{"id":37319,"date":"2026-01-08T18:00:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T18:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/?p=37319"},"modified":"2026-01-14T14:57:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T14:57:44","slug":"the-editors-picks-2025-concerts-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/music\/the-editors-picks-2025-concerts-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"The Editor&#8217;s Picks: 2025 Concerts of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Wolf Alice at Utilita Arena Cardiff<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>On the 1<sup>st of<\/sup> December 2025, Deputy Editor Molly and I were invited to Wolf Alice\u2019s <em>The Clearing<\/em> tour at Cardiff Utilita Arena, and it was the perfect concert to end a year of great music. This was a much-anticipated event for Molly and I, as avid Wolf Alice supporters who have had their new album on repeat since September. 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Their emotionally driven tracks, from both their most recent album <em>The Clearing<\/em> and their previous albums such as <em>The Blue Hour<\/em>, sounded completely flawless live, providing an experience that was ethereally nostalgic, yet fresh and exciting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Molly and I were enthralled from start to finish, leaving the arena reeling with a lulling buzz in our chests. 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