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On this day, 25 July 2006, Country music legend Glen Campbell played Cardiff’s St David’s Hall with support provided by daughter Debby Campbell. Promoted as his last ever tour, Campbell did return in 2011, His last-ever visit to the City before his death in 2017.
Born in Billstown, Arkansas, Campbell began his professional career as a studio musician in Los Angeles, spending several years playing with the group of instrumentalists later known as "The Wrecking Crew".
Among Campbell's hits are "Universal Soldier", his first hit from 1965, along with "Gentle on My Mind" (1967), "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" (1967), "Dreams of the Everyday Housewife" (1968), "Wichita Lineman" (1968), "Galveston" (1969), "Rhinestone Cowboy" (1975) and "Southern Nights" (1977).
In 2005, Campbell was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
