01352 344101. Comedy Club night. uMachynlleth Comedy Fest Various venues, Machynlleth. Prices vary per event. Info
machcomedyfest.co.uk. Three days (today being the last) featuring a hundred and something comedy shows over several venues in this wee Powys town. Christ knows how they do it. You’ll have to go to the website for the lineup but the following are among it: Nish Kumar, Isy Suttie, Sara Barron, Grace Petrie, Nina Conti, Simon Munnery, Ken Cheng, John Shuttleworth, Rosie Jones, Sunil Patel, Elis James, Tim Key, Nick Helm and James Acaster. (Finishes today) Mike Doyle New Theatre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £14. Info 03433 100041. Comedy and music, rescheduled from January 2022. Spontaneous Potter Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £16.50. Info 0345 2263510. Improvised theatre show based on the groundbreaking TV drama work of Dennis Potter. There’s a version for kids on earlier today also.
Spontaneous Potter For Kids Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 2pm, £12.50. Info 0345 2263510. Improvised theatre show based on the groundbreaking TV drama work of Dennis Potter. But for kids. There’s a ver- sion for adults on later this evening also.
MONDAY 2 MAY
uMusical Theatre Showcase 2022 Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5.50. Info 029 2039 1391. A short programme of speeches, duets, songs and company numbers from various musicals. On tomorrow also, at 1pm.
TUESDAY 3 MAY
uBlood Brothers Theatr Clwyd, Mold. 7.30pm, £10-£48. Info 01352 344101. Willy Russell’s famous musical. On at 2.30pm and 7.30pm on Wed 4, Thurs 5 and Sat 7 May. (Until Sat 7) uBlood Wedding Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £14. Info 029 2030 4400. Federico García Lorca’s play about matrimonial chaos, performed here by Everyman. On at 2.30pm and 7.30pm on Sat 7 May. (Until Sat 7) Dylan Moran St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £28. Info 029 2078 8444. Irish come- dian with his latest show, We Got This. uJoseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat New Theatre 2022-05-03 7.30pm, £29-£64. Info 03433 100041. Lloyd Webber/Rice musical rides again with Jac Yarrow as Joseph and Alexandra Burke narrating. On at 2.30pm and 7.30pm on Wed 4, Thurs 5 and Sat 7 May. Prices: £29-£57 Tue 3-Thurs 5 May (excepting the Thurs 5 May matinee, which is £24-£41); £33-£64 Fri 6 and Sat 7 May. (Until Sat 7)
Knuckle Puck The Globe, Cardiff. 7pm, £14. Info 07590 471888. Punk band. Pomegranate Piano Trio St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 1-2pm, £6.50. Info 029 2078 8444. Lunchtime concert featuring works by Debussy and Ravel.
Simon Brodkin Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 6.45pm, £20. Info 0871 4720400. Amusing myself by imagining a guy trying to act all superior by going, “oh, YOU probably know him as Lee Nelson”. uSix Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 8pm, £19.50. Info 029 2063 6464. Hit musical based on Henry VIII’s six wives; rescheduled from June 2021. On at 6pm and 8.30pm on Fri 6 and Fri 13; 2.30pm and 8pm on Sat 7 and Sat 14. No performance on Mon 9. Tickets are £19.50- £42.50 from Tue 3-Fri 6 (6pm) and Tue 10-Fri 13 (6pm); £22.50-£45.50 from Fri 6 (8.30pm)-Sun 8, Fri 13 (8.30pm) and Sat 14. (Until Sat 14)
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