DJ Laverne to broadcast live from Cardiff shop for Record Store Day
TOP BBC 6 Music DJ Lauren Laverne will be in Cardiff next week for a celebration of Record Store Day, 2018.
The former Kenickie singer, who has presented the mid-morning slot on the station since 2009, will be in the city on Friday, April 20 and will broadcast live from Spillers Records from 10am.
Record Store Day is a UK-wide event on April 21, which celebrates the culture of independent music stores and sees exclusive record releases and performances on the day.
In Spillers, which is the world’s oldest record store, Lauren will be joined by Welsh music icons Gwenno and Super Furry Animals’ Gruff Rhys who go back to back in a vinyl-only Desert Island Disco – a popular feature on her show.
Spillers owner Ashli Todd is gearing up for the big two days, the first of which, Laverne’s visit, she found out about eight weeks ago.
She said: “For the past couple of years Lauren Laverne has been doing a special Record Store Day show from an independent record shop.
“We are thrilled she’s coming to Spillers – the BBC came and did a recce to have a look at how they could set up and they’re going to be doing it from the counter. It’s very excitiing.
“There is one rule though, it’s the law that if you get stuck behind the counter on Record Store Day you have to help move boxes.”