An addition to the Welsh festival scene brought New Order, Primal Scream and Gruff Rhys to Portmeirion in Gwynedd.

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Elsewhere, Neon Neon is the latest project by Super Furry Animals oddball-in-chief Gruff Rhys and producer Boom Bip, so is technically a debut album.

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Off-site children's theatre will include Bank On It, a topical production about economics, while Super Furry Animals singer Gruff Rhys has co-created a theatre show called Praxis Makes Perfect.

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