Ticketholders can claim free drinks on bar tab at Cardiff bar after New Order and Charlatans gig cancelled

22 August, 2024

Tim Burgess and Bernard Sumner

Ticketholders for tonight’s cancelled New Order and Charlatans show in Cardiff can claim free drinks on a bar tab at a pub in the city.

Earlier today, it was announced that the gig, which was to be held at Cardiff Bay tonight (August 22), had been cancelled on “health and safety grounds”.

As a consolation, Charlatans frontman Tim Burgess has announced that anyone with tickets for the show will be able to go to the Tiny Rebel Bar in Cardiff tonight and claim free drinks.

“From 6pm tonight there’ll be £500 behind the bar at @TinyRebelCdff,” Burgess wrote on X. “It’s open all day so you can head down there early. Liam has promised that the tunes will be amazing (plenty of Charlatans and New Order). A chance for those who have travelled to get together. Sorry again.”

“Keep proof of your ticket to claim free drinks and tweet me pics and updated,” he added, alongside information on how to find the relevant bar.

The show was due to mark New Order’s first UK performance of the year, but was called off due to “extreme weather” conditions in the area. No plans have been shared about rescheduling the show.

“Unfortunately due to extreme weather including severe winds, tonight’s New Order show has been cancelled on health and safety grounds,” read an update from 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.”

Another New Order show at Wythenshawe Park in Manchester on Saturday (August 24) is still scheduled to go ahead, with support from Johnny Marr and Róisín Murphy.

Last year, 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’.

“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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