{"id":1962,"date":"2011-10-26T16:23:45","date_gmt":"2011-10-26T16:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=1962"},"modified":"2011-10-26T16:23:45","modified_gmt":"2011-10-26T16:23:45","slug":"vox-pop-x-factor-vs-cardiff-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2011\/10\/26\/vox-pop-x-factor-vs-cardiff-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Vox Pop: X Factor Vs. Cardiff Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>\u00a0<\/h2>\n<h2>Since hitting our screens eight years ago, <em>The X Factor<\/em> has been the live music event of most people\u2019s weekends.<\/h2>\n<p>However, with news of ratings plummeting by three million from last year, has <em>The X Factor<\/em> lost sight of its musical roots? <em>The Sun<\/em> reported last week that Simon Cowell was \u201cfurious\u201d with the decline. So why are people turning off?<\/p>\n<p>Here in Cardiff, a huge variety of live music alternatives are on offer. Cardiff\u2019s wide breadth of live venues includes the newly reopened <em>Cardiff Arts Institute<\/em> and bars like <em>Buffalo Bar<\/em> and <em>Clwb Ifor Bach<\/em>. With last weekends <em>Swn Festival<\/em> also proving a success, we asked the people of Cardiff what they thought the city\u2019s music scene has to offer over the show.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/10\/voxpop1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1999\" title=\"voxpop\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/10\/voxpop1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/10\/voxpop1.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/10\/voxpop1-300x138.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1999\" title=\"voxpop\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/10\/voxpop1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/10\/voxpop1.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/10\/voxpop1-300x138.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Since hitting our screens eight years ago, The X Factor has been the live music event of most people\u2019s weekends. However, with news of ratings plummeting by three million from last year, has The X Factor lost sight of its musical roots? The Sun reported last week that Simon Cowell was \u201cfurious\u201d with the decline. So why are people turning off? Here in Cardiff, a huge variety of live music alternatives are on offer. Cardiff\u2019s wide breadth of live [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":252,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-1962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Vox Pop: X Factor Vs. 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