The Wedding Present in Cardiff on October 3rd

THE WEDDING PRESENT

CELEBRATE 35TH ANNIVERSARY OF SEMINAL ALBUM:

‘BIZARRO’

PERFORMING IT LIVE AND IN-FULL @ CARDIFF TRAMSHED
– THU 3 OCT 2024 –

 PLUS HITS FROM THEIR VAST BACK CATALOGUE

At Cardiff Tramshed on 3rd October – THE WEDDING PRESENT – will be commemorating the 35th anniversary of the release of their classic major-label debut long-player: ‘Bizarro’.

The show will see the David Gedge-led indie legends performing a 90-minute set that will include the 1989 album in full – together with other classics from their extensive repertoire. Tickets are on sale now. 

Of the upcoming tour David Gedge says:

“‘Bizarro’ was our second album and you can hear on it how much we had learned from the experience of recording our debut, ‘George Best’. You only have to listen to something like ‘Bewitched’ to notice that there’s much more in the way of texture and depth on ‘Bizarro’. We’d just improved as songwriters and arrangers, basically. It’s no less-frenetic a record, though!”

Released on RCA Records back in 1989, ‘Bizarro‘ was The Wedding Present’s second proper studio album and first on a major label. An album that replaced the frenetic jangle of their earlier years with a newfound darkness and power, the record found vocalist David Gedge taking his idiosyncratic songs laced with heartbreak, despair and sarcasm to a whole new level. 

Arguably the fullest realisation of The Wedding Present sound to that point, the album features the unstoppable lead single “Kennedy” (which would become the band’s first UK Top 40 hit in 1989), plus their anthemic calling card  “Brassneck“, which would chart at No.24 in the UK Singles Chart when released the following year.

A steely, diverse album from a band beginning to hit their creative stride, highlights elsewhere on the record include the sparse “What Have I Said Now?”, the grinding slow-jam “Bewitched”, and the epic closer “Take Me!”.

Toying with extremes of tempo and mood, ‘Bizarro’ is hailed as a vibrant hybrid of astringency and quintessential pop euphoria, and it remains a seminal chapter in The Wedding Present story.

The full ‘Bizarro’ track-listing features:
Brassneck / Crushed / No / Thanks / Kennedy / What Have I Said Now? / Granadaland / Bewitched / Take Me! / Be Honest

Marking 35 years since its release in 2024, The Wedding Present will perform ‘Bizarro’ in its completion in Cardiff as follows: 

THE WEDDING PRESENT – BIZARRO 35TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT

@ CARDIFF TRAMSHED – THURS 3 OCT 2024 

DOORS: 7PM 

TICKETS
Ticket price £22.50 adv + BF

Tickets on sale now. 

FOR MORE INFORMATION

www.theweddingpresent.co.uk