Showbiz

A major new play charting the life of one of Wales’s most influential political and social figures will be co-produced by the National Theatre and Wales Millennium Centre, coming to the Cardiff venue next year.   Nye charts the life and legacy of Aneurin ‘Nye’ Bevan, a former coal miner from Tredegar who transformed the UK’s welfare […]

Undoubted Queen of British Soul Beverley Knight releases her superb new single ‘I’m On Fire’ written with Mitch Allen (Demi Lovato) and Evan Bogart (Beyonce), and featuring the London Community Gospel Choir, taken from her critically acclaimed new studio album, The Fifth Chapter – out now on Tag8/BMG. The single arrives off the back of a showstopping live vocal performance on BBC’s Strictly Come […]

Multi-platinum, GRAMMY Award-winning, alternative rock pioneers, The Smashing Pumpkins and Weezer have today announced a major summer tour of the UK and Ireland in 2024. When The Smashing Pumpkins first emerged out of Chicago in 1988, the world had never heard a band quite like them. They spun together rock, pop, shoe-gaze, metal, goth, psychedelia, […]

It would be hard to top Liam Gallagher’s biblical Knebworth Park shows, which proved to be some of the biggest live events of 2022. But the always ambitious icon has once again excelled himself with news of a tour that will be bigger than biblical. Liam will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the release of Oasis’s […]

Keane release a special remastered version of ‘Hopes and Fears’, undoubtedly one of the best debut albums ever, on May 10th 2024 exactly 20 years after its initial release. On the same day, the band play London’s 02 Arena as part of a world tour that kicks off April 1st in Mexico City before reaching […]

Former GTFM news presenter shortlisted for prestigious media award Brad Williams, from the Cynon Valley, is now a journalist at ITV News Cymru Wales.   He has been shortlisted for a Wales Media Award in the ‘Ed Townsend Student Journalist of the Year’ category.   He volunteered at GTFM Valleys Newsroom for more than two years […]

The Welsh Rugby Union collaborate with Welsh rap band, GWCCI, on rugby anthem ahead of the rugby world cup. The song entitled, “I’R GÂD”, is a heartfelt tribute to Welsh culture, the nation’s rugby heritage, and to the enduring pride of the Welsh people. Roughly translated as ‘to the fray’ or ‘to battle’, “I’R GÂD” […]

Cabaret is back for more this Autumn – bringing the very best in drag, burlesque, comedy and more to Wales Millennium Centre. After just seven months, Cabaret has already become a firm fixture in Cardiff’s nightlife and cultural scene, serving emerging and eclectic talent like nowhere else in Wales. Tickets are on sale now for […]

Casting has been announced for the first ever UK and Ireland tour of the acclaimed West End musical The Drifters Girl, which will visit Wales Millennium Centre on 7-11 May 2024.   Tickets for The Drifters Girl are on sale now:https://www.wmc.org.uk/en/whats-on/2024/drifters-girl Carly Mercedes Dyer, a former star of Six the Musical who also delighted audiences […]