Huw Stephens & Panic Shack (GM26 Preview)

National treasure and Green Man’s Talking Shop curator Huw Stephens meets with Meg and Emily from Cardiff's Panic Shack. 

The Welsh punk girl band have a “no f***s given” attitude: they opened their album with voice recordings from the smoking area of an Amyl and the Sniffers gig, give their songs excellent titles such as Gok Wan, The Ick, and Who’s Got My Lighter?, and stuff them full of deadpan, tongue-in-cheek wisecracks.

Panic Shack (or 'Panics' as we shall now refer to them) tell Huw how they met at Green Man, chat about their recent US tour, and reminisce the time they summoned Kelly Jones in Leigh Delamere Services. 

Huw Stephens is a longtime friend of Green Man, whether found hosting the Mountain Stage, DJing on Green Man Radio, or, more recently, curating the conversations over at the Talking Shop. 

The broadcaster extraordinaire has selected an astonishing lineup for 2026 that is sure to get curious minds ticking. Huw tells Meg and Emily about some of the authors, musicians, journalists and political voices who’ll be taking part in a memorable weekend of conversations, debates and Q&As. 

Panic Shack play the Far Out tent at 4pm on the Sunday; Talking Shop opens midday Friday and closes Sunday at 6pm.