Music
SWANSEA: ‘A labour of love’ — the BEM for the man who’s kept the city’s jazz playing for 50 years
Dave Cottle first walked into Swansea Jazz Club as a teenager in 1975. Half a century on — having programmed…
SWANSEA: Queen legend Roger Taylor picks city arena to close his only UK tour of 2026
The Queen drummer will end his six-date Violence Insane in a Beautiful World tour at the Swansea Building Society Arena…
CARDIFF: Metallica team up with Welsh Blood Service for first-ever UK collaboration — with special donation sessions running before and after rock giants’ Principality Stadium gig
The Welsh Blood Service has signed a unique collaboration with Metallica that will see special donation sessions running for a…
KINGSWAY: Beloved Welsh indie record shop Tangled Parrot moves between two regeneration sites as it picks new flagship location
Twenty-six-year-old independent record shop Tangled Parrot is moving from Swansea's High Street to a new flagship store at 61 Kingsway.…
BURRY PORT: Local lad Brook Fox lands support slot for Emeli Sandé at one of the world’s biggest music festivals
Singer-songwriter Brook Fox, from Burry Port, will support Emeli Sandé at the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod this July - a…
SWANSEA: Aspiring stage stars invited to audition for hit musical production on huge stage
The “amazing” young stage talent in South Wales has been urged to grasp the chance to audition for a hit…
SWANSEA: Literary phenomenon and British cult hero Dr John Cooper Clarke heading to Swansea Grand Theatre
Following his huge arena show at the Co-Op Live in 2025, the original people’s poet and ‘Godfather of Punk Poetry’…
PENCLAWDD: Swansea-born Sir Karl Jenkins makes history as The Armed Man tops world’s biggest classical music chart
Sir Karl Jenkins, who grew up in Penclawdd, has become the first living composer ever to top the Classic FM…
Swansea community anthem ‘This Is Our City’ re-released in support of Ospreys
A new version of the Swansea community anthem 'This Is Our City' has been released, with a powerful video celebrating…
LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER to represent UK at Eurovision 2026 as five countries boycott contest over Israel’s inclusion
The UK has unveiled its Eurovision act for 2026 — experimental electronic artist LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER — as this…