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SUPER FURRY ANIMALS frontman Gruff Rhys slammed the “extreme” Tory cuts on Monday night while defending his fellow Welsh singing socialist Charlotte Church from right-wing attacks.
The band headlined the Music Against Austerity concert staged in Manchester on Monday night to coincide with the Conservative conference.
Mr Rhys told the audience: “We wanted to do this show to register how pissed off we are with these austerity measures that are being imposed.”
Chris Searle speaks to jazz vocalist NORMA WINSTONE
The election offers a critical chance to shape the future of pay, care and community provision in Wales, says Unison’s JESS TURNER
DAVID NICHOLSON recommends a dazzling production of Bernstein’s opera set in a world where chaos and violence are greeted by equanimity
TOM STONE sings the praises of one of the oldest open-air festivals in Britain