Make a (new) date for a great night out
With the pandemic bringing lockdown to Wales for a third time, some events that were postponed to 2021 have already been pushed back to next year. Here’s our guide to rescheduled dates and cancellations ....
LAST year, when almost every event and gig we had planned was cancelled, we hoped that things might return to some kind of normality in 2021. As time went on we quickly realised this would not be the case. Many have been rescheduled and some have sadly been cancelled.
Many organisers have now revealed rescheduled dates which we have rounded up here for you.
Music ■Dua Lipa
Dua’s Future Nostalgia tour was due to come to Cardiff in June 2020 at the Motorpoint Arena. This was then pushed back to January 2021 before moving the date to later this year.
Original date: June 7, 2020, then rescheduled to January 19, 2021.
New date: September 15, 2021.
■Stormzy
Stormzy will perform in Cardiff as part of his massive world tour.
He was due to perform at the Motorpoint Arena on April 20 after the original date in September last year was postponed.
The date in April has now been rescheduled again but there’s no date in place.
A personal note from Stormzy said: “My G’s – please rest assured, touring the UK & Ireland is incredibly important to me and I can’t wait to give you all the shows you deserve.
“The new tour period will be announced as soon as it’s safe for all involved. In the meantime, I am working on new music and I can’t wait to share it with you. Please stay safe and thank you for your continued patience and support. Love Stormz.”
Original date: September 21, 2020, rescheduled to April 20, 2021.
New date: To be confirmed.
■Little Mix
Little Mix announced exciting details of a new headline UK and Ireland arena tour for 2021 last year.
However, due to the pandemic, the band’s Confetti tour, which was due to start in April, has been pushed back to next year.
They were originally expected to go on a summer tour last year, performing at Cardiff City Stadium which was cancelled.
It will be the band’s first tour without Jesy Nelson who left the group in December. If you couldn’t get tickets for the gig at Motorpoint Arena, then you might be in luck after the band announced an extra date in the capital.
Original date: May 10, 2021. New date: May 2, 2022, plus extra date on May 3, 2022.
■Craig David
Craig David has rescheduled his Hold That Thought Tour for a second time.
The British singer will be at the Motorpoint Arena in spring next year.
Original date: April 13, 2020, then rescheduled to April 14, 2021.
New date: April 20, 2022.
■Pet Shop Boys
The Pet Shop Boys’ visit to Cardiff this spring, rescheduled from last year because of the pandemic, has again been called off.
The much-loved pop duo were due to bring their Dreamworld greatest hits tour to the Motorpoint Arena on May 25.
Instead the band will perform next year.
Original date: June 3, 2020, then rescheduled to May 25, 2021.
New date: May 24, 2022.
■Rammstein
German metal band Rammstein were initially due to perform at Wales’ biggest venue – Principality Stadium – in June 2020 but that was postponed by a year. Now it’s been pushed back to 2022.
The original gig would have been the band’s first appearance in Wales for 15 years and their popularity in the country was made obvious when tens of thousands of tickets were snapped up in summer 2019 within hours of going on sale.
The band have a reputation for dramatic stadium performances containing fire and pyrotechnics.
Original date: June 14, 2020, then rescheduled to June 16, 2021.
New date: June 30, 2022
■Pussycat Dolls
Further afield, the Pussycat Dolls gig in Llanelli has been permanently cancelled after organisers failed to find a suitable new date for the rearranged show.
The American all-female group were originally due to perform at Parc y Scarlets on Saturday, July 4, last year but the concert was postponed due to the pandemic.
It was hoped that it would be rescheduled for this year but it has now been confirmed that it will not be going ahead as a “suitable date couldn’t be found in the band’s schedule”.
Fans who had tickets for the concert will automatically receive a full refund.
Original date: July 4, 2021.
■Let’s Rock Wales
Let’s Rock Wales was due to be held in Newport’s Tredegar Park in June but
the music festival’s organisers have announced a new date in September.
The retro music festival, which first came to Wales in 2019, is set to bring 1980s stars including Adam Ant, Kim Wilde, T’Pau and Chesney Hawkes to Welsh shores, and it has now followed in the footsteps of a handful of other UK music festivals in announcing it hopes to go ahead later this year.
Original date: June 4, 2021. New date: September 18, 2021.
Runs ■The Brecon Carreg Cardiff Bay Run
The popular Cardiff Bay run, which attracts thousands of competitors, was scheduled to take place on Sunday, May 23.
Now organisers say due to the “uncertain” situation in Wales the event, which usually attracts more than 5,000 competitors, has been pushed back.
Currently, organisers are unable to give a new date for the event, but they said their “ambition is to deliver the race in September 2021”.
■The Newport Marathon
The date for Newport’s annual marathon has been pushed back until the autumn, its organisers have confirmed.
The ABP Newport Wales Marathon and 10K, scheduled for Sunday, April 18, has been delayed until Sunday, October 24, this year.
The event had already been pushed back from 2020, but will now be delayed further into the autumn of 2021.
Other events ■National Eisteddfod
The National Eisteddfod has announced that the 2021 event, which was due to be held in Ceredigion in August, has also been postponed until 2022.
The aim is to hold the Eisteddfod in Tregaron in August 2022 , moving the Llyn and Eifionydd festival to August 2023, and then visit Rhondda Cynon Taf in 2024.
■Royal Welsh Show
The Royal Welsh Show will also not go head this summer.
The Royal Welsh Agricultural Society recently announced the cancellation of May’s Smallholding and Countryside Festival and the postponement of Clwyd’s Feature County Year and the Royal Welsh Show until 2022.
Despite the postponement, the Society is committed to exploring every opportunity to host smaller Covid compliant events during the summer.
And it is also hoping a Winter Fair can be held in December.