Cโmon butt, Day 2 of Blackweir Live was a lush emotional rollercoaster drizzled in โ90s nostalgia, raw lyrics, and some proper Canadian sass ๐. The legend that is Alanis Morissette took to the stadium stage โ and letโs just say, Cardiff felt every damn word. From whispered verses to wailing choruses, this wasnโt just a concertโฆ it was a collective catharsis session with 30,000 people screaming โTHANK YOUUUUUUโ to the skies.
Letโs unpack this emotional masterpiece, shall we? ๐ฅ
๐๏ธ THE CROWD: FLANNEL, TEARS & FANNY PACKS
By 6PM, Bute Park looked like a 1996 time capsule had exploded. Flannel shirts, butterfly clips, and every shade of Doc Martens you could imagine. A sea of Alanis fans โ from lifelong Jagged Little Pill disciples to Gen Zers finally discovering โYou Oughta Knowโ isnโt about taking paracetamol.
Shoutout to the lad in the homemade shirt that said โITโS NOT FAIR, TO DENY ME, OF THE CROSS-EYED BEARโ โ you, sir, are a poetic genius ๐๐
๐ถ THE SETLIST: HITS, HARMONICAS & HAIR FLIPS
Alanis strutted on stage at 8:30PM, harmonica in hand, with a subtle nod and a grin that said โYouโre not ready.โ Spoiler: we werenโt.
Highlights included:
- ๐ค All I Really Want โ Alanis opened strong, vocals sharp, eyes blazing.
- ๐ญ Perfect โ Had grown adults bawling. I saw one woman hugging her teenage daughter mouthing โThis is our song,โ and I was not OK.
- ๐ค You Oughta Know โ The moment. Guitars screamed. So did we. She unleashed the beast.
- ๐น Uninvited โ Cinematic. Spine-tingling. Felt like a Celtic spell was being cast under a blood moon.
- ๐งโโ๏ธ Thank U โ The whole stadium glowed with phone lights like a field of fireflies. Alanis looked genuinely moved. We were too busy crying to notice if it was raining.
She even dropped a cover of The Cranberriesโ โZombieโ, dedicating it to โall the angry angels weโve lost.โ ๐ The stadium nearly collapsed under the emotional weight.
๐งโโ๏ธ VIBES CHECK: MINDFULNESS MEETS MIGHT
This wasnโt your usual jump-about gig. Nah mun, this was part rock show, part spiritual therapy session. Alanis barely said a word between songs โ but when she did, it was all love and wisdom:
โBe kind to yourselves. Feel everything. Sing everything.โ
And we bloody well did, didn’t we? ๐ฅน
Even security was swaying during Hand In My Pocket. Thatโs how deep we were in our feelings.
๐ค SUPPORT ACTS: GWENNO, LIZ PHAIR & MEGAN WYN
๐ Gwenno
Our very own Welsh wonder opened the evening with dream-pop and Cornish-Cymraeg chants that made the grass feel enchanted. One moment you were sipping cider, the next you were in an Eisteddfod rave in the woods ๐ฒ.
๐ธ Liz Phair
Alt-rock royalty alert! Liz took us back to MTV2 days with Why Canโt I? and Never Said. Sheโs still got that punchy snarl in her voice and doesnโt care what the kids on TikTok think.
๐ผ Megan Wyn
This rising Welsh songstress brought some breezy guitar-pop and a whole lotta charm. Catch her now before sheโs headlining Blackweir in five years!
๐ FOOD, QUEUES & TOILETS โ THE REAL TALK
- Best Snack: The vegan chilli nachos near Gate B were chefโs kiss ๐ถ๏ธ
- Biggest Letdown: One of the card machines crashed during Ironic. Oh, the irony.
- Toilet Waits: Surprisingly tame! No horror stories. One bloke tried to freestyle โToilet Bowl Bluesโ but got heckled.
๐ธ CROWD MOMENTS THAT SLAYED
- One couple got engaged during Head Over Feet. ๐ญ๐
- Another fan painted Alanis lyrics across their chest and let the wind do the rest ๐จ๐
- The group in full โ90s Alanis drag โ tartan trousers, dreads, harmonicas โ stole every selfie spot
๐ FINAL THOUGHTS: A NIGHT FOR THE FEELS
Alanis Morissette didnโt just perform. She channelled. Blackweir Live Day 2 was a reminder that feelings are messy, powerful, and completely rock โnโ roll. This wasnโt about fireworks or fancy visuals โ it was about truth. And in a world full of TikTok fluff and corporate pop, thatโs rarer than a clean portaloo at Glasto.
๐ง RIFF REPORT RATING:
10/10 Cries. 10/10 Cheers. 10/10 Cross-Eyed Bears. ๐ป๐ฅ
Tidy job, Alanis. Diolch for the therapy session in a stadium. We needed it.
See you at Day 3, where Slayer’s gonna ruin the emotional calm we just built with 500 decibels of thrash metal ๐ค๐
