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Stephanie Colderick

Prodigy announce first Welsh gig following Keith Flint's death

November can signal the start of Christmas for some but if is electronic dance music you are into, Christmas might be coming early. The Prodigy will be performing in Cardiff in November 2023.

The Prodigy are an English electronic dance music band and they were pioneers of the breakbeat-influenced genre big beat and achieved mainstream popularity in the 1990s. They had success with their singles Charly and Everybody in the Place and later their number one singles Firestarter and Breathe.

In 2019 the band's frontman Keith Flint passed away and this tour, The Prodigy Army of the Ants 2023, will be their second tour without Keith and their first Welsh date. They first toured without Keith in 2022, where they paid moving tributes to him.

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The Prodigy Army of the Ants will be coming to the Cardiff International Arena on Tuesday, November 21. Tickets for the tour go on sale on Friday, June 16 at 9.30am.

You can buy your tickets on Ticketmaster here. Supporting The Prodigy on the tour will be Soft Play the British punk duo formerly known as Slaves. After being on hiatus for several years, Laurie Vincent and Isaac Holman have reignited their partnership under a new moniker.

Other tour dates also include Manchester, Leeds and Birmingham. The Prodigy are one of the most successful electronic groups of all time. They have sold an estimated 25 million records worldwide, including over 4.7 million albums in the UK, and have scored seven consecutive UK number-one albums.

In 1997 and 1998 they won the Brit Award for Best British Dance Act and have won five NME Awards including Best Dance Act in 1996 and 1998, where they also won Best Dance Single. You can keep up to date with the latest What's On news by signing up to the newsletter here.

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