The musical events coming to Wales that you dont want to miss
February 28th, 2009 by amaThinking of taking a short break in Wales, but those cottage holidays not really your thing? Afew of the gigs we have coming up in 2009 that you need to see.
- 10/05/09-Albert lee and Hogan’s heroes at Caleri Caernarfon. When fellow blues players such as Eric Clapton call Albert Lee ‘undoutedly one of the finest guitarists in the world’ the whole world should sit up and take note. Hes been on the road for the best part of 40 years, and now he comes to Wales with his band ‘Hogan’s heroes’, this is a show not to be missed for all those blues fans out there.
- 01/05/09 to 02/05/09 -The irish and Welsh country music festival in Gwalchmai. They werent born in Nashville, but that wont stop any of them delivering the best country music around. With Suzanne McCann, the Monairs and John C King playing on the first night and Mary Duff, Wil Tan and Frank McCaffrey on the second, its a night Country fans wont want to miss.
- The Hamsters play Jimi Hendrix at the Beaufort Theatre -07/03/09. Widely reguarded as one of the uk’s leading interpreters of guitar legend Jimi Hendrix, one of the uk’s premier rock trios the Hamster’s play an show of solely Jimi Hendrix songs. Having played 4,000 concerts in 21 years, the Hamsters show no signs of letting up!
- 05/04/09 -Cardiff international arena- The Prodigy’s ‘Invaders must die’ tour. Shaking up dance music since 1990, the Prodigy wereat the forefront of the rave explosion, adding early techno fusion/trance/punk/dance into their sound to create something powerful and unique. Britains favourite rapper Dizzee Rascal supports them on this tour.
- Hammerfest at Pontins, Prestatyn Sands, North Wales -24/04/09 to 25/04/09. Local Welsh metal boys ‘Bullet for my Valentine’ headline the first Hammerfest to kick off the start of the festival season, with other bands such as Sabbat, Alestorm, Cathedral and Trigger the Bloodshed playing and more to be announced soon, the place is surely to be rocking that weekend.