Feeder

On This Day 19/04/2010 Feeder

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On this day, 19 April 2010, Welsh rock band Feeder played the Millennium Music Hall on their Renegades tour.

The band was formed in 1994, although an earlier incarnation under the name of "Reel" was formed in 1992 by vocalist and guitarist Grant Nicholas, drummer Jon Lee and bassist Simon Blight, three of the four members of Raindancer, after the departure of that band's other member, guitarist John Canham. However, Blight left Reel later in 1992, and the band played with many session bassists before hiring Taka Hirose in 1994 and re-establishing themselves as Feeder; that year, the band signed with The Echo Label.

Feeder garnered media attention in 2001 for their third album, Echo Park, and its lead single, "Buck Rogers", which later became a UK top five Platinum-selling single. Jon Lee died by suicide at his Miami home in January 2002, after which the remaining members began to record and play with former Skunk Anansie drummer Mark Richardson.

They released their fourth album, Comfort in Sound later that year. Richardson was ultimately made an official member, remaining so until May 2009 when he returned to a reformed Skunk Anansie. Feeder have since worked with a roster of drummers live and in the studio, including Tim Trotter, Damon Wilson, Karl Brazil and former Elviss drummer Geoff Holroyde. Between 2010 and 2024, the band charted seven more top 20 albums, with the latest of these being 2024’s Black / Red, their fifth consecutive top 10 album. In 2019, the band signed a deal with Believe UK to release their tenth studio album, Tallulah. The band released their eleventh studio album, titled Torpedo, in 2022. Their twelfth studio album, a double album titled Black/Red, was released in 2024.

Setlist

Barking Dogs

Sentimental

This Town

Left Foot Right

Home

Down to the River

White Lines

Tangerine

The End

Renegades

Call Out

Encore:

Sweet 16

Descend

Shade

On This Day 31/12/1999 Manic Street Preachers

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On this day, 31 December 1999, Manic Street Preachers played Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium with support provided by a Welsh lineup of Super Furry Animals, Feeder plus Shack.

For the Manic Street Preachers it was the biggest gig of their career when they heralded in a new century at the Millennium Stadium in front of a sellout crowd.

Bassist Nicky Wire said of the importance of the gig: “Ten years ago we did a gig in Cardiff to two people. Today we’re playing in front of 60,000 people. I think that shows how far we’ve come, how far we have grown and how much Wales has grown.”



Setlist



Part 1: 1999

You Stole the Sun From My Heart

Faster

Everything Must Go

Tsunami

The Masses Against the Classes

The Everlasting

Kevin Carter

La tristesse durera (Scream to a Sigh)

Rock and Roll Music

(Chuck Berry cover)

Ready for Drowning

Of Walking Abortion

No Surface All Feeling

Motown Junk

(Baby Love Intro)

Motorcycle Emptiness



Part 2: 2000

Can't Take My Eyes Off You

(Frankie Valli cover) (Acoustic)

Small Black Flowers That Grow in the Sky

(Acoustic)

Australia

Elvis Impersonator: Blackpool Pier

You Love Us

Stay Beautiful

If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next

A Design for Life



On This Day 25/5/1999 Feeder

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On this day, 25 May 1999, Welsh rock band Feeder played Cardiff’s Coal Exchange with support provided by Muse.
Muse had recently played Cardiff University on a Radio One Evening Session Tour.
Feeder were about to release their second studio album Yesterday Went To Soon in August whilst Muse’s debut album, Showbiz, was due to be released in October.

On This Day 29/4/1997 Feeder

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On this day, 29 April 1997, Welsh indie rock band Feeder played Cardiff University.
Formed in Newport in 1994, Feeder's debut album, Polythene, was released in May 1997.


Polythene was acclaimed by critics, including Metal Hammer and Kerrang!, who placed the album at first and sixth in their respective end-of-year lists. Some critics labeled the band "The UK's answer to the Smashing Pumpkins", and also drew comparisons to The Pixies and Talk Talk.