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Cardiff’s blockbuster summer line up
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17/05/2024
We take a look at all of the massive gigs coming to Cardiff this summer.
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The last few years have seen Cardiff's place as a gig city grow tremendously. Massive sellout
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shows like Coldplay, Harry Styles and Beyonce all took place in the Principality Stadium
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just behind me in the last few years. And over the last five years or so, we've had
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Ed Sheeran, Rolling Stones and a joint show with Welsh icon Stereophonics, Tom Jones and
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Catfish and the Bottlemen. There's been no let up in massive shows and 2024 is going
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to be exactly the same, arguably even bigger, with possibly the biggest star on the planet
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coming to this very stadium behind me in June. The jewel of the crown at Cardiff Summer Gigs
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is Taylor Swift's brings her Eras Tour to the Welsh capital. The tour is already the
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biggest in history with over 160 shows in total. It's somewhere close to halfway done,
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already racking up a breathtaking billion dollars. Yes, that's billion with a B already.
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The Time Person of the Year, whose stardom has grown exponentially in recent years, might
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be the biggest ever show to take place in Wales. Thousands of Swifties from all across
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the planet will be visiting Cardiff when she comes here. The city will be overrun. We saw
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what happened when the WWE came to Cardiff in 2022 and the scale of the takeover of the
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city. And we will definitely be seeing a bigger impact in the days leading up to Taylor Swift's
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show on the 18th of June. Cardiff will be all Taylor Swift when she comes to town. In
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three straight weeks, we've got Pink with her Summer Carnival on June 11th, followed
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by Taylor Swift. And then a week later, the Foo Fighters will visit Cardiff on the 25th
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of June, and what will be a crazy few weeks for the city. Then the Piano Man himself plays
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a show when Billy Joel visits on August 9th. This year, we'll be seeing a massive ramp
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up of gigs in a rather unusual venue here in Cardiff Castle. The former Roman Fortress
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has hosted a number of gigs in the past, but 2024 will see it as one of the main venues
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across Cardiff. A summer schedule of 90s icons Weezer with Smash and Pumpkins, Crowded House,
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the one and only Avril Lavigne making a shock show announcement for the castle, and then
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there'll be the home favourite Manic Street Preachers performing two shows in July, followed
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by JLS, Rick Astley with a second show in the city, and then Noel Gallagher's High Flying
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Birds and Madness come into town. Cardiff has plenty of venues aside from a massive
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Principality Stadium. The Utility Arena here behind me has been a massive part of gigs
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in Cardiff, and I'm sure many of us have been to plenty over the years. Doesn't look like
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it's going to change any time soon, with plenty of internationally renowned artists performing
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as a formerly known CIA. 30 Seconds to Mars, James, Razorlight, Paloma Faith, Desk Camp
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for Cutie and the Postal Service all make up an impressive summer line-up for the venue,
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with more later on in the year in the shape of Motown Legends, The Four Tops and Martha
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Reeves and the Vandellas. The Utility Arena is always a winner for Cardiff, and 2024 looks
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to be another great year. What a year of music for our city, and if you're an international
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megastar looking for tour venues, then you know that Cardiff is definitely the place
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to be.
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