{"id":234470,"date":"2025-07-03T10:33:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T10:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/234470\/"},"modified":"2025-07-03T10:33:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T10:33:11","slug":"roachford-announced-as-headline-act-for-child-of-wales-awards-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/234470\/","title":{"rendered":"Roachford announced as headline act for Child of Wales Awards 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the UK\u2019s most compelling and enduring rock and soul artists, Andrew Roachford MBE, has been announced as the headline act at this year\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalchildrenofwalesawards.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Child of Wales Awards<\/a>. With ten studio albums to his name and songwriting credits for legends including Michael Jackson and Chaka Khan, Roachford\u2019s musical legacy continues to grow.<\/p>\n<p>In 2025, Roachford is doing what he loves most \u2013 performing live. With nearly 100 shows scheduled, he kicked off the year touring South Africa with powerhouse supergroup Mike + the Mechanics, followed by a sold-out UK and Germany tour that drew rave reviews. He now heads to Australia and New Zealand for his own headline tour.<\/p>\n<p>Roachford and his band will perform at the Child of Wales Awards, taking place at Swansea Arena on Friday 12 September.<\/p>\n<p>The awards honour the inspirational achievements of young people from across Wales, while raising vital funds for children\u2019s charities supporting those in need throughout the country.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Roachford MBE, said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m honoured to perform at an event that shines a light on such a brave group of children and young people in Wales. They face challenges every day, yet never give up. It\u2019s going to be a very special evening, full of inspiring people and powerful stories \u2013 I\u2019m really looking forward to being a part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Founder of the Child of Wales Awards, Blanche Sainsbury, said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re absolutely thrilled that Roachford is joining us this year. The winners, their families, and the charities that support them are in for a night to remember. He\u2019s one of my all-time favourite artists, and I know our guests are in for a real treat.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\tContinue Reading<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of the UK\u2019s most compelling and enduring rock and soul artists, Andrew Roachford MBE, has been announced&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":234471,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5010],"tags":[748,4884,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-234470","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wales","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-great-britain","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114788853670386641","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234470\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}