Tsunami Relief Cardiff

Tsunami Relief Cardiff

[
Millennium Stadium (2005)] Tsunami Relief Cardiff was a charity music concert held at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on January 22 2005, in aid of the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, which had occurred the month before. The concert raised over £1.25 million (€1.8 million or $2.4 million).

The concert was (at the time) the biggest charity concert in the United Kingdom since Live Aid over 20 years before, and more than 60,000 fans watched live, with many millions more from around the world viewing the seven hour long concert. The main tickets sold out in just 3 days; when a further 3,000 tickets were issued, they sold in just 20 minutes.

The concert featured a range of music styles, with famous acts such as Eric Clapton, Jools Holland, Lulu, Feeder, Snow Patrol and Charlotte Church contributing. Midge Ure also made a surprise appearance at the concert, who introduced Feeder.

The concert began with little known Cardiff band Camera who started their set almost immediately after the doors opened, but this was not shown on the TV broadcasts. For the TV/internet audience, the show was started by classical singer Katherine Jenkins, with "Amazing Grace", "Caruso" and "You'll Never Walk Alone"; the audience waving red LED torches to represent victims of the Asian disaster. The music continued throughout the evening with an electric atmosphere culminating in a sing-a-long finale with Jools Holland and Eric Clapton playing "Shake, Rattle and Roll" accompanied by entire cast of artists (who all waived their usual fees).

The concert was carried live by BBC Radio Wales, and on UK digital television via the BBC's "red-button" service as well as being streamed online. Video highlights were available on the BBC's website soon thereafter, and TV highlights were also broadcast on BBC2 during the evening.

Line-up

"(in alphabetical order)"
*Badly Drawn Boy
*Camera
*Charlotte Church
*Eric Clapton
*Craig David
*Embrace
*Feeder
*Goldie Lookin' Chain
*Jools Holland
*Katherine Jenkins
*Aled Jones
*Kelly Jones, lead singer of Stereophonics
*Keane
*Lemar
*Liberty X
*Lulu
*Manic Street Preachers
*Brian McFadden
*Raghav
*Heather Small
*Snow Patrol

External links

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/music/sites/tsunamireliefcardiff/ Concert homepage]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/4195985.stm BBC news coverage]
* [http://charlottechurch.net/features/tsunamiaid22jan05.html Coverage of Charlotte Church's performance at event] (includes video files and images)
* [http://www.benspicer.com/photos/tsunami-relief/ Fan Photos and Videos from the Concert]


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