🎸 Location: The Patti Pavilion, Swansea
🕖 Doors: 19:00
📅 Date: Saturday 18th October 2025
🎟️ Status: TICKETS ON SALE NOW – Get ‘em before they vanish faster than your voice after “Nobody”!

🖤 WELCOME TO THE RAGGA METAL RIOT: SKINDRED RETURN TO SOUTH WALES 🖤

Hold on to your hats (and shirts)… Skindred are coming back to Swansea, and they’re ready to turn the Patti Pavilion into a Welsh warzone of riffs, rhythms, and righteous chaos. Whether you’ve followed them since the early Dub War days or joined the family through Big Tings, one thing’s for sure:

👉 This is going to be one of the gigs of the year.
👉 And it’s happening right here in Cymru.

Forget your standard Saturday night out. This is the Newport Helicopter, the circle pit sermon, the carnival of heavy – and it’s touching down by Swansea Bay.

🤘 THE BAND: WHO ARE SKINDRED?

Genre: Ragga Metal / Reggae Rock / Industrial Punk Funk Mayhem (we’ve stopped trying to label it)
Hometown: Newport, Wales
Formed: 1998
Members:
🎤 Benji Webbe – vocals
🎸 Mikey Demus – guitar
🥁 Arya Goggin – drums
🎚️ Dan Sturgess – samples, backing mayhem
🎸 (Live Bassist TBA)

Skindred are a band like no other. They’ve built a career smashing together heavy metal, dub, reggae, punk, and hip-hop into an electrifying live show that feels more like a spiritual rave in a thunderstorm. They’ve lit up festivals across the globe – from Download, Hellfest, Bloodstock, to Wacken Open Air – but Wales is always home.

🎵 THE SETLIST: WHAT TO EXPECT

While nothing is confirmed (yet), if past gigs are anything to go by, here’s what might shake the pillars of The Patti:

  • 🧨 Nobody – The one that still starts mosh pits across generations

  • 🎯 Kill the Power – Because subtlety is overrated

  • 🌊 Under Attack – From the SMILE album – proof that Skindred are only getting stronger

  • 🌞 That’s My Jam – Party mode: ACTIVATED

  • 🌀 Gimme That Boom – Yes, you will shout this until your lungs give out

  • 🎤 Warning – For the love of metal, BRING A T-SHIRT FOR THE HELICOPTER

And maybe, just maybe, some wild covers or mashups that’ll blow your socks into the next postcode.

📍 THE VENUE: THE PATTI PAVILION, SWANSEA

A Grade II-listed building turned live music epicentre, The Patti is one of Swansea’s most iconic venues. Named after opera singer Adelina Patti (bet she didn’t predict this), it’s hosted everything from plays to punk shows.

Nestled in Victoria Park, just a riff away from the beach, it’s got everything you need:

  • 🎶 Solid acoustics

  • 🍺 Bars that should survive the Skindred storm

  • 🚌 Decent access via public transport or taxi

  • 🌊 Pre-gig pints by the sea, anyone?

🎫 TICKETS, AGE LIMIT & EXTRAS

  • Tickets available now via Ticketmaster, SeeTickets, and all major outlets

  • Age Restriction: Likely 14+ with adult – but check closer to the date

  • Merch: You KNOW the merch table’s gonna slap. Bring cash just in case.

  • Support Acts: TBA – but if past tours are anything to go by, they’ll be worth turning up early for

  • Afterparty Rumours: Unconfirmed… but keep an eye on Wind Street 👀🍻

🧢 FESTIVAL FEELING IN A VENUE GIG

Skindred aren’t just a band – they’re a movement. From the moment Benji struts on stage to the last note of Warning, you’re part of something bigger. You’ll dance with strangers, shout yourself hoarse, and walk out soaked in sweat and joy.

And this isn’t just any show – this is Skindred back in South Wales, playing an intimate venue with a hometown crowd. That energy? Unmatched.

🎤 QUOTES FROM THE PIT

“It was like Download Festival in a theatre. I can still feel the bass in my ribs.” – Past gig-goer

“Benji could host a TED Talk and still start a circle pit.” – Every Skindred fan, ever

“My voice is gone, my shirt’s gone, my soul is full. 10/10.” – Someone after the Helicopter

🐉 TL;DR – WHY YOU NEED TO BE THERE

  • ✅ The most fun you can have with your clothes (temporarily) on

  • ✅ A rare chance to catch Skindred in a small, sweaty, legendary venue

  • ✅ A community experience wrapped in bass drops and positivity

  • ✅ It’s a home gig – and Wales brings the absolute best out of this band

🗣️ FINAL WORDS: C’MON WALES!

This October, don’t just go to another gig. Go to a Skindred show.

Bring the energy. Bring a shirt. Bring your mates. And prepare to shout:

“WALES! ARE YOU READY TO RAISE. THE. ROOF?”

SWANSEA, LET’S F’ING GO. 🤘🏴🔥