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wrestling, first time for such shenanigans in this venue since 2020 at least, for a clothes company founded in 2011. Both are sold out though.
SATURDAY 6 NOVEMBER
Ant Middleton Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 7pm, £44.60. Info 029 2022 4488. Rescheduled from October 2020, this ex-SAS TV guy embarks on his Mind Over Muscle tour. Which of those was at work when he advocated greater “hardship and suffering” in the UK to toughen up the pop- ulace, I wonder.
live MONDAY 1 NOVEMBER
Money For Nothing Venue Cymru, Llandudno. 7.30pm, £26. Info 01492 872000. Dire Straits tribute, rescheduled from June 2020. In Neath on Fri 19 Nov. Richard Thompson St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7pm, £32.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Folk-rock don. By the time you read this listing I hope to have got a copy of his autobiography.
TUESDAY 2 NOVEMBER
Amy Wadge St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £15. Info 029 2087 8444. South Wales singer-songwriter, best known for penning pop hits but an enduring presence on the circuit doing her own stuff too. Rescheduled from April 2021. uChamber Tuesdays Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info 029 2039 1391. Live string, woodwind and brass ensembles in the foyer, every Tuesday until 7 Dec. Free entry but book in advance please. Higher Power + Static Dress + Asidhara Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £12. Info 029 2023 2199. Metallic hardcore bands, headliners being from Leeds. Lau Acapela, Cardiff. 8pm, £20. Info 029 2089 0862. Acoustic set from Scottish folk trio. Rescheduled from June 2021. Public Service Broadcasting Venue Cymru, Llandudno. 7.30pm, £32. Info 01492 872000. Electronic indie band that show films. Previewed in the October issue. Ski Lift + Angel Hotel + Big Thing The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30-10.45pm, £5. Info
info@themooncardiff.com. This Is The Kit The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £18. Info 07950 471888. Indie- folk stuff.
WEDNESDAY 3 NOVEMBER
A Beautiful Noise Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £25. Info 01792 475715. Neil Diamond tribute. BBC NOW: A London Afternoon Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 2pm, £5-£15. Info 029 2053 6464. Jamie Phillips conducts a programme of Grace Williams, Vaughan Williams and Benjamin Britten. Presented by St David’s Hall but taking place here. Cara Dillon Acapela, Cardiff. 8pm, £22. Info 029 2089 0862. Always feels like Cara Dillon has either just played this venue or is just about to, although I guess this probably isn’t the case really. This, indeed, is rescheduled from March 2021. Dreameater + In Fear + Sentry + Tyrants + Majin + Fangs Tiny Rebel Cardiff. 7pm, £5. Info 07377 414204. Metal and metalcore stuff, I think. Seemingly the sound engineer’s dream scenario of ‘six bands playing inside a regular gig running time’.
Festival Of Voice: Thursday Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 6pm, £45. Info 029 2063 6464. Opening night of this festival’s delayed return, consisting of four programmes of music in this venue, finishing on Sun 7 Nov. This evening opens with a keynote speech from Brian Eno and has live sets from Max Richter with Sinfonia Cymru, Kelsey Lu and Colin Currie Group & Synergy. Holly Humberstone Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £9. Info 029 2023 2199.
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Ward Thomas Pavilion Theatre, Rhyl, Wed 24 Nov; Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, Thurs 25 Nov. Tickets: £24.50/£22.50. Info:
facebook.com/rhylpaviliontheatre /
brangwyn.co.uk
Sisterly English duo Catherine and Lizzy Ward Thomas, a familiar presence on the UK gig circuit with a pop-inflected yet classic-leaning country-rock sound, are embarking on ye olde “intimate acoustic tour” in November. They’ve been kicking their heels since spring of last year waiting to do it, too, since when the fourth Ward Thomas album, autumn 2020’s Invitation, has been released.
BBC NOW Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £5-£20. Info 029 2053 6464. Jamie Phillips conducts a programme of Grace Williams, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Bartók and Carl Nielsen. Presented by St David’s Hall but taking place here.
Cable Street Collective The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £8. Info 01497 821762. Some sort of funky indie band who look like berks. COP26 Earth Day Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire. 7.30-10pm. Info 01239 841387. Event featuring “a group of singers, poets and musicians” playing to mark the occasion of the COP26 environment- focused meetings in Glasgow. DMA’s Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £22.50. Info 029 2078 1458. Laddish Australian rock band. Festival Of Voice: Saturday Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 4pm, £55. Info 029 2063 6464. Third of four days for FoV’s 2021 edition, finishing on Sun 7 Nov. This evening has live sets from Gruff Rhys, Biig Piig, Anna Meredith, Sprints, Nuha Ruby Ra and Charlotte Church’s Late Night Pop Dungeon (afterparty set). Ibiza Orchestra Live Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 6-11pm, £49.50. Info 01792 635432. Dance hits played by an orchestra. Rescheduled from August 2021. Lilygreen & Maguire Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £15. Info 029 2023 2199 Newport pop duo who are “celebrating 10 years of [themselves]”, although they were only active for the first two or three of those years as far as I can tell/recall. Mahan Efsahani & Manchester Collective Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1pm, £10. Info 029 2039 1391. Harpsichord player with string quartet, performing various works including Laurence Osborn’s Coin Op Automata, which sounds interesting. uOpera Scenes Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8. Info 029 2039 1391. By students of the David Seligman School. On tomorrow also, at 2pm.
