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Thinking of taking a short break in Wales, but those cottage holidays not really your thing? Afew of the gigs we have coming up in 2009 that you need to see.

• 10/05/09-Albert lee and Hogan’s heroes at Caleri Caernarfon. Guitar player Eric Clapton called Blues guitarist Albert Lee ‘undoutedly one of the finest guitarists in the world’, and with praise like that coming from Clapton, people should start standing up and taking note. On the road for the best part of 40 years now, Albert lee arrives in Wales with his band ‘Hogans heroes’ for a show not to be missed by any Welsh blues fans.
• The Irish and Welsh country music festival in Gwalchmai -01/05/09 to 02/05/09. Because they werent born in Nashville, but thats not going to stop them delivering some of the best country music about. With Suzanne McCann, the Monairs and John C King playing on the first night and Mary Duff, Wil Tan and Frank McCaffrey on the second, its a night Country fans wont want to miss.
• The Hamsters play Jimi Hendrix at the Beaufort Theatre -07/03/09. One of the uk’s best interpreters of Jimi Hendrix’s music, the Hamsters deliver a show where they will play nothing but Hendrix songs. The Hamsters are still going strong, having played 4,000 shows in 21 years!
• 05/04/09 -Cardiff international arena- The Prodigy’s ‘Invaders must die’ tour. Shaking up dance music since 1990, the Prodigy wereat the forefront of the rave explosion, adding early techno fusion/trance/punk/dance into their sound to create something powerful and unique. Britains favourite rapper Dizzee Rascal supports them on this tour.
• 24/05/09 to 25/04/09 -’Hammerfest’ at Potins, Prestatyn Sands, North Wales. Welsh metallers ‘Bullet for my Valentine’ will be headlining the first ever Hammerfest to kick off the start of the festival season. Other bands confirmed are Sabbat, Alestorm, Trigger the bloodshed,Cathedral and Grand Magus, with more to still be announced.