Pete Tong and Depot Live at Cardiff Castle Cardiff Tickets, Cardiff Castle, 11 Jun 2026

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Cardiff Castle

CARDIFF CASTLE, CASTLE STREET, CARDIFF, CF10 3RB, Cardiff, UK

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Doors open: 17:00

Price: £55.00

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Pete Tong biography

There aren’t many artists that have been immortalized in rhyming slang, but Pete Tong is now well and truly a part of everyday culture for his name and his essential mixes.

Born in Kent in 1960, Tong took to Djing from an early age and played his first public gig at 15. Never sticking to just one thing though, Tong took on many roles while he was coming of age. He and school friends used to promote local bands for extra cash, he booked for a local alternative night and even became held the ‘features editor’ position at ‘Blues & Soul’ magazine. He left this role to become an A&R for London Records and this is when he was first introduced to the new sounds of Chicago House.

Tong fell in love immediately and arranged a compilation album ‘The House Sound of Chicago, Vol. 1’ , a first for the relatively new genre in the UK.

Tong helped to further popularize the genre when he took the helm at a new Electronic Music radio show the BBC were launching and in 1993, alongside producer Eddie Gordon, the ‘Essential Mix’ was launched. The show gained popularity among the booming House music crowd both in the UK and internationally and before long, Pete Tong was an in demand DJ.

He has had residencies in Ibiza, been appointed MBE for his services towards Broadcasting and Music and was behind a number of popular compilations that were all over the charts in the late 90s.

Live reviews

Anybody who listens to BBC Radio 1 (and that’s everybody surely?) will have heard of the global ambassador of dance music himself: Pete Tong. A DJ legend, his arrival on stage was greeted with the mandatory chant of ‘It’s all gone Pete Tong’ from excited festival goers who may or may not have been more than just a bit tipsy. Our excitement was perfectly understandable, I mean the man’s had a movie made about him for Pete’s (get it?) sake! Excited for the likes of Tong’s ‘Essential Mix’ and ‘Essential Selection’ programmes, I was not disappointed. One of the most prestigious DJs of our time, Tong had the decks nailed to a fine art. He span us quite the party and the crowd loved every second of it, becoming wilder and wilder as the night went on. With a seamless blend of dance, house and electronica Tong worked his magic, with every single track fitting perfectly together and not a single second of awkward pause time. Perfect for club nights, festivals or the ultimate Ibiza night, any young fan of dance music/ djs/ fun in any form has to go and see Pete perform. I promise you won’t regret it.

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There’s no school like the old school, and K-Klass is in session. Sorry, it just had to be done… After forming in 1988 they have had an influential presence in the house music scene for nearly 30 years; an incredible tribute to this group, who have also had a contribution to the UK charts on a couple of occasions, with ‘Rhythm is a Mystery’ reaching number 3 in 1991. You will also probably recognize ‘Let Me Show You’, their other widely known song in the UK scene. Their main work, however, comes in the forms of remixes. K-Klass have remixed a wide array of artists, and huge tracks from the past 20 years, trying their hand to pop tracks; stretching from Janet Jackson and Luther Vandross’ ‘The Best Things in Life Are Free’, to S Club 7’s ‘Bring It All Back’. Two of the group from Wrexham has such a foothold in the genre that they run their own record label, ‘Klass Action’, and their live performances are so tight that you’ll leave with Goosebumps. Although they haven’t dropped an album since 1998, you can count on them having a say in the house genre for a while yet, and they will undoubtedly put on a great show whilst playing the nightclub loop for years to come.

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