Angeles. 5 April – Launch of Katherine Jenkins' first album, Première. May – Foundation of Swansea City Opera company. 17 August – Announcement of the Dylan Thomas Prize, a new £60,000 literary prize. The first award will be made in 2006. November Roger Rees is appointed artistic director of the Williamstown Theatre Festival in Williamstown, Massachusetts. Welsh National Opera moves into the Wales Millennium Centre. 7 December – The Stereophonics introduce their new drummer, Argentinian Javier Weyler. Magenta wins the Classic Rock Society award for Best Live Band. Christina Booth wins Best Female Vocalist. Awards Glyndŵr Award - Peter Prendergast National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Huw Meirion Edwards National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Jason Walford Davies National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - Annes Glyn National Eisteddfod of Wales: Music Medal - Owain Llwyd Wales Book of the Year: English language: Niall Griffiths, Stump Welsh language: Jerry Hunter, Llwch Cenhedloedd Gwobr Goffa Daniel Owen - Robin Llywelyn, Un Diwrnod yn yr Eisteddfod John Tripp Award for Spoken Poetry: Clare Potter New books Welsh language Hywel Teifi Edwards - O'r pentre gwyn i Gwmderi Bethan Gwanas – Hi yw fy Ffrind Eirug Wyn – Dyn yn y Cefn Heb Fwstash English language Peter Finch – Real Cardiff Niall Griffiths – Stump Mererid Hopwood – Singing in Chains: Listening to Welsh Verse Rhys Hughes – A New Universal History of Infamy Jon Ronson – The Men Who Stare at Goats Music Karl Jenkins – In These Stones Horizons Sing Dill Jones – Davenport Blues (posthumous album release) Katell Keineg – July Alun Tan Lan – Aderyn Papur Lostprophets – Start Something Manic Street Preachers – Lifeblood Richard Rees - Y Baswr o Bennal (posthumous album release) Tom Jones and Jools Holland (album) Tystion – Miwsig I'ch Traed A Miwsig I'ch Meddwl Film Ioan Gruffudd stars as Lancelot in King Arthur. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead is filmed partly in Fishguard. The Libertine is filmed partly at Tretower Court. Welsh-language films Dal: Yma/Nawr, with John Cale, Ioan Gruffudd, Guto Harri, Cerys Matthews, Siân Phillips Broadcasting 3 May – A new community radio station, WHAM! RADIO 1449, is launched in Blaenavon. 16 July – The filming of a new Doctor Who series begins in Cardiff. 28 July – S4C and the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society sign a deal guaranteeing nationwide TV coverage of the Royal Welsh Show for the next five years.