Blaenau Gwent
County borough in Wales
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| April 11 2025 | Performed on the main stage at Coachella, marking her first performance since her chronic fatigue syndrome diagnosis. Set included both old hits and three new singles from 'Princess of Power'. |
| April 10 2025 | Released the third single 'Cuntissimo' and announced the album's title, cover, and release date. |
| 2025 | Planned release of sixth studio album 'Princess of Power' |
| March 20 2025 | Released a second single titled 'Cupid's Girl' from her upcoming sixth studio album. |
| February 21 2025 | Released 'Butterfly', the lead single from her sixth studio album, with an accompanying music video premiered on YouTube and Paramount Times Square billboards in New York City. |
| 2024 | Blaenau Gwent would be fully incorporated into the Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney UK Parliament constituency. |
| 2024 | Marina Diamandis published her debut poetry collection, 'Eat the World,' inspired in part by her experiences with bulimia. |
| July 2024 | In an Attitude magazine interview, confirmed her upcoming album is set to be released in 2025. |
| July 19 2024 | It was announced that Diamandis will support Kylie Minogue at her BST Hyde Park performance. |
| April 2 2024 | In an interview with Rolling Stone, Diamandis announced her upcoming poetry book, Eat the World, set to be released on 29 October 2024. |
| July 2023 | Marina Diamandis opened up on Instagram about her diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome, stating that her energy has been very low for a while and attributing her illness to chronic stress. |
| January 31 2023 | Marina Diamandis began to tease new work via social media. |
| January 26 2023 | Eva Clarke connected to Blaenau Gwent on this date. |
| 2022 | Marina Diamandis began the Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land Tour, highlighting her latest work. |
| 2022 | Diamandis released a deluxe version of her fifth studio album, Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land. |
| 2022 | Marina Diamandis joined Panic! at the Disco on the Viva Las Vengeance Tour as a supporting artist. |
| September 23 2022 | The vinyl release of 'Electra Heart: Platinum Blonde Edition' was released. |
| May 22 2022 | Diamandis announced during a performance in London that 'Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land' would be her last album with Atlantic Records. |
| April 29 2022 | The digital release of 'Electra Heart: Platinum Blonde Edition' occurred. |
| April 27 2022 | Diamandis announced that 'Electra Heart' would be getting an expanded version called 'Electra Heart: Platinum Blonde Edition'. |
| December 3 2021 | The single 'Happy Loner' was released to coincide with the deluxe version of her album. |
| November 4 2021 | The Royal British Legion was established or recognized in Blaenau Gwent. |
| November 4 2021 | The Royal British Legion military unit associated with Blaenau Gwent. |
| October 1 2021 | Diamandis announced on Instagram that she started working on her sixth studio album. |
| June 11 2021 | Diamandis released her album 'Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land'. |
| April 12 2021 | Diamandis announced a new single, 'Purge the Poison', alongside a new website and mailing list. |
| 2020 | Diamandis ended her five-year relationship with Jack Patterson of the electronic music group Clean Bandit. |
| 2020 | Marina Diamandis started speaking openly about growing out her grey hair on Instagram to challenge unhealthy beauty standards, sharing her personal journey of dealing with grey hair since the age of 15. |
| November 18 2020 | 'Man's World' was officially released as a single. |
| March 16 2020 | Diamandis announced the cancellation of her The Inbetweenie Tour due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| March 8 2020 | Diamandis posted a snippet of a new song named 'Man's World' on her Instagram story. |
| February 2020 | Ancient cairns dating back 4,500 years were discovered in the Cwmcelyn valley by the Aberystruth Archaeological Society, revealing burial sites of Neolithic tribal leaders or chieftains in an area where early settlers first began farming and clearing mountain woodlands in Wales. |
| February 14 2020 | Diamandis announced her upcoming April tour, The Inbetweenie Tour. |
| February 7 2020 | Diamandis released 'About Love' from the soundtrack for the movie 'To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You'. |
| October 23 2019 | Diamandis was featured on Gryffin's song 'If I Left the World', released on this date. |
| April 29 2019 | Diamandis embarked on her Love + Fear Tour with six UK gigs, including sold-out dates in London and Manchester. |
| April 26 2019 | The second half of her fourth studio album, 'Love + Fear', was released. |
| April 4 2019 | Her bipartite fourth studio album, 'Love + Fear', was released. |
| March 14 2019 | Mark Williams associated with Blaenau Gwent on this date. |
| February 8 2019 | 'Handmade Heaven' was released as the lead single from her fourth studio album. |
| February 6 2019 | The title of the lead single, 'Handmade Heaven', was revealed. |
| January 31 2019 | Diamandis teased her new album by posting a picture on Instagram with the caption '8 Days'. |
| 2018 | Diamandis announced via Twitter that she would be dropping her 'and the Diamonds' moniker to release music simply as 'Marina'. |
| December 11 2018 | Diamandis performed at the Royal Variety Performance alongside Clean Bandit with the song 'Baby'. |
| November 2018 | A second collaboration with Clean Bandit and Luis Fonsi, 'Baby', was released, peaking at number 15 in the UK. |
| 2017 | Labour lost control of the council in local elections. |
| October 2017 | On World Mental Health Day 2017, which coincided with her 32nd birthday, Marina Diamandis posted an essay discussing her mental health struggles. |
| June 2017 | 'Disconnect' was released as a single, and Diamandis performed it with Clean Bandit at Glastonbury. |
| 2016 | Plaid Cymru nearly won the Assembly election seat. |
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