SWANSEA, THE TIME HAS COME!
We are beyond excited to announce that Royal Blood, one of rock’s biggest & most vital bands, will become the very first act to play as part of our launch season on Tue 8 Mar 2022, marking a special event ahead of their biggest European tour to date.
Joining us for the sold out
@hollywoodvamps
gig tomorrow?
🤘 Strict security measures are in place - please arrive with plenty of time to ensure a swift entrance into the Arena
🤘 Outdoor queueing areas are not under cover – please dress weather-appropriate
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We can't wait to cross the stunning Oystermouth Road Bridge to attend the first big event at our brand new Swansea Arena. 🙌
Here's our General Manager Lisa Mart and our Head of Technical Services Stuart Graham admiring the view.
Swansea Arena venue team were able to visit the site this week and were incredibly excited to see the finishing touches being made to the build – including the gorgeous seats and the intricate ceiling detail! The countdown is on! ⏰
@coprbayswansea
@swanseacouncil
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Elysium, The Bunkhouse Swansea, Hangar 18 Music Venue, Hippos, and Sin City Swansea, with support from Swansea Arena, are petitioning Welsh Government, as well as...
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We are delighted to tell you all that we’ll be making the first show announcements for our 2022 programme this coming Monday.
Make sure you're following us to hear the news as soon as it drops!
Comment below with your guesses! 👀
NEW SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT
Join legendary Bros frontman,
@mattgoss
, in an evening of unashamed swing, glitz and swagger on Sat 11 Mar 2023 🎙️
🗓️ Presale: Wed 7 Dec, 9am
🗓️ Onsale: Fri 9 Dec, 9am
Sign up to our mailing list to access venue presale:
We knew it would be special, but there’s nothing quite like witnessing a homegrown, Welsh legend take to the stage (in front of a sold out crowd!) 🏴
We’re so thrilled to see Rhod Gilbert back doing what he does so brilliantly ❤️
Diolch ENFAWR, Rhod!
@bluejeansmgmt
We’re thrilled to reveal the logo for the brand new Swansea Arena, soon to open in the new Copr Bay neighbourhood! We can’t wait to see it lit up on the venue, welcoming audiences to our very first event.
@ArenaSwansea
has been given a festive sparkle as early lighting tests continue around the outside of the venue ✨
We’re so proud the arena is part of the Copr Bay district being developed by
@SwanseaCouncil
Are you excited to see what the finished Swansea Arena will look like?
Click here for a 360 degree sneak peek at the external view of the venue, the new pedestrian bridge link and Wassail Street 👉
Kick off September with Genesis’
@HackettOfficial
on the opening night of his UK tour, Genesis Revisited - Foxtrot at Fifty + Hackett Highlights 🎸
There's not long to go...
🗓️ Fri 9 Sept
🎟️
🥂 VIP Upgrades: swanseaboxoffice
@theambassadors
.com
👀 Arena reveal coming soon! 👀
Keep an eye on our socials this week for a first look at what the new state-of-the-art Swansea Arena will look like inside.
24 hours to go until Steve Hackett
@HackettOfficial
arrives in Swansea🎸
Tell us in the comments which song (or Genesis favourite) you're most looking forward to hearing live👇
🗓️This Friday
🎫Last minute tickets:
🥂VIP Upgrades:
We could spend ALL DAY talking about our favourite moments from 2023, but one thing’s for certain... we just love hearing our crowds belting it out 🎶 🏴
When
@NBThieves
ask you to take the first chorus, you do it. Perfectly.
#NothingButThieves
#Gig
#Swansea
#SwanseaArena
One week ago 💭
What a pleasure it was having Steve Hackett’s opening night of the tour with us last Friday!
Diolch yn fawr,
@HackettOfficial
🎸
Up next ➡️ RuPaul's Drag Race UK and 90s Baby Pop
📷 Lloyd at Stay Focused Photography
RHOD GILBERT IS COMING TO SWANSEA ARENA!
Tickets go on sale this Fri 8 Oct at 10am – but if you would like to be part of our exclusive pre-sale on Wed 6 Oct at 10am, don’t forget to sign up to our mailing list at:
Wow, wow, wow!🤩
A HUGE thank you to each one of you for supporting us with our ‘Housewarming’ test events last week - we were blown away! It was extremely useful for us to test the space ahead of our opening in March, & we wouldn’t have been able to do it without you.
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The state-of-the-art Swansea Arena is the first such venue in the UK to feature an innovative external lighting display, integrated with up to 92,000 LED lights on its façade that can create 360-degree displays of dynamic artwork, optimised for viewing 100m away.
NEW SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT
@fontainesdublin
's brand new 2022 UK and Ireland tour will include a stop at Swansea Arena on Sat 19 Nov 2022!
🗓️Pre-sale: Mon 28 Mar, 10am
🗓️On-sale: Wed 30 Mar, 10am
Sign up to our mailing list for exclusive venue presale:
NEW SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT
Duo
@PaulHeatonSolo
&
#JacquiAbbott
announce their autumn UK tour, with their opening night at Swansea Arena on Sat 26 Nov!
