listings FRIDAY 8 APRIL
5 Seconds Of Summer Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, £44.60. Info 029 2022 4488. Frothy younguns-rock band. Rescheduled from April 2021. Airforce Rhondda Hotel, Porth. 8pm, £10. Info 01443 551581. Metal band whose main selling point seems to be former Iron Maiden drummer Doug Sampson… he plays on the B-side of their debut single, OK.
Alice Low Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.30-9.30pm, £8. Info 029 2030 4400. Cardiff-based pop auteur touting a new single titled Rim Job, that’s Rim Job. Buzz recommends! The gig that is. Almost Olly Boulevard Show Bar, Milford Haven/ 7.20pm, £11. Info 01437 723493. Olly Murs tribute. Battle Of The Bands 2022 Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £5. Info 029 2023 2199. Presented by Cardiff Live Music Society. Beyond Your Design + In Which It Burns + Lithius Creature Sound, Swansea. 7pm, £5. Info 01792 301178. Metal.
Cathays Concert For Ukraine The Table, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5. Info 07930 326292. Fundraising evening promising “great music from a range of singers and musicians” as well as cakes and savoury treats, drinks and a raffle – a ticket for which is included in the entry fee. Flats & Sharps Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £14. Info 01792 863722. Bluegrass band from the genre’s real home, Cornwall. Florence Black + Valhalla Awaits Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £15. Info 029 2023 5555. A Steelhouse Away Day headlined by Merthyr hard rockers. Gainesville The Patriot, Crumlin. 7pm, £10. Info 01495 247178. Tom Petty tribute. Hawklords + Zenon + The Faces Of Sarah Tivoli, Buckley. 7pm, £12. Info 01244 546201. Hawkwind-related band, rescheduled from April 2021. In Swansea on Sat 16. Hello Again: The Story Of Neil Diamond Venue Cymru, Llandudno. 7.30pm, £28. Info 01492 872000. Tribute show. I Am Morbid + Belphegor + Hate Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 5-11.30pm, £35. Imfo 029 2064 4176. I Am Morbid feature David Vincent and Pete Sandoval, both ex of death metal icons Morbid Angel. Not totally sure if they just do MA songs or what but it’s an anniversary tour for that band’s Blessed Are The Sick album, so quite possibly. I think there are some more names to be added to justify the door time and ticket price. Jaxson Payne + Harpoon + FFWRD The Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info info@
themooncardiff.com. Launch gig, albeit delayed, for the latest tape in Jaxson’s MIDI-Drum Compositions series. It’s great like all his stuff! Harpoon are great too. Lee Gilbert Miners Institute, Blackwood. 1-2pm, £7. Info 01495 227206. Dementia- friendly lunchtime concert. Price includes tea and cake. Liam Ward Band + Jane Williams & Pete Mathison The Muse, Brecon. 8pm, £15. Info. 07791 654799. Presented by the Brecon & Mid Wales R&B Club. Matthew Frederick National Library Of Wales, Aberystwyth. 7-8.30pm, £8. Info 01970 632871.
Max Syedtollan + Tim Bromage & Jon Ruddick Shift, Cardiff. 7.30pm. £
7.Info
shiftcardiff.org. Cool booking headlined by a Glasgow-based avant-pop composer who has a tape on the GLARC label.
leftfield classical commissioned by Uproar, including work by three Welsh composers, Guto Pryderi Puw, Carlijn Metselaar and Joseph Davies, for an ensemble of 15 musicians. Solana The Lost Arc. Rhayader, 7-10pm, £8. Info 01597 811226. Jazzy folk stuff. Supreme Queen Princess Royal Theatre, Port Talbot. 7.30pm, £26. Info 01639 763214. Tribute band. The Aberystwyth Wall Neuadd Dwyfor, Pwlhelli. 7.30-8.30pm, £12. Info 01758 704088. Folk music and storytelling from Gwilym Morus-Baird. In Aberystwyth itself on Wed 13; Cardiff on Sat 16. The Soul Train Savoy Theatre , Monmouth. 7.30pm, £19. Info 01600 772467. Tribute to Motown, Stax etc. The Ultimate Classic Rock Show Gwyn Hall, Neath. 7.30pm, £14.50. Info 0300 3656677. Covers. Totally Tina The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm, £26. Info 01633 656757. Tina Turner tribute show. We Are Not Devo + Head Noise Jac’s, Aberdare. 7pm, £10. Info 01685 882198. Devo tribute band plus local synthpop type group.
Whole Lotta Led Acapela, Cardiff. 8pm, £18. Info 029 2089 0862. Acoustic set from leading Zep tribute band. Rescheduled from May 2021. Zac And The New Man + Eurekas + Two Hats Trio The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, free. Info 01495 758597.