Phil Campbell & The Bastard Sons Tivoli, Buckley, 7pm, £22. Info 01244 546201. Hard rockers from south Wales, rescheduled from this time last year. In Swansea on Sat 20 Nov. Self Esteem Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15. Info 029 2023 2199. Poppy indie that millennials like. I guess? Sold out! Seth Lakeman The Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 7pm, £27.50. Info 0345 2263510. Folk fella touring to note the 15th anniversary of his album Freedom Fields. The Snuts The Globe, Cardiff. 7pm, £10. Info 07950 471888. Indie band who have got popular to some degree in recent months and have sold this gig out. Rescheduled from March 2021. In Swansea on Wed 10 Nov; Buckley Sat 20 Nov.
THURSDAY 4 NOVEMBER
RWCMD Symphony Orchestra St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15/£6 under-25s. Info 029 2087 8444. David Jones conducts a programme of Errollyn Wallen (an artist in residence at the RWCMD), Mozart and Tchaikovsky. The Hunna Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £24. Info 029 2078 1458. English rock band of some kind. Clearly popular but seemingly on a different planet to the one I live on. Rescheduled from April 2021. The Rotanas Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £5. Info 029 2023 2199. Young person’s lad rock band, indeed this gig is for ages 16+. Rescheduled from April 2021. Tom Lumley & The Brave Liaison + The Rivers + Vella + Even Now The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7. Info info@
themooncardiff.com. Presented by This Feeling.
FRIDAY 5 NOVEMBER uAmserJazzTime Royal Welsh College
Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 5.30pm, free. Info 029 2039 1391. Live jazz in the foyer, every Friday until 10 Dec. Free entry but book in advance please. Ben Goldscheider & Huw Watkins Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £6. Info 029 2039 1391. French horn and piano duo. Bleed Again + Inerrant + Sydney Fate + Copehill Down The Green Rooms, Treforest. 7pm, £3. Info 01443 841133. China Crisis Acapela, Cardiff. 8pm, £24. Info 029 2089 0862. Scouse pop veterans. Dreadzone The Globe, Cardiff. 7pm, £20. Info 07950 471888. UK live dub types. Festival Of Voice: Friday Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 6pm, £55. Info 029 2063 6464. Second of four days for FoV’s 2021 edition, finishing on Sun 7 Nov. This evening has live sets from Hot Chip, Tricky, Rachel Chinouriri and Juice Menace.
George Hinchcliffe’s Ukelele Orchestra Of Great Britain St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £27/£20 under-16s. Info 029 2087 8444. Hells Bells Sin City, Swansea. 7pm, £13.50. Info 01792 468892. AC/DC tribute band. Rescheduled from August 2021. Indya + The Autumn Killers + Feverjaw The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info
info@themooncardiff.com. Li Harding Band The Garage, Swansea. 7pm, £12. Info
swanseajazz.co.uk. Jazz, blues and soul.
Opensight + Dakesis + LestWeForget Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £6. Info 029 2064 4176. Prog metal. The Christians Clarence Hall, Crickhowell. 7.30pm, £25. Info 01873 811573. Pop-soul band who came through in the 80s. Wishbone Ash Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £26.40. Info 01792 863722. Hard/ prog rock lifers.
Steve Steinman’s Anything For Love: The Meat Loaf Story Pavilion Theatre, Rhyl, 7.30pm, £31.50. Info 01745 332414. Tribute show. Features Lorraine Crosby who sang on M Loaf’s 1993 hit I Would Do Anything For Love. The Australian Pink Floyd Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, £35.35. Info 029 2022 4488. Tribute band. Just one who get to play arenas and that. The Specials LTD The Globe, Cardiff. 7pm, £13. Info 07950 471888. Tribute band. The Watch Acapela, Cardiff. 8pm, £16. Info 029 2089 0862. Tribute to Gabriel-era Genesis. Rescheduled from April 2021. Wales Festival Of Remembrance St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7pm, £12.50-£22.50. Info 029 2087 8444. In aid of the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal. Wayward Sons Tivoli, Buckley. 7pm, £10. Info 01244 546201. Hard rock fronted by Toby Jepson ex of Little Angels.
SUNDAY 7 NOVEMBER
Ariel Lanyi Theatr Clwyd, Mold. 7.30pm, £10. Info 01352 344101. Dudley International Piano Competition Winner & Berliner Philharmoniker soloist performs works by Mozart, Beethoven and others on the piano.
Blair Dunlop Acapela, Cardiff. 8pm, £15. Info 029 2089 0862. Part war criminal, part plimsoll, all folky singer-songwriter, it’s Blair Dunlop. Rescheduled from November 2020.
Blind Divide + I Fight Bears + Inerrant + Incursion Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £5. Info info@
bunkhousebar.co.uk. Metal. Bullet For My Valentine Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 7pm, £39. Info 029 2022 4488. Welsh metal sorts with a new album that Buzz ended up reviewing a month early because they pushed the date back. Festival Of Voice: Sunday Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 4pm, £45.
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