{"id":169758,"date":"2025-09-30T06:02:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T06:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/169758\/"},"modified":"2025-09-30T06:02:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T06:02:12","slug":"pop-superstar-miley-cyrus-sends-beautiful-message-to-welsh-music-legend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/169758\/","title":{"rendered":"Pop superstar Miley Cyrus sends beautiful message to Welsh music legend"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Miley Cyrus (Credit: PA)<\/p>\n

Pop superstar Miley Cyrus has recorded a beautiful message for legendary Welsh musician Pino Palladino.<\/p>\n

Palladino, who has played bass guitar with everyone from rock royalty The Who to pop icons Adele, Elton John and Harry Styles, will receive the Welsh Music Inspiration award at next month\u2019s Welsh Music Prize.<\/p>\n

And in a specially recorded video to be aired at the Welsh Music Prize, the American singer was full of praise for the 6ft 6ins bass player, who played on Miley\u2019s \u2018Something Beautiful\u2019 album released earlier this year.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt was such an honour to have Pino play on my last record,\u201d she said. \u201cHe\u2019s on all of the songs, including one that\u2019s 13 minutes. Don\u2019t know if we ever would have made that if it wasn\u2019t for the fact that we just didn\u2019t want Pino to stop playing.<\/p>\n

\u201cWorking with you Pino is a dream, it\u2019s always the best. Except when I have to go Big and Tall to get your suits!\u201d<\/p>\n

The Welsh Music Prize ceremony, presented by BBC Radio 1 presenter Si\u00e2n Eleri, takes place at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff on 6 October. Shortlisted artists Gwenno, Sage Todz, Panic Shack, and Melin Melyn are among the live performers ahead of the award of the \u00a310,000 prize for the best album made in Wales or by Welsh people around the world this past year.<\/p>\n

The quietly prolific Cardiff-born Palladino, who hails from a Welsh-Italian family of restaurateurs in the capital\u2019s Whitchurch area and is now based in Los Angeles, is one of the most celebrated and in-demand bass players in the world, having played on two of the biggest-selling albums of the 21st century (Adele\u2019s \u201821\u2019 and Ed Sheeran\u2019s \u2018Divide\u2019).<\/p>\n

\"\"Pino Palladino (Credit: Welsh Music Prize)<\/p>\n

His early career as a session musician in the late 70s and early 80s was marked by his groundbreaking signature fretless bass, notably with Gary Numan on the album \u2018I, Assassin\u2019 and on the 1983 Paul Young hit \u2018Wherever I Lay My Hat\u2019.<\/p>\n

Pino Palladino\u2019s work spans genres; he spent 14 years playing with The Who, as well as collaborating with Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton on both recordings and live performances. His bass sound was hailed as vital in shaping D\u2019Angelo\u2019s iconic 2000 album \u2018Voodoo\u2019 \u2013 a partnership born from their shared love of Motown and soul music.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The list of artists and iconic tracks in his extraordinary back catalogue includes the Miley Cyrus and Beyonc\u00e9 single \u2018II Most Wanted\u2019, from Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s Grammy-award winning album, \u2018Cowboy Carter\u2019. The Welsh musician is also credited with tweaking Miley Cyrus\u2019 track \u2018End of the World\u2019 with his signature bassline, as well as the Harry Styles hit single, \u2018Watermelon Sugar\u2019. He has worked with countless other world-renowned artists, from John Mayer to Nine Inch Nails, Elton John, Phil Collins, John Legend, Tina Turner, Chris Martin, Questlove and many more.<\/p>\n

His most recent project is new album \u2018That Wasn\u2019t A Dream\u2019 with fellow musician and producer, Blake Mills. The pair will tour the album across Europe and North America, which will include a stop in Pino\u2019s hometown of Cardiff.<\/p>\n

After playing in many Cardiff bands at the start of his career in the 70s, Pino Palladino joined the Jools Holland band, The Millionaires in the early 80s. He moved to London with the band and met his wife, Maz, a singer with the group.<\/p>\n

Speaking in tribute to Pino\u2019s long and influential career in the music industry, Jools Holland said: \u201cI can think of nobody more deserving of this award than Pino Palladino. He has played with everyone and is constantly in demand around the world. Some musicians have a great touch, some have a great ear, some have a great technique, some a great feel. Occasionally a musician will invent a new style or sound with their instrument, but Pino is the only person I know who can truly lay claim to all of the above.\u201d<\/p>\n

Questlove, the Oscar and Grammy award-winning producer and drummer, who worked with Palladino as part of the hip hop-informed neo-soul collective, the Soulquarians said : \u201cIf I only had one person to choose to play bass with for the rest of my days, I would choose Pino Palladino\u201d.<\/p>\n

Reacting to the news of his recognition by the Welsh Music Prize, Pino Palladino said: \u201cI\u2019m humbled and honoured that my work has been recognised in this way.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"Pino Palladino playing with The Who (Credit: Welsh Music Prize)<\/p>\n

Founded in 2011, the Welsh Music Prize celebrates its 15th anniversary this year and to mark the milestone, BBC Cymru Wales has commissioned a special highlights programme of the 2025 event, which will also explore the prize\u2019s impact on the Welsh music scene over the past 15 years. The programme will air after this year\u2019s ceremony on BBC One Wales and BBC iPlayer.<\/p>\n

Previous winners of the Welsh Music Inspiration Award include hip hop pioneers Eric Martin and DJ Jaffa, folk protest singer, Dafydd Iwan, David Edwards and Pat Morgan from Datblygu, The Alarm singer Mike Peters, as well as folk music historians Meredydd Evans and Phylis Kinney and influential Welsh-language singer-songwriter, Meic Stevens.
The Welsh Music Prize is supported by Creative Wales, Cardiff Council, PRS for Music, PPL and Help Musicians.<\/p>\n

Welsh Music Prize 2025 Performance Line-up
Panic Shack
Melin Melyn
Gwenno
Sage Todz
Taff Rapids
Morn
Nancy Williams<\/p>\n

Tickets are available HERE<\/a> priced \u00a310 adult\/\u00a38 under 30s.<\/p>\n

Welsh Music Prize 2025 Shortlist
Adwaith \u2013 Solas
Breichiau Hir \u2013 Y Dwylo Uwchben
Buddug \u2013 Rhwng Gwyll a Gwawr
Cerys Hafana \u2013 Difrisg
Don Leisure \u2013 Tyrchu Sain
Gentle Good \u2013 Elan
Gwenno \u2013 Utopia
Kelly Lee Owens \u2013 Dreamstate
KEYS \u2013 Acid Communism
Melin Melyn \u2013 Mill on the Hill
Panic Shack \u2013 Panic Shack
Sage Todz \u2013 Stopia Cwyno
Siula \u2013 Night Falls On The World
Tai Haf Heb Drigolyn \u2013 Eiin Albwm Cyntaf Ni
The Tubs \u2013 Cotton Crown<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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