Donington Park remained event-less until 2001 when the Rock and Blues Festival and Stereophonics held events at the site.

In 2001, Kelly Jones, the lead singer of the Welsh band Stereophonics, referred to Thom Yorke as a " miserable twat ", a comment he later retracted.

Welsh rockers Stereophonics have played two sold out shows at the stadium: In July 2001 as part of their two day " A Day at the Races " festival which would later be released to DVD and in 2003, shortly after the departure of the late Stuart Cable.

Stuart Cable claimed that it was differences between his then partner Lisa Rogers and Kelly Jones ' partner Rebecca Walters at the time which violently came to a head publicly at a restaurant in Paris, eventually leading to his sacking by Jones after he made a sarcastic joke about the incident the following day, although Cable was reportedly missing many concerts as he was in a " cocaine clinic " Kelly Jones and Cable patched up their differences a year after they split up, being in regular contact for the 5 years prior to Cable's death, and even performing on stage with bass player Richard Jones, at a long serving Stereophonics crew member and mutual friend's wedding.

awards, before ending the year supporting the Stereophonics, and then releasing the " Just a Day " single in December.

During that year Stereophonics had tours in Europe, Australia and the USA.

He explained: " We were recording the sixth Stereophonics album last year and in-between takes I started doing these songs off the cuff.

They have appeared as guests of several other touring artists, including the Black Crowes, Ocean Colour Scene, Stereophonics, Paul Weller, Robert Plant, Lenny Kravitz, and were twice invited to appear as special guests of U2 when they performed in Scotland.

Topping the charts for the third time since their career began in 1997, the Stereophonics were back at the top with You Gotta Go There to Come Back.

Cover for " Just Enough Education to Perform " studio album by the rock band Stereophonics.

It has provided inspiration for many modern bands of today, including Coldplay, Radiohead, The Verve, Snow Patrol, Gorillaz, Muse, Kaiser Chiefs, Placebo, Franz Ferdinand, Bullet for My Valentine, The Libertines, Bush, The Kooks, Bloc Party, Stereophonics, Keane, Florence and the Machine, Mumford & Sons, Lostprophets and Arctic Monkeys.

A planned tour of the United States opening for the Stereophonics and Matthew Jay, was canceled due to the September 11 terrorist attacks.

Cover for " Performance and Cocktails " studio album by the rock band Stereophonics.

award win for " Best British Band ", beating competition from Muse and the Stereophonics, which Grant dedicated to Jon saying it was the award he had always wanted the band to win.

Bands such as Lostprophets, Bullet for My Valentine, Feeder, Stereophonics, Manic Street Preachers, Funeral for a Friend, The Automatic, Skindred, Foreign Legion, Kids In Glass Houses and The Blackout all come from the South Wales area.

Promotional videos for the singles Handbags and Gladrags by Stereophonics and Burn Burn by Lostprophets were also filmed there in 2001 and 2003 respectively.

Only at the top for a week, just like the Stereophonics, Evanescence reached the top of the charts with Fallen while " Bring Me To Life " was still at the top of the singles chart.

Both Cable and Jones were due to meet for a drink on the day of Cable's death, which was also the day after the Stereophonics played their highly anticipated Cardiff Stadium gig.

Cover for " You Gotta Go There to Come Back " studio album by the rock band Stereophonics.

The fourth album and most commercial work yet, Getaway ( Sony ) was released in 2000, and was produced by Al Clay, who has also produced for the Pixies and Stereophonics.

He also has produced albums for Eric Clapton, Barclay James Harvest, Corey Hart, and Deborah Harry and has mastered records for The Who, Abba, George Harrison, Tori Amos, Eric Clapton, The Rolling Stones, Jools Holland, Tom Jones, Judas Priest, Emmylou Harris, Damien Dempsey, Tears for Fears, Led Zeppelin, Hothouse Flowers, Level 42, The Boomtown Rats, John Mayall, Toto, Norah Jones, Stereophonics, KT Tunstall, Van Morrison, Paul McCartney, Peter Gabriel, Slade, Sting, Claire Tchaikowski, Bono, Super Soul Soldiers and John Fisher.

" Heart of Gold " has been covered by Tanya Donelly, Matchbox Twenty, Tori Amos, Free Dominguez, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Richard Lloyd, Bettye Lavette, Birds and Batteries, Zakk Wylde ( with Black Label Society ), Boney M, Carla Cook, Lawrence Gowan, Stereophonics, Rockapella, Roxette, Kiki Dee, Backburner, Hanah, Ossifar, the James Last Orchestra, Five for Five, Sally Dworsky, Channeling Owen, Stoney LaRue, The Bad Plus, Dave Matthews and Jimmy Buffett ( with the Coral Reefer Band ), Tavi Gevinson, and as a Karaoke backing track.

To support the album Adam opened shows for The Stereophonics at Earls Court and the Cardiff Millennium Stadium and headlined a ‘ City Showcase ’ event at London ’ s Borderline sharing the bill with Amy Winehouse.

Every Monday, the show ran down the Welsh Top 40 singles, since Welsh acts such as Stereophonics, Funeral for a Friend and Feeder usually do far better in their home country chart, as opposed to the UK equivalent.

The song spent a total of 23 weeks on the UK singles chart, the most any Stereophonics single has managed, and it also topped the download chart, remaining on the chart for 22 weeks, half of which were spent in the top 10.

* Stuart Cable ( 1970 – 2010 ), the late former drummer of the Stereophonics and broadcaster lived in Abernant for a period.

Artists including Manic Street Preachers, Kanye West, Jay-Z, Beyoncé Knowles, Muse, Laura Marling, Take That, Sade, New Order, Tom Jones, Starsailor, Stereophonics, Kylie Minogue, Patrick Wolf, Vanessa Carlton and Natalie Duncan have used the studio complex.

The Stereophonics ' fifth studio album Language.

In 1999 Jones released the album Reload, a collection of cover duets with artists such as The Cardigans, Natalie Imbruglia, Cerys Matthews, Van Morrison, Mousse T, Portishead, Stereophonics, and Robbie Williams.

Hearing of Lord's death, Richard Jones of Welsh band Stereophonics, commented, " Deep Purple in Rock was the 1st album I bought.

* " Lolita ", a song from the Stereophonics ' 2005 album Language.

* Word Gets Around, the debut album by Stereophonics

Returning to number one after April in 2001, the Stereophonics returned to the top with their third album, Just Enough Education to Perform.

Taking over from the Stereophonics were fusion kings, the Chemical Brothers, with their 3rd # 1 album, Come With Us.

On 6 March, Stereophonics earned their first number one single with " Dakota ", the first single to be taken from their new album, Language.

Much of his early life is documented in the Stereophonics debut album, including his account of his teen years on a market stall.

These are documented in More Life in a Tramps Vest from the Stereophonics first album released in 1997, Word Gets Around.

* " Rewind " ( Stereophonics song ), a Stereophonics song from their 2005 album Language.

* Rewind ( video ), a 2007 video album by Stereophonics

* " Crush ", a song by Stereophonics from Pull the Pin

Many have commented on the main guitar riff being lifted from the Stereophonics song, " Same Size Feet ", which uses exactly the same, or at least very similar, guitar riff.