GIG REVIEW: Victorious Festival Day 3 starring Wet Leg, Panic Shack, Yard Act, Soft Play & Natasha Bedingfield

By Neil Durham

WORTH A LOOK?: ****

WHEN?: Sunday 25 August 2024 (press ticket)

We’re here because we want to see Isle Of Wight’s Wet Leg play almost on home turf after a meteoric rise to success but sometimes festivals surprise you and so it is with the 1st act we catch on the Castle Stage, Cardiff’s very own Panic Shack (pictured).

  • Read on for reasons including Natasha Bedingfield, Yard Act & Soft Play
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PREVIEW: My Victorious Festival 2024

By Carron Stacey, A Humdrum Mum

WHEN?: August Bank Holiday extravaganza with world-class music, comedy and heaps of family fun

My Victorious this year comprises: Fatboy Slim (pictured 2nd from right above with A Humdrum Mum far right), Wet Leg, Pixies, Welly, Sugababes, Yard Act, Maxïmo Park, Idles, Futureheads, Panic Shack, Soft Play, Barrioke and I might even pop over to see SpongeBob! 

  • Read on for reasons including how to get tickets for this festival by the sea next month
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PREVIEW: 9 acts we’re most looking forward to at Glastonbury Festival 2022

  1. Diana Ross (Pyramid Stage 4 to 5.15pm Sunday

Her Thank You Tour is currently making its way around the UK with a setlist including I’m Coming Out, Baby Love, Stop! In The Name Of Love, You Can’t Hurry Love, Chain Reaction, Upside Down and Why Do Fools Fall In Love? This is promising to be a legends slot to remember for many years to come.

  • Read on for reasons including Pet Shop Boys, Years and Years and Wet Leg
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ALBUM OF THE MONTH: Wet Leg by Wet Leg (April 2022)

WORTH A LOOK?: ****

TRACKLIST: Being In Love; Chaise Longue; Angelica; I Don’t Wanna Go Out; Wet Dream; Convincing; Loving You; UR Mum; Oh No; Piece Of Shit; Supermarket; Too Late Now

Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers named their band after a saying used by Isle of Wight residents to describe non-islanders, that they had a ‘wet leg’ from getting off the boat.

  • Read on for reasons including where to see Wet Leg on tour in the UK this year
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PREVIEW: 9 reasons why we can’t wait for April 2022 starring The 47th

  1. Mike Bartlett’s The 47th at the Old Vic starring Bertie Carvel

Dr Foster author Bartlett’s COCK was our pick of last month and in April he has 2 new plays opening (see also Scandaltown further down this list). The 47th stars Carvel (pictured, Ink, the Almeida, West End and Broadway) as Donald Trump, the 47th US President, and runs at the Old Vic 29 March through 28 May 2022. Tickets Review

  • Read on for reasons including Nicola Walker, Jodie Comer and an Oklahoma revival
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