Dame Shirley Bassey tops the bill at the Welcome to Wales concert for the Ryder Cup Prince Charles is to give the royal seal of approval to the Ryder Cup teeing off in Wales, with a visit to Celtic Manor Resort in Newport.
Later the prince will attend a gala dinner at Cardiff Castle with the tournament’s European and US teams.
He is also the guest at a Milliennium Stadium concert with Hollywood star Catherine Zeta Jones and singer Dame Shirley Bassey and Katherine Jenkins.
Organisers say the concert is almost sold out.
The Ryder Cup, between Europe and the United States, begins on Friday.
The three-day event is golf’s biggest tournament and the third largest event on the world’s sporting calendar.
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Both the US and European golf teams arrived at Celtic Manor on Monday.
Wednesday is the second official practice day and players will take a break from the fairways to for the visit by the prince, who will meet the Europe and US team captains, Colin Montgomerie and Corey Pavin.
In the evening he will attend an official dinner at Cardiff Castle where he will meet all 24 golfers competing in the international tournament.
Prince Charles, who is a fan of Dame Shirley, will also be a guest at the Welcome to Wales concert at the Millennium Stadium where the Cardiff-born singer is to headline.
Organisers have arranged the 90-minute concert to mark Wales hosting the tournament for the first time.
Swansea-born actress Catherine Zeta Jones returns to Wales to give the official opening at the event which will see the both the golf teams introduced to the audience of around 13,000.
The evening is hosted by Rhondda-born TV presenter, Steve Jones.
Performers include Katherine Jenkins, Cardiff-based choir Only Men Aloud, Lostprophets and teenage singer Shaheen Jafargholi from Swansea.
A spokeswoman for the organisers said the 10,000 public tickets for the concerts had all but sold out.
She said: “It is pretty much full. We’ve only got a few single tickets left.”
Stifyn Parri, of events agency Mr Producer, said: “It will be a major medley of Welsh talent saluting the Ryder Cup – we’re ticking every box.”
Before the concert begins, the stadium will also host a VIP dinner for 1,500 people.
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