Joining them will be special guest
@billybragg
🎤
🎫 Tickets on sale Thu 1 Sep at 9:30am
We’re so proud and excited to become a part of the beautiful city of
#Swansea
!
We recently enlisted the wonderful
@HuwStephens
to present his guide to the city, including our new multi-purpose
#SwanseaArena
and the major regeneration of the city. Here’s what he had to say…
We’re thrilled to announce our partnership with local favourites,
@GowerBrewery
!
Make way for the stunning Gower Gold Pop-Up Bar on Level 0 of the Arena, now serving Smugglers cider and Lighthouse lager alongside the iconic Gower Gold ale 🍻
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‼️ OPENING TOMORROW ‼️
Our box office is ready and waiting for you! We will be opening Monday to Friday from 12:00 – 17:00 to help you with all your ticketing enquiries.
Contact our box office directly on swanseaboxoffice
@theambassadors
.com or drop in to see us in person 😁
How should we break the news to
@jackwhitehall
that there'll be a *lot* of Jacks here in Swansea when he visits in December?
#JackArmy
Grab your tickets now for one of the final shows on Jack's 'Settle Down' tour 🤣
🗓️ Wed 20 Dec
🎫
#Comedy
#Swansea
Introducing Swansea Arena's newest recruit...Copper 🐶
Copper is a member of our Puplick Relations team here at the Arena, and has so far exceeded everyone's expectations ✨
ON SALE & EXTRA SHOW
Grab your tickets for Jack Whitehall's 'Settle Down' tour, which now includes a second performance at 15:00, also on sale now!
🗓️ Sat 27 May 2023, 15:00 & 19:30
🎫
☎️ Access booking line: 01792 804770
#Comedy
#Swansea
Forget ‘Lights Out’, it’s lights ON for
@royalblooduk
✨
They’ve graced the side of the Arena building, and will soon be well on their way to setting alight the stage as the first music act of our launch season!
We are BEYOND excited for this 😆
🎫
What. A. Night.
@royalblooduk
, you were absolutely PHENOMENAL.
@TheAmazons
, you rocked it. What a way to get live music underway here at the Arena 🤘
That’s ‘Lights Out’ on our first music gig, Swansea. DIOLCH to everyone who made it a special evening!
📷
@FrancescaLJones
🚨 HUGE SURPRISE SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨
Join the incredible Michael McIntyre (
@McInTweet
) as he tries out brand new material right here in Swansea Arena this April!
Tickets are on sale this Wednesday.
N.B: There will be a limit of 4 tickets per household.
🗓️ Fri 1 Apr 2022
That’s not all Swansea, we still have a world renowned music artist being announced from our 2022 programme tomorrow. Make sure you're following our channels closely so you don’t miss it! 🎸
So
@BatTheMusical
is a-go 🤘
After a ROCKIN' opening night, we’re ‘All Revved Up’ for the next week!
The songs? Iconic. The cast? Phenomenal. The production? A spectacle.
And we had the pleasure of welcoming Wales' very own
@BonnieTOfficial
to last night's show 🏴
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Yesterday, our team were busy tasting potential food options for the Arena range..
@creedfs
We want to keep it local as much as possible. Tell us what food and drink you would like to see when we open..
#SwanseaArena
#Delicious
📣 HUGE SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT 📣
American supergroup
@hollywoodvamps
announce their UK return with a July 2023 tour, including a stop at Swansea Arena on Fri 7 Jul 🤘
The band will be joined by special guests
@seether
and
@TheTubesGroup
!
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What. A. Weekend.
Well over 13,000 of you came to a run of 6 huge sold out shows across 4 days with two of the UK's most legendary comedians!
THANK YOU,
@jimmycarr
and
@russellhoward
(
#ComeBackForBeaujolais
) 👏
📣 📣 NEW SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT 📣 📣
BBC Radio’s multi award-winning antidote to panel games, I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue, returns to the stage in 2022 with its sell-out touring show!
🎫 Tickets on sale Mon 24 Oct at 10am
ℹ️ More information:
@ISIHAClue
Don't miss
@AshleyBanjo
chatting all things Diversity: Connected, live on The One Show tonight!
Catch
@Diversity_Tweet
's 2022 tour in Swansea this June. Details below ⬇️
🗓️ Tue 7 Jun 2022
🎫
Imagine arriving at new Swansea Arena for our first event and step into the foyer with this 360 degree visualisation:
We can’t wait to see this space ready to welcome audiences to a variety of live entertainment, exhibitions, conferences and more!
🤝EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT🤝
We're thrilled to announce the first of our partnerships!
We are pleased to welcome Founders & Co., Gigi Gao's Favourite Authentic Chinese, La Braseria,
@rasoiwaterfront
,
@SwansOfficial
,
@Swigg_Swansea
and
@uwtsd
to the Swansea Arena family💓
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🌟 Swansea Arena is expected to host 160 events across music, comedy, esports, sport and conference events for an estimated 230,000 visitors each year. 🌟
Thank you to everyone who came to last night's show 👏
An unforgettable night with Wales’ very own, the legendary
@RobBrydon
, at his sold out show, ‘A Night of Songs & Laughter’ 🏴 Diolch yn fawr!
