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On this day, 13 April 1997, British funk and acid jazz band Jamiroquai played the Cardiff International Arena.
Formed in 1992, they are fronted by vocalist Jay Kay, and were prominent in the London-based funk/jazz movement of the 1990s.
Their style is characterized by sounds taking influence from black music and lyrics having dealt with social and environmental justice.
Following the success of their third album Travelling Without Moving released in Sept 1996 which peaked at no.2 in the UK album charts sales were helped by the success of "Virtual Insanity", which won a Grammy Award and four MTV Awards.
The album went triple platinum album in the United Kingdom
and was certified platinum by the RIAA in the United States.
"If I'm not mistaken," noted Jay Kay as 1997 closed, "Travelling Without Moving has now sold well over five-and-a-half million worldwide, with a million-and-a-half here [the UK] and another million in America, Cleaned up at the American MTV awards and just come back from supporting The Rolling Stones over there. In fact, we even met Jack Nicholson backstage in Las Vegas the other night. He said he loved the show, which was nice."
