Cardiff Castle: the new hot spot for gigs in the city

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Cardiff Castle has been a central part of the city, and now, after a few years of gigs, it’s become a central part of the city’s music scene. The castle welcomes some massive names to the capital this summer.

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00:00Cardiff is a city full of music. From the smaller venues like the Globe, all the way

00:05up to the Principality, our city welcomes artists from all around the world. This summer,

00:10megastars like Kendrick Lamar and SZA, hot off their Super Bowl halftime performance,

00:14will be coming to the Principality, for example, with plenty more joining them. But one venue

00:18in the city has been making its mark in the music scene, growing quicker than any other.

00:23Behind me, we have Cardiff Castle, which tracks its history all the way back to the Roman

00:26times, and has been a central pillar of the city for centuries. To an extent, the city

00:31was built around this magnificent building, and in recent years, the music scene in Cardiff

00:35is centring around it too. When in the past, massive acts like Coldplay would go to the

00:39Principality, and big but not globally recognised would go to the old CIA, now a number of huge

00:44talents are booking shows for the castle. The list is endless this summer, from The

00:49Script to Alanis Morissette, Rag and Bone Man, Sting, The Pet Shop Boys, Faithless and

00:53plenty more, including Welsh acts like Funeral for a Friend. With the loss of some iconic

00:58smaller venues like the Moon Club, Goody Huw a few years ago, and fears for the future

01:03of many, there is some relief to the fact that venues like Cardiff Castle are bringing

01:07music to the city where they count. Just next to the castle, we also have Bute Park, which

01:11is hosting none other than Tom Jones this summer, and even in the past, Sophia Gardens

01:15welcomed bands like My Chemical Romance in recent years. There's a real landscape of

01:19venues growing all around the city. Cardiff is brimming with music, and people across

01:24the city will be happy to see it grow. There have been calls to help protect smaller venues

01:29in the city, with some local council and Welsh Government schemes in place to help keep the

01:34music industry alive. But, despite challenges for smaller grassroots venues, it's the big

01:39names that keep on coming to Cardiff. James Reid Watkins, Local TV, and Cardiff Castle.

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