Tsunami Relief Cardiff was a charity music concert held at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on January 22 2005, in aid of the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, occuring the month before. The concert raised over £1.25 million (€1.8 million or $2.4 million).

The concert was the biggest charity concert in the United Kingdom since Live Aid over 20 years before, and more than 60,000 fans watched live, with many millions more from around the world viewing the seven hour long concert. The main tickets having sold out in just 3 days; when a further 3,000 tickets were issued, they sold in just 20 minutes.

The concert featured a range of music styles, with famous acts such as Eric Clapton, Jools Holland, Lulu, Feeder and Charlotte Church contributing. Midge Ure also made a surprise appearance at the concert.

The concert began with classical singer Katherine Jenkins, starting the show with "Amazing Grace", "Caruso" and "You'll Never Walk Alone"; the audience waving torches to represent victims of the Asian disaster. The music continued throughout the evening with an electric atmosphere culminating in a sing-a-long finale with Jools Holland and Eric Clapton playing "Shake, Rattle and Roll" accompanied by entire cast of artists (who all waived their usual fees).

Line-up

(in alphabetical order)

• Badly Drawn Boy
• Charlotte Church
• Eric Clapton
• Craig David
• Embrace
• Feeder
• Goldie Lookin' Chain
• Jools Holland
• Katherine Jenkins
• Aled Jones
• Kelly Jones, lead singer of Stereophonics
• Keane
• Lemar
• Liberty X
• Lulu
• Manic Street Preachers
• Brian McFadden
• Raghav
• Heather Small
• Snow Patrol

External links

• Concert homepage (http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/music/sites/tsunamireliefcardiff/)
• BBC news coverage (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/4195985.stm)
• Coverage of Charlotte Church's performance at event (http://charlottechurch.net/features/tsunamiaid22jan05.html) (includes video files and images)