Last month, Wales manager John Toshack was left angry before the opening World Cup game against Azerbaijan as the removal of the portable pitch for a Madonna concert at the stadium.

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The Wales boss was angered before last month's opening World Cup game against Azerbaijan as the removal of the portable pitch for a Madonna concert at the stadium left the playing surface bare in the week of the game, disrupting his training plans.

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Fully appreciating this music requires the high pitch of concentration usually found in a concert hall (eating stuffed cabbage while the band plays would be like juggling and riding a bicycle at the same time), and yet it also demands the kind of intimate connection between musician and audience that's only possible in a nightclub like Birdland.

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The music in the concert showcased the different instruments of the orchestra, and demonstrated musical concepts including pitch, tempo and dynamics.

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