Pembroke Castle has revealed that Gabrielle and Sister Sledge will co-headline the second night of their Rock The Castle weekend on Saturday, June 22 next year. The iconic, all female, line-up is completed with support from exciting singer-songwriter, Jazz Morley.

This follows last week’s announcement that Status Quo and Bonnie Tyler will perform on the Friday night at the historic venue’s hugely popular annual live music weekend.

Gabrielle’s unique and compelling voice is one of the most recognisable in British pop history. Since her debut single Dreams reached No.1 in the UK 25 years ago, she has sold over five million albums, won two Brit Awards, two Mobos and an Ivor Novello.

She secured nine top ten hits from her first three albums, with singles such as Give Me A Little More Time, Sunshine, Rise, and Out of Reach becoming instant R&B classics. Earlier this year she released Under My Skin, her sixth studio album, full of lavishly produced, classy, sing-along hits it went straight into the UK top 10.

Sister Sledge are one of the most iconic female groups of all time. They formed in 1971 but became a global success in 1979 with the release of We Are Family, an album produced by Nile Rogers and Bernard Edwards, that propelled them to become an international household name.

An array of hits followed, such as He’s the Greatest Dancer, Lost in Music, Thinking of You, and Frankie, which stayed at the top of the UK charts for four weeks in 1985. They have performed at the Ali-Foreman “Rumble in the Jungle” boxing match, The White House, Glastonbury festival and for Pope Francis in their home town Philadelphia in 2015. It will be the first time this legendary US group has performed in Pembrokeshire.

Jazz Morley is a British singer-songwriter making waves with her beautiful soul-influenced electronica. She has been compared to the likes of Jessie Ware, Lana Del Rey and Sia, with her influences range from Whitney Houston to Fleetwood Mac. In 2016, Jazz self-released her first single Bad Love and Take Me Down, which gained immediate international praise. Her latest single, Safe Place, was supported by Jo Whiley on BBC Radio 2, as well as being playlisted by Radio 1 as their ‘BBC Introducing Track Of The Week’.

Now in its 6th year, Rock The Castle has become one of the most popular live music events in west Wales with the likes of UB40, The Fratellis, and Jools Holland all having played sell-out shows in the stunning 1,000 year old fortress in the past few years.

Castle Manager Jon Williams commented ‘The immense support this event has received in previous years has given us the confidence to aim even higher with our 2019 line-up. For us to stage Gabrielle, Sister Sledge and Jazz Morley together on one night is extremely exciting. To do so 24 hours after Status Quo, Bonnie Tyler and Dr Feelgood perform will ensure that this weekend will be the biggest live music event Pembrokeshire has ever witnessed”.

Tickets will go on sale at 10am on Monday 19th November and will be available at www.pembrokecastle.co.uk by calling 01646 681510, and over the counter at Pembroke Castle Gift Shop. For those who want to attend both nights, there will be a limited number of ‘Two Night Package’ tickets available.