THE punk legend TV Smith from The Adverts is making his return to Penarth for another legendary performance at The Windsor Arms Ale House. Front man TV Smith came to Penarth last year and because it was such a success he has returned for a performance on Friday, September 5.

Local band The Wide Open Spaces will be supporting TV Smith plus there will be a cult classic disco, all for just £5.

In early 1977, The Adverts performed regularly at the seminal Roxy Club in London, and gained cult success with the Stiff Records single "One Chord Wonders." This turned to notoriety when their next release, "Gary Gilmore's Eyes" became a hit record, leading to frequent radio and TV appearances and extensive media interest. The album that followed in 1978, "Crossing the Red Sea with the Adverts," is still considered a genuine classic, and appears in many Top Ten Punk Album lists.

The Adverts released one further album, “Cast Of Thousands,” before their split in 1979. Slammed by the critics at the time, the album was re-released recently on Fire Records to universal acclaim.

In the early 1980’s TV formed TV Smith's Explorers, who achieved a U.K. hit with the single “Tomahawk Cruise” and released one album, “Last Words Of The Great Explorer.” He then spent some years away from the live circuit concentrating on writing and recording, re-entering the live arena in the late 1980’s, playing sporadic gigs with his band Cheap, before performing his first gigs as a solo artist in the early ’90’s.

TV continues to tour the world, bringing his epic solo show to ever-increasing audiences. Remarkably, TV plays his marathon concerts without a set list and every performance contains a different selection of songs chosen on the night.

The event is being put on by The Penarth Music Co-op who are brining name acts to Penarth with a view to having local acts supporting them for extra exposure.

Tickets for the event are available from The Windsor Arms Ale House, Windsor Road.