The city of Cardiff has been named as the most fun place to live in the UK, according to new research, which revealed that Cardiff had the biggest hoard of amusements; dubbing the city the most fun place in the UK. Lively Liverpool and bubbly Blackpool, on the other hand, appeared to have lost their sources of entertainment, coming bottom of the pile. Read the rest of this entry »
Cerys joins fight to keep Cardiff’s Point open
Court dates of May 21st and 22nd have been set to decide the fate of one of Cardiff’s top live music venues after a complaint about noise was made. With the recent closures of The Coal Exchange and The Toucan, closure of The Point would threaten live music in the Welsh capital, leaving no 200-1500 capacity venues in the city. Read the rest of this entry »
“Bum burns and stings when I go to the loo” and other stories
I’ve been checking out the site stats for welshbandsweekly.com pretty regularly since it launched last year, and it’s a far more interesting exercise than you might imagine. Read the rest of this entry »
Oxjam Pontypridd
OXJAM 2008
Pontypridd – Oxygenized!
Thursday 01 May 2008
7pm – Midnight
@ Tom’s Bar
71 Wood Road, Treforest, Pontypridd
Performing:
Sicknote
We Are The Afterglow
Marjorama
Kitty’s Dolls Burlesque
DJ Pete Morris
Tickets:
£4.00 early bird
£5.00 on the door
Purchase tickets at -
http://So-phabulous. express. ts. com/
(£0.10 booking fee online)
or by sending a myspace msg/email.
For more info visit:
www. myspace. com/oxjampontypridd
www. oxfam. org. uk
www. tomspub. co. uk
There will be free entry to the raffle with every ticket purchased (prizes donated by local businesses).
Also official Oxjam badges, glowsticks, lollipops, and american gum will be on sale.
Goldie Lookin Chain – new album out now
Goldie Lookin Chain’s new album, Under The Counter, was released this week. Go and buy it, innit?
Goldie Lookin Chain – part 2 of our exclusive interview
Part 2 of our exclusive interview with Goldie Lookin Chain is now up at welshbandsweekly.com, along with an audio file of Eggsy’s comic Gog accent. Go!
Exclusive interview with Goldie Lookin Chain – part 1
New at welshbandsweekly.com – part 1 of our exclusive interview with Rhys and Eggsy of Goldie Lookin Chain, where we find out about Eggsy’s Egyptian heritage, Billy’s moonlight flit as a fruit farmer and installation artist, and what an alcoholic undertaker might get up to…
Have fun!
Debs x
Cerys Matthews to headline St Davids Day festival
It’s just been announced that Cerys Matthews will headline the St David’s Day festival on Anglesey in March 2008.
Full details available at:
http://welshbandsweekly.com/english/articles/news/cerys_st_davids_day_festival.html
Ceryswatch with Blodi: day 18
Cerys was voted out of the jungle tonight, finishing a very respectable fourth.
The final Ceryswatch in its present format is now up:
http://welshbandsweekly.com/english/articles/features/ceryswatch.html
- from tomorrow Blodi will be scouring the web for links to post-jungle interviews with Cerys, and putting them together into a handy list.
Ceryswatch with Blodi, day 17
Cerys performed an intimate concert in the jungle today. Find out more at Welsh Bands Weekly
