Funeral For a Friend bid farewell to guitarist

Funeral For A Friend are playing 2 special gigs to mark the departure of guitarist Darran Smith. The band will play at Cardiff University July 22 and Shepherd’s Bush Empire July 23. The band will be playing their debut album 'Casually Dressed And Deep In Conversation' in it's entirity.

Spillers at Risk

Spillers Record shop again looks to be at risk following reports that the owners of the building have increased the rent substantially. The owners of the shop have indicated that this rise is simply too high for the shop to cope with. Spillers Records is reputed to be the oldest record shop in the world and has become a national icon of independent record shops. At his stage the future of the shop seems bleak.

Big Weekend goes Massive

This year's Big weekend in Cardiff looks set to be one of the best line ups so far with Feeder, Athlete and The Blackout all set to appear. In addition to this the SWN festival will be putting together the Friday night line up so expect a more leftfield collection than usual on that night. The event takes place July 30th - 1st August outside the City Hall Cardiff and it's a free event!

Ellie Goes to University

Ellie Goulding has announced an extensive 21 date UK tour later this year including a date at Cardiff University November 12th.