Tickets for band’s park celebration on sale now
STEREOPHONICS fans could barely believe it when, out of the blue, the band recently announced they were planning a huge one-off, open-air gig at Swansea’s Singleton Park next summer.
The concert, which takes place on Saturday, July 13, is a dual 20th anniversary celebration of both the Cwmaman rockers’ seminal sell-out concert at the city’s Morfa Stadium in 1999 and the release of their platinum-selling second album Performance & Cocktails.
And, with tickets being released today, those who were at that amazing show two decades ago – as well as those who didn’t make it – aren’t going to want to miss this chance to attend their idols’ birthday bash.
Tickets, which cost £49.50 (including booking fee), go on sale today at 10am.
You can get them from See Tickets, Ticketmaster, Ticketweb, Gigantic, AXS, Ticket Factory and myticket.co. uk. Derricks Music in Swansea will also be selling to those who want to drop by in person.
The Phonics packed out Morfa’s 50,000 capacity in July 1999, just months before it was due to be demolished.
The crowd size was some five times the number who turned out for the band’s show at Cardiff Castle in 1998 and it turned into a celebration of all things Welsh with such monumental moments as Gareth Edwards’ legendary 1973 try against the All Blacks and scenes from the Rhys Ifans movie Twin Town displayed on a giant video screen.
And, in the two decades since, Stereophonics have played at some of the biggest venues across the globe, amassing more than 10 million album sales in the process. Last year, they performed to sell-out audiences in the UK via various festivals and a 15-date arena tour, the latter featuring summer homecoming gigs in both Wrexham and Cardiff.
This upcoming 2019 date will be the group’s first time back in south west Wales since 1999.
“Morfa 99 was a real milestone” says singer Kelly Jones.
“I remember the promoter telling us, ‘You could get 50,000 people in here’– we just laughed at him – but they came. It was a surreal and special day.”