ONE of Britain’s best live bands Stereophonics have confirmed the support slots for their upcoming sold-out show at Swansea’s Singleton Park this summer. This special show is celebrating the band’s 20th year anniversary of their historic Swansea’s Morfa Stadium gig and their Performance and Cocktails album. The band will be joined by singer-songwriter Tom Grennan, Super Furry Animals’ front man Gruff Rhys and Aberdare born Welsh rockers Fireroad at Singleton Park on Saturday 13 July 2019.
Tom Grennan’s debut album Lighting Marches is this biggest selling debut album by a male UK signed act this year, with his debut album charting in the top 5 and spawning top selling hit ‘Found What I’ve Been Looking For’. The line-up is completed by Pembrokeshire’s own Gruff Rhys – who released his fifth solo album, Babelsberg, in 2018 – and local rockers Fireroad. The Aberdare 4-piece are currently working on their third studio album for release later this year. Richard Jones – who was in Tragic Love Company (TLC) with Kelly, the late Stuart Cable and his bass-playing namesake in the early ‘90s, fronts the band.
The stadium rockers will perform in their South Wales heartland to celebrate 20 years since the career milestone show in Swansea at Morfa Stadium to 55,000 people and the release of ‘Performance and Cocktails’.It will be the band’s first time back in South-West Wales since their Morfa Stadium show in 1999. This now iconic album, which was the band’s second studio release, gave Stereophonics three straight top five singles in the British charts with The Bartender and the Thief reaching No.3, and both Just Looking and Pick a Part That’s Newreaching No.4.
Over the past two decades Stereophonics have played at some of the biggest venues to fans all across the globe, amassing over 10 million album sales in that time. More recently in 2018 the band performed to sell-out crowds across the globe, including a huge 15-date arena tour, summer homecoming gigs in Wrexham and Cardiff plus headline shows at Kendal Calling, Y Not Festival and Victorious Festival.
Speaking about the announcement, Kelly Jones said: “Performance and Cocktails put us on the world map, and also on the TV and the Radio, which meant a lot of people went back to discover Word Gets Around and made our first album platinum! Morfa Stadium was where we set Performance and Cocktails alight, and it was a one off day that can never be beaten. It was perfect. I’m not a man that likes to go backwards, this event is merely a birthday party, so come along and help us blow out the candles.”
Stereophonics are Kelly Jones (vocals/guitar), Richard Jones (bass), Adam Zindani (guitar) and Jamie Morrison (drums).
