live music
Moon Club, 3.30pm). (Until
Sun 20)
The Royal British Legion
Charity Gala Concert Lyric
Theatre, Carmarthen. 7pm,
£13. Info 0845 2263510.
The Spokes The North Star,
Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029
2062 4050.
Who’s Next The Globe,
Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info
[email protected]. A
tribute to The Who.
SUNDAY 20
live review
MANIC STREET PREACHERS
Fri 13 Sept, Newport Centre
words NICK MERRIMAN photo MIKE LEWIS
With the final notes of the anthemic A Design For Life fading out only to be
replaced by one more blast of feverish adulation from the masses, James
Dean Bradfield sighs in mock exasperation “Newport, Newport… so much
to answer for…” A fittingly fond farewell to a homecoming which always
felt destined to be triumphant, and to the surprise of no one whatsoever
turned out to be exactly that and then some.
The elder statesmen of Welsh rock music began the evening precisely an
hour and a half earlier, striding onstage with purpose and brimming with
the type of confidence that lead to them unleashing the majestic riffing of
the immensely popular Motorcycle Emptiness. The instantaneous mass
singalong that followed allowed James the opportunity to cede vocal duties
to the throng at the onset of each chorus, one of many special moments
that were commonplace as the night progressed.
Alongside new material the slew of hits continued unabated. You Stole The
Sun From My Heart and If You Tolerate This… rattled off with a scintillating
intensity, the band still clearly getting as much of a kick as ever in playing
their music to a room full of people in thrall to them for doing just that. As
the distinguished middle-aged gentlemen onstage unashamedly pogo and
posture their way through the clatter and crash of Revol (dedicated to Richey
Edwards) and the white-hot fury of Motown Junk, the intensity is ratcheted
up and up until their epoch, the generation-defining A Design For Life
sends the assembled into an unabashed delirium, leaving the local heroes to
disappear, universally praised to the rafters.
& Drama, Cardiff. 11am-11pm,
£50/£45 weekend pass. Info
029 2039 1391. (Until Sun 20)
Eef Barzelay The Chattery,
Swansea. 7.30pm, £10 adv.
Info 01792 473276. Clem Snide
frontman, if you know them.
Junior Bill & The Scallies
The Full Moon, Cardiff. 8pm,
free. Info info@
thefullmooncardiff.com.
Marc O’Reilly + The
Ginger Rogers The Yard,
Cardiff. 9.30pm, free. Info 029
2022 7577.
Mary Coughlan Theatr
Brychieniog, Brecon. 7.30pm,
£18/£17. Info 01874 611622.
Irish singer of some repute.
Real Ale, Real Music
Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff.
7pm, £5. Info 029 2089 1977.
Sample real ales and listen to
some local bands. Real ones.
Rock’n’Restoration
Fundraiser Workmen’s Hall,
Caerphilly. 7.30pm, £3. Info
07512 237983. An evening of
live rock bands.
Salvation Porter’s, Cardiff.
Info [email protected].
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