The Streets return to Cardiff for a smaller DEPOT show after sell-out Castle performance

# Overview

# Why this date matters

This DEPOT booking offers a more intimate experience than the Castle show. DEPOT's listed capacity is around 2,100, so fans who missed the outdoor sell-out have another chance to see the band at a smaller venue. DEPOT founder Nick Saunders said the indoor setting will respond to demand created by the summer sell-out.

# The set and its history

Free, the 2004 album that reached number one in the UK and produced well-known singles including Dry Your Eyes, Fit But You Know It, and Blinded By The Lights. The album is presented in these shows as a complete narrative album — a sequence of tracks that together tell a continuous story of love, loss and chaos — and it remains central to the band's live repertoire.

A Grand Don't Come For Free followed 2002's Original Pirate Material, which introduced The Streets and earned a Mercury Prize nomination. Since those early records Mike Skinner has released several more albums and built a reputation for live shows that work in both large festival settings and more enclosed venues.

# Tickets and practical details

# Context for Cardiff's live programme

The DEPOT announcement is listed alongside other autumn and winter events at the venue, signaling a busy live schedule that includes a range of artists across genres. Local coverage frames this November date as an addition to Cardiff's late-2026 live-music calendar and a response to demand after a high-profile summer of concerts in the city.

# What to expect if you go

Expect a performance anchored around A Grand Don't Come For Free, with the album's singles likely featured. The DEPOT setting will be noticeably smaller and more enclosed than the Castle show, which reviewers described as a standout summer performance. If you want a closer, more immediate gig experience than the outdoor event, this date aims to provide that.

# Quick checklist

• Presale: 10am, Thursday 3 September
• General sale: 10am, Friday 4 September
• Venues: DEPOT, Curran Road, Cardiff (capacity ~2,100)
• Tour focus: A Grand Don't Come For Free (2004) performed in full