Next up at the Arena is comedy great
@BillBailey
➡️ Sat 7 May
Here’s a sneak peek at some of the recent progress in building our new multi-purpose Arena!
Solar panels have now been installed on the roof of the building which are capable of providing 72,350 kiloWatt hours per year, giving a saving of 20,041 kg of carbon. ☀️🌎
You've done it again, Swansea!
Michael McIntyre is now sold out. We're sorry to those who didn’t manage to get tickets this time around, but with all the love you've shown him, we hope he'll be back ❤️
Swansea Comic and Gaming Convention comes to Swansea Arena in 2022!
Now a 2 day event spanning 9th and 10th April - it will be their biggest show yet - so grab your tickets now:
@SCGC_2021
'Raise The Dead', you say?
@hollywoodvamps
came, saw and conquered last night 🤘 What a phenomenal gig with a phenomenal supergroup!
Drop your best show shots in the comments ⬇️
📷 Carys Griffiths
Happy
#InternationalWomensDay
!
We wanted to introduce some of the women who work incredibly hard behind the scenes here in the Arena team ✨ You are celebrated not just today, but every day!
Thank you 💖
Due to a lack of vital late night travel links, audiences are being stopped from attending grassroots music venues that they would otherwise actively support.
Please sign our petition to improve transport links:
WOULD YOU DO ANYTHING FOR LOVE, SWANSEA?
Jim Steinman's epic Meat Loaf musical
@BatTheMusical
roars into Swansea this Dec 🔥
To mark the occasion, we’re hosting a Bat extravaganza at our box office next Mon 1 Aug, when tickets go on sale at 10am. There’ll be discounts.
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🎶 L E V E L 4 2 🎶
What a night! Swansea, there’s definitely ‘Something About You’
Drop your favourite song in the comments 👇
Up next: Will Young, Squeeze and Fontaines D.C.
📷
@roylongleypic
Swansea, are you ready to rock with
@BatTheMusical
? 🤘
Between 6 - 15 December, thunder through all the iconic Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman hits in this epic wild child musical 🔥
🎟️
🥂 VIP Lounge Upgrades:
Roaring into Swansea this December🔥
Featuring the legendary anthems of
#JimSteinman
&
#MeatLoaf
, the critically-acclaimed
@BatTheMusical
combines the magic of a musical with the immense energy of rock ‘n’ roll 🤘
You don't want to miss it!
🗓️6-15 Dec
🎫
Swansea, you're a Perfect 🔟
There's nothing quite like a Saturday night sell out, especially when it's with Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott 🙌
💭 The best song was...
NEW SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT
@russellhoward
is back for a brand new live tour of the UK in 2023, which includes a stop at Swansea Arena on Sat 1 April!
🎫 Tickets on sale this Friday at 10am.
Sign up to our newsletter to make sure you don't miss out:
NEW SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT
Expect the unexpected from Slipknot frontman
@CoreyTaylorRock
when his 2022 tour arrives in Swansea on Mon 24 Oct 🤘
🗓️Pre-sale: Thu 17 Mar, 10am
🗓️On-sale: Fri 18 Mar, 10am
Sign up to our mailing list for exclusive venue presale:
NEW SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT
Grammy Award-winning Billy Ocean (
@MrWongo
) brings his 2023 tour to Swansea Arena on Sat 15 Apr 2023!
🗓️ Pre-sale: Thu 24 Mar, 10am
🗓️ On-sale: Fri 25 Mar, 10am
TOMORROW: Rob Brydon
➡️ Please be aware that bars may close up to 15 minutes before the show start time
➡️ We are cashless
➡️ Outdoor queueing areas are not under cover
➡️ Filming / cameras not permitted
➡️ Visitor information:
Rhod Gilbert's show here at Swansea Arena, due to take place on Fri 13 Jan 2023, will be rescheduled to Fri 19 May 2023.
We are so pleased to hear that Rhod is recovering well, and we wish him all the best with his recovery journey!
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Introducing (some) of Team Swansea Arena!
Recently, our venue team got together to celebrate the launch of the Arena after a busy opening Month in March. A huge thank you to
@secret_swansea
and Gin & Juice for having us and showcasing the amazing hospitality
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INTRODUCING THE COFFEE SHOP SESSIONS
This Wednesday to Friday between 12:00 – 14:00, we’re opening our doors to bring you the Coffee Shop Sessions... pop in, grab a coffee, and bask in live music 🎶
Huge thanks to
@SinCitySwansea
,
@SwanseaMusicHub
and Drunk Poets Society!
We have no doubt that many more businesses in the city would also benefit from this change – including our hospitality partners – so the more the merrier in getting behind this!
To sign the petition, visit –
We can’t wait to get involved in Swansea’s vibrant music scene, and join the line-up of brilliant gig venues providing a stage for artists. We recently spoke to Huw Stephens about all of the breakout acts Swansea has produced, on a national and international level.
Over to Huw…