SATURDAY 9 APRIL
Adwaith + Dactyl Terra Cwrw, Carmarthen. 7pm, £6. Info 01267 223230. Carmarthen indie/postpunk band with a hometown show as part of a five-date tour. Airforce + Sacrilege + Brazen Bull Hangar 18 Music Venue, Swansea. 7pm, £10. Info enquiries@hangar18musicvenue.
co.uk. Classic rock/NWOBHM band headline.
Jack The Biscuit Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015. Blues.
Kamikazee Millionaires The Patriot, Crumlin. 7pm, free. Info 01495 24717. Kiss The Teacher Boulevard Show Bar. Milford Haven. 7.30pm, £19. Info 01437 723493. Abba tribute.
Mantlet + Embrace Death + Times Of Desperation Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £7. Info 01633 221477. UK and Swedish hardcore bands. Massaoke Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12. Info 029 2023 5555. “The euphoria of a mass-karaoke sesh with your mates – on steroids” (Metro. I don’t see why anyone would need to take steroids to do karaoke, let alone my mates. We’ll probably give this a miss to be honest. Mötley Crüed + Poizon Bunkhouse, Swansea. 6pm, £10. Info info@
bunkhousebar.co.uk. Two poodle rock tribute bands.
Parla + Framework + Sydney Fate + De’lour + Mawpit The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info
info@themooncardiff.com. EP launch gig for headliners. Quo No UK Rhondda Hotel, Porth. 7pm, . Info . Status uo tribute band.
And Finally… Phil Collins Acapela, Cardiff. 8pm, £19. Info 029 2089 0862. Tribute act. Rescheduled from May 2021. BBC NOW & Chorus Of Wales St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10-£43. Info 029 2078 8444. Harry Bicket conducts a performance of Bach’s St Matthew’s Passion.
Ryders Creed + South Of Salem + The Philo Beddoe Band Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil. 7pm, £10. Info 01685 727475. Hard rock bands presented by Rock & Roll Circus Events. Thank Abba For The Music Pavilion Theatre, Rhyl. 7.30pm, £24.50. Info 01745 332414. Tribute show. Rescheduled from May 2021. The Absolute Stone Roses + The Madchester Experience Central, Wrexham. 9pm, £9. Info 07960 196090. Mancunian indie tribute night. The Bootleg Beatles Venue Cymru, Llandudno. 7.30pm, £36.50. Info 01492 872000. Including a Let It Be-heavy set and orchestral backing.
Brazil & Beyond The Globe, Cardiff. 7pm-2am, £6.50. Info 07950 471888. Charity show for Oasis Cardiff, featuring a mix of live musicx, samba percussion and DJ sets from Barracwda, Samba Galez, Bloco B, N’Famady Kouyate, Ben-Jah and Sean Magee. This was originally booked for March 2020! Bryde Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30- 10.30pm, £10. Info 029 2023 2199. West Walian folk-pop type, formerly/formally known as Sarah Howells. Rescheduled from March 2022. BYOBB: Bring Your Own Band (And Booze) Cathays Community Centre, Cardiff. 6-9pm, free. Info 029 2037 3144. Described as an “open stage event for DIY bands”; there are 20-minute sets available and attendees can play or listen. Email
badlandssouthwales@gmail.com if you’re interested in playing. Calan Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £17.50. Info 01792 602060. Welsh folk band. In Cardiff tomorrow; Bangor on Thurs 21.
Calling Dakota + Nophobia + Atlas Theory + Animals With Knives The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, free. Info 01495 758597. Billed as a tribute to Kev Stait.
Mötley Crüde + Poizon The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £11. Info 07950 471888. Two poodle rock tribute acts. Rescheduled from this time last year. In Swansea tomorrow. Oh Wonder Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £20. Info 029 2078 1458. Indie-folk sort of duo I guess you could call them. Rescheduled a couple of times.
Scenes From A Street St Mary’s Priory Centre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £15. Info 01873 850805. An evening of
Candy Mountain Creature Sound, Swansea. 7pm, £5. Info 01792 301178. Blues-rock.
Dangerous Flamingo The Cellar, Cardigan. 7.30pm. Info 07818 056599. Blues, jazz and country. Es + Esther The Moon, Cardiff. 2-5pm, £3. Info
info@themooncardiff.com. Matinee gig for cheap but with esteemed musical entertainment from London synthpunks Es and local avant-soul type Esther.
The Ultimate Classic Rock Show Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7pm, £19.50. Info 0345 2263510. Tribute show. Rescheduled from October 2021. The Vega Bodegas + Stay Voiceless + Feverjaw + Cold Comfort Tiny Rebel Cardiff. 7.30pm, £6. Info 07377 414204. 6 Music Festival Fringe gig, presented in conjunction with Le Pub.
