On this day, 22 March 1975, rock band Cockney Rebel played Cardiff’s Capitol Theatre with support provided by Sailor.
The band had recently released the No 1 UK single Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me) taken from their third studio album The Best Years Of Our Lives, released earlier in the month that peaked at No 4 in the UK album charts.
To promote the album, the band embarked on a UK and European tour from March 1975 onwards. On the tour, the band hired guitarist Snowy White to play rhythm guitar. In a January 1975 issue of Record & Popswop Mirror, it was announced that the upcoming tour would feature "a specially built set and lighting to reflect songs and images featured on the forthcoming album". Later in the year they toured America, as a support act for The Kinks.