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Encyclopedia > Tsunami Relief Cardiff
Logo for the Tsunami Relief Cardiff Concert, held at the Millennium Stadium (2005)
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Logo for the Tsunami Relief Cardiff Concert, held at the 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). Image File history File links News-Tsunami-Logo. ... Image File history File links News-Tsunami-Logo. ... The Millennium Stadium (Welsh: Stadiwm y Mileniwm) in Cardiff is the national stadium of Wales, used primarily for rugby union and football home internationals. ... Music is a form of art that involves organized and audible sounds and silence. ... A classical music concert in the Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne. ... The Millennium Stadium (Welsh: Stadiwm y Mileniwm) in Cardiff is the national stadium of Wales, used primarily for rugby union and football home internationals. ... Cardiff (English:  Welsh: ) is the capital of Wales and its largest city. ... January 22 is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The tsunami caused by the December 26, 2004 earthquake strikes Ao Nang, Thailand. ...


The concert was 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. Ethiopia, as its borders were in 1985. ...


The concert featured a range of music styles, with famous acts such as Eric Clapton, Jools Holland, Lulu, Feeder and Charlotte Church contributing. Midge Ure also made a surprise appearance at the concert. An example of the famous Clapton is God graffiti craze Eric Patrick Clapton CBE (born March 30, 1945), nicknamed Slowhand, is a Grammy Award winning English guitarist, singer and composer, who is one of the most respected and influential musicians of the rock era, garnering an unprecedented three inductions into... Jools Holland at the Tsunami Relief concert in Cardiffs Millennium Stadium, January 22nd 2005 Julian Miles Holland, OBE (born 24 January 1958) is a British pianist, bandleader, television presenter, architectural eccentric and pop music enthusiast. ... Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie, OBE, (born 3 November 1948), best known by her stage name Lulu, is a Scottish singer, songwriter, actor, model, and television personality who has been successful in the entertainment business from the 1960s through the 2000s. ... Feeder are an independent rock band who formed in Newport, South Wales in 1992. ... Charlotte Church (born Charlotte Maria Reed on February 21, 1986) is a Welsh pop singer who rose to international fame in childhood as a popular classical singer. ... Midge Ure OBE (born James Ure on October 10, 1953 in Cambuslang, Lanarkshire, Scotland) is a rock and roll guitarist, singer and songwriter from Scotland, who had particular success in the 1970s and 1980s. ...


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). Katherine Jenkins (born 29 June 1980 in Neath, Wales) is a Welsh mezzo-soprano. ... This article has been tagged since November 2006. ... Caruso is a song written by Lucio Dalla in 1986. ... Youll Never Walk Alone is a song written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II for their 1945 musical, Carousel. ... External links LEd Category: TeX ... Jools Holland at the Tsunami Relief concert in Cardiffs Millennium Stadium, January 22nd 2005 Julian Miles Holland, OBE (born 24 January 1958) is a British pianist, bandleader, television presenter, architectural eccentric and pop music enthusiast. ... An example of the famous Clapton is God graffiti craze Eric Patrick Clapton CBE (born March 30, 1945), nicknamed Slowhand, is a Grammy Award winning English guitarist, singer and composer, who is one of the most respected and influential musicians of the rock era, garnering an unprecedented three inductions into... Shake, Rattle and Roll is a prototypical twelve bar blues-form rock and roll song written by Jesse Stone (under his working name Charles Calhoun). ...


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Badly Drawn Boy live in Paris (2003). ... Charlotte Church (born Charlotte Maria Reed on February 21, 1986) is a Welsh pop singer who rose to international fame in childhood as a popular classical singer. ... An example of the famous Clapton is God graffiti craze Eric Patrick Clapton CBE (born March 30, 1945), nicknamed Slowhand, is a Grammy Award winning English guitarist, singer and composer, who is one of the most respected and influential musicians of the rock era, garnering an unprecedented three inductions into... Craig Ashley David (born 5 May 1981) is a British R&B singer. ... Embrace is a guitar band, coming from Brighouse, West Yorkshire in the United Kingdom. ... Feeder are an independent rock band who formed in Newport, South Wales in 1992. ... Goldie Lookin Chain are a hip hop group based in Newport, South Wales. ... Jools Holland at the Tsunami Relief concert in Cardiffs Millennium Stadium, January 22nd 2005 Julian Miles Holland, OBE (born 24 January 1958) is a British pianist, bandleader, television presenter, architectural eccentric and pop music enthusiast. ... Katherine Jenkins (born 29 June 1980 in Neath, Wales) is a Welsh mezzo-soprano. ... Aled Jones (born 29 December 1970) is a Welsh singer and television personality who first came to fame as a boy soprano. ... Kelly Jones (born 3 June 1974) is a Welsh musician, and the lead singer of the band Stereophonics. ... Stereophonics are a rock band with original members Kelly Jones, Richard Jones (no relation to Kelly) and Stuart Cable growing up together in their hometown of Cwmaman in South Wales. ... Keane is a British rock band from Battle, East Sussex, England. ... Lemar Obika (born 4 April 1978 in Tottenham, London), simply known as Lemar, is a British R&B singer who has had a run of chart success in the UK since appearing on Fame Academy on BBC Television. ... Liberty X (originally called Liberty) is a manufactured pop group formed from five contestants from the 2001 UK TV show Popstars. ... Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie, OBE, (born 3 November 1948), best known by her stage name Lulu, is a Scottish singer, songwriter, actor, model, and television personality who has been successful in the entertainment business from the 1960s through the 2000s. ... Manic Street Preachers (often known colloquially as The Manics) are a Welsh rock band often associated with the Britpop scene, and were one of the biggest bands in Britain for a period in the late 1990s. ... Brian Nicholas McFadden (born 12 April 1980 in Artane, Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish singer. ... Raghav Mathur (born April 2, 1981), is a Canadian born Indian singer. ... Heather Small, Proud. ... Snow Patrol is an alternative rock band from Northern Ireland signed to Polydor Records. ...

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