Thundermother + Beth Blade & The Beautiful Disasters Tivoli, Buckley. 7pm, £12. Info 01244 546201. Wille & The Bandits Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7.30pm, £14.50. Info 01874 611622. Woman Like Me: The Little Mix Show The Riverfront, Newport. 6pm, £16. Info 01633 656757. Tribute act. Yasmine And The Euphoria + Kinz + Fog + Mali Haf Miners Institute, Blackwood. 9pm, £7. Info 01495 227206. Forte Project showcase gig.
SUNDAY 10 APRIL
Andy Fairweather-Low & The Low Riders Feat. The Hi Riders Soul Revue New Theatre. 7.30pm, £17-£29.50. Info 0343 3100041. Welsh pop survivor and his lengthily-named band. Rescheduled from this time last year. Bronwen Lewis Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 6.30pm, £15. Info 0871 4720400. Sold out. Calan Acapela, Cardiff. 8pm, £18. Info 029 2089 0862. Chapter Four Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2030 4400. Jazz quartet play in Chapter’s bar area. Dan James The ueens Head. Monmouth. 8pm, free. Info 01600 712767. Folk-rock.
pioneers Crass (whose last ever gig was in Aberdare, something I assume will be referenced during the evening plays a set of Crass songs. Support comes from an Oppressed side project and a ‘punk poet’ who Crass released stuff by in the 80s. Thin Ice Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 6-9pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015. Pink Floyd cover band.
MONDAY 11 APRIL
Skunk Anansie Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £29.50. Info 029 2078 1458. Hard rock faves with a tour that I think was postponed.
TUESDAY 12 APRIL
Constellation Big Band Whiteheads Sports & Social Club, Newport. 8-10pm. Info 01633 893227. A South Wales Big Band Society night.
Rumours Of Fleetwood Mac Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £26.50. Info 01970 623232. Tribute show. The Simon & Garfunkel Story Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £25. Info 01792 475715. Theatrical tribute show. Rescheduled from April 2021.
WEDNESDAY 13 APRIL
Alistair McGowan Acapela, Cardiff. 8pm, £26. Info 029 2089 0862. Panel show comedy guy who can also play the piano. Bastille Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, £41.80. Info 029 2022 4488. UK pop-indie entity who have an album out a little before this
tour.See Upfront for an interview.
Belvedere + Throwing Knives + Boxcat Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £10. Info
info@bunkhousebar.co.uk. Poppy skate-punk band headline. Cerys Hafana & Annie Suganami National Library Of Wales, Aberystwyth. 7pm, £8. Info 01970 632871. Duo comprising harpist Hafana and multi- instrumentalist Suganami.
Gwenllian Llŷr + Ben Creighton- Griffiths Galeri, Caernarfon. 7pm, £12. Info 01978 841300. Two Welsh harpists with a concert to close to 2022 Wales Harp Festival, which is more of a two-day course than a festival per se. Liza Pulman Savoy Theatre, Monmouth. 7.30pm, £20. Info 01600 772467. Member of comedy music troupe Fascinating Aida, doing seemingly non-comedic music here. This is also a benefit for this very venue. I mean most concerts are benefits for the venue technically, but in this case it’s more direct.
The Aberystwyth Wall Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.45pm, £10. Info 01970 623232. The Mission Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £29.50. Info 029 2023 5555. Goth rock big dogs, close friends get to call them The Mish. Rescheduled from October 2021 and March 2022. Walt Disco Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7-10pm, £10. Info 029 2023 2199. Glaswegian band whose sound incorporates new wave, glam rock and art-pop. I’ll just put down “indie”. Winter Wilson Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club. 7.30pm, £8. Info folkclub@
folkwales.org.uk. Llantrisant Folk Club gig.
THURSDAY 14 APRIL
Ion Maiden Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 8pm, £8. Info 029 2064 4176. Tribute band.
Gretchen Peters St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £29.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Nashville country type and songwriter to various stars. Philomusica Of Aberystwyth Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7-10pm, £11. 01970 623232. Iwan Teifion Davies conducts a programme of Strauss, Beethoven and Errollyn Wallen. Steve Ignorant + Fatal Blow + Andy T Jac’s, Aberdare. 2-7pm, £14. Info 01685 882198. Former frontman of anarcho punk
Adwaith + Rona Mac Tangled Parrot, Swansea. 8pm, £10. Info 01267 468695. Bilk Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7-10pm, £9. Info 029 2023 2199. Indie from Essex. Disco Inferno The Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 7.30pm, £20.50. Info 0345 2263510. Disco tribute show. Martin Carthy Crindau Constitutional Club, Newport. 8pm. Info 07966 754366. Hosted by Lyceum Folk Club, and rescheduled from October 2021 I think. Martin, a UK folk legend, is in Pontardawe tomorrow.
Proper + Shadow Show + Lady Di + Lunar Bird The Moon, Cardiff. 6-11.15pm, £8. Info info@themooncardiff. com. Warmup gig for Wales Goes Pop!, which takes place in The Gate in Cardiff over the following three days. Simon Allen with The Dave Cottle Trio The Garage, Swansea. 7pm, £12. Info
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