Blondie are coming to Cardiff this June with a gig at Cardiff Castle on Friday, June 16. The New York New Wave icons will stop in Wales as part of their UK tour which will also visit the Isle of Wight Festival and Scarborough.
Fans will be able to dance along with their timeless hits like Heart of Glass, Rapture, One Way Or Another and Atomic. That's not forgetting smashes like Denis, Hanging on the Telephone, Sunday Girl, Picture This, Mother, Maria, Call Me and The Tide is High.
The ground-breaking band, fronted by Debbie Harry, will also include bandmates, and co-founder, guitarist/conceptual mastermind Chris Stein and powerhouse drummer Clem Burke, as well as former Sex Pistols bassist Glen Matlock and guitarist Tommy Kessler, and keyboardist Matt Katz-Bohen. You can get more story updates straight to your inbox by subscribing to our newsletters here.
Event timings
Gates for the event will open at 5pm and last entry is 8pm.
As soon as we find out stage times we'll update it here.*
*(EDIT: We are not being provided with the stage times for this event by the organisers)
Is there a support act?
Yes! It will be rock n roll/punk, high energy band, The Molotovs.
What could the set list be?
A little look at Blondie's recent gigs show that they are switching up their set lists, but, at the end of the day, they won't leave you hanging and will have all the favourites. We've taken the set list from their most recent solo shows (not festival appearance) for an idea.
One Way or Another
Hanging on the Telephone
Call Me
Fade Away and Radiate
The Tide Is High
Rapture
Atomic
Long Time
Maria
Fragments
Heart of Glass
Encore:
Fun
Dreaming
Can you still buy tickets?
Yes, there are still tickets available and you can get them here.
What do you need ticket-wise?
If you selected an e-ticket via Ticketmaster, then your ticket will be on your phone.
If you chose to collect from the Box Office, head there to collect. The box office will be open from 3pm on the day of the event and is located at the North gate entrance. This is accessible near the Castle Mews of North Road and inside Bute Park
Are there road closures?
No city centre road closures for the Castle gig, but traffic will be paused temporarily on Castle St as people leave the gig.
Where to park
There's no parking at the castle, but Cardiff has plenty of parking in the city centre.
City centre car parks will be available including North Road car parks, St David's Shopping Centre, John Lewis, Capitol Shopping Centre and the NCP car parks at Adam Street, Dumfries Place and Greyfriars Road.
There's also parking at Sophia Gardens and Cardiff Arms Park.
Banned items
- Gas canisters
- aerosols over 250ml
- Airhorns
- Fireworks
- Flares
- Glass
- Illegal substances, drugs, ‘legal highs’ – this includes Nitrous Oxide and associated equipment including balloons, unidentified substances, new psychoactive substances (NPS)
- Laser equipment/pens
- Megaphones
- Blowtorches
- Sky or ‘Chinese’ lanterns
- Petrol burners
- Sound systems
- Spray cans
- Tabards/high viz jackets
- Large bags
- Cans
- Alcohol of any kind
- Camping equipment (including folding chairs)
- Firewood
- Disposable barbeques
- Campsite stoves
- Audio recorders
- Open drinks.
- Umbrellas
General information
Under 18s must be accompanied by an adult. All bars and traders are card only.
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