{"id":294758,"date":"2025-12-02T11:19:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T11:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/294758\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T11:19:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T11:19:08","slug":"cardiff-castle-to-host-landmark-rock-legends-that-helped-define-a-generation-of-alternative-rock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/294758\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff Castle to host landmark rock legends that helped define a generation of alternative rock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                            <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-255994 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/FANS-ENJOY-TOM-JONES-AT-TK-MAXX-PRESENTS-DEPOT-LIVE-AT-CARDIFF-CASTLE-7-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  \/>The newest announcements for Depot Live<\/p>\n<p>Amelia Jones<\/p>\n<p>A breakthrough alternative rock band is set to play Cardiff Castle next summer. The announcement marks the latest addition to a growing series of major live shows in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Arizona alternative rock band Jimmy Eat World will return to the UK next August for three outdoor headline shows, including a date at Cardiff Castle on Saturday, August 15, 2026. The shows mark the 25th anniversary of their breakthrough fourth album, Bleed American.<\/p>\n<p>Bleed American, released in 2001, was a landmark album that helped bring alternative rock into the mainstream.<\/p>\n<p>The record has been certified Platinum in the US and Gold in the UK, with its single The Middle surpassing one billion streams on Spotify.<\/p>\n<p>The album has influenced a generation of bands, including Fall Out Boy, Paramore, Dashboard Confessional, and Taking Back Sunday, and has been covered by artists such as Prince and Taylor Swift.<\/p>\n<p>Fans can also expect support from Chicago punk band Rise Against, emo veterans The Get Up Kids, and singer-songwriter Jay Som.<\/p>\n<p>The Cardiff Castle show will be part of a larger UK\/EU run, including performances in Halifax and London, giving audiences a rare chance to hear Bleed American in its entirety alongside hits and rarities from across the band\u2019s catalogue.<\/p>\n<p>Jim Adkins, Jimmy Eat World\u2019s vocalist and guitarist said, \u201cBleed American is as much yours as it is ours, so we want to celebrate it with you all in a very special way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The announcement follows a busy year for the band, which included performances at Download Festival, North American tours with The Offspring, and multiple festival appearances.<\/p>\n<p>Jimmy Eat World are also currently in the studio working on new music, following the release of their EP Something(s) Loud earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 Cardiff Castle lineup already includes headline shows from artists such as Katy Perry, Garbage &amp; Skunk Anansie, The Streets, Two Door Cinema Club, and Self Esteem with Kae Tempest, among others.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2335\" data-end=\"2517\">Tickets for the Cardiff show go on presale at 10 a.m. Thursday via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.depotlive.co.uk\/jimmyeatworld\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">depotlive.co.uk\/jimmyeatworld<\/a>, with general sale starting at 10 a.m. Friday via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.depotlive.co.uk\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">depotlive.co.uk<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ticketmaster.co.uk\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ticketmaster.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                                Support our Nation today<\/p>\n<p>For the price of a cup of coffee a month you can help us create an<br \/>\n                                    independent, not-for-profit, national news service for the people of Wales, by<br \/>\n                                        the people of Wales.\n                                <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The newest announcements for Depot Live Amelia Jones A breakthrough alternative rock band is set to play Cardiff&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294759,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,128,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-294758","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-music","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=294758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294758\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/294759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=294758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=294758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=294758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}