New Order and The Charlatans’ Cardiff gig “cancelled on health and safety grounds”

22 August, 2024

Tim Burgess of The Charlatans and Bernard Sumner of New Order

A New Order gig set to take place in Cardiff later tonight (August 22) has been abruptly cancelled on “health and safety grounds”.

Announced back in November, the mammoth headline date was set to be held at Cardiff Bay tonight. It would have featured support from The Charlatans, and marked New Order’s first UK performances since their run of dates last year.

Now, The Charlatans’ Tim Burgess has shared an update with fans, explaining that the show has been axed just hours before it was due to begin.

The reasoning behind the last-minute cancellation comes from “extreme weather” conditions in the area, and at time of writing there are no plans to reschedule the show.

“Unfortunately due to extreme weather including severe winds, tonight’s New Order show has been cancelled on health and safety grounds,” read the update originally shared by The Bay venue. “We are sorry for the inconvenience caused and your refund will be automatically processed, please allow 10 business days for the refund to appear in your account.”

Headliners New Order later added: “We are sorry to say that our show tonight in Cardiff is cancelled due to high winds on site. There will be an official statement in due course regarding tickets. We are disappointed to not be performing for you all tonight, but safety of our fans & crew always comes first.”

Event organisers have confirmed that all refunds will be automatically processed, and money should be back in people’s bank accounts within 10 days.

When it was confirmed back in November last year, the Cardiff gig was announced alongside another New Order show set for Wythenshawe Park in Manchester on Saturday (August 24).

At the time of writing, the all-day event at Manchester – which is set to see support from Johnny Marr and Róisín Murphy – is set to go ahead as planned.

Over 2023, New Order celebrated the 40th anniversary of their seminal track ‘Blue Monday’, and announced reissued editions of their classic compilation ‘Substance 1987’ to mark the milestone – the band’s biggest-selling album to date.

Around the same time, Sumner spoke to NME about his collaboration with Mella Dee ‘Riptide’, and opened up about what the future holds.

“It was all about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and I was just seeing that all of the time,” he said, recalling the political inspiration for the lyrics. “I’d been in a vacuum so I wrote it about politics, really, and the war. I wanted to write it about something that meant a lot to me.”

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