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In February 1998, the band received a [[BRIT Awards|BRIT Award]] for Best New Group. In the same week, the band re-released the single "[[Local Boy in the Photograph]]", which in turn reached number fourteen in the [[UK Singles Chart]]. The band's debut album, ''Word Gets Around'', also went [[Music recording sales certification|gold]] in the UK.<ref name="Inc 1999">{{cite magazine |title=Stereophonics Stir Up Rock With 'Cocktails' |magazine=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mAgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA12|date=7 August 1999 |pages=12–|issn=0006-2510}}</ref>
In November 1998, "[[The Bartender and the Thief]]" (the first single from the album ''[[Performance and Cocktails]]'') was released, eventually reaching number three on the UK charts. "[[Just Looking (song)|Just Looking]]" was released next and reached number four in March 1999. In that same month, the album was released, entering at number one and going platinum within three weeks. Later that year, the band played in front of 50,000 people at [[Morfa Stadium]] in [[Swansea]]. The concert was filmed and released on DVD the following year. They also collaborated with [[Tom Jones (singer)|Tom Jones]] on a cover of the [[Randy Newman]] song "[[Mama Told Me Not
Throughout 1998 and 1999, the band toured in Europe, Australia and the US. On 12 June 1998, Stereophonics played to over 10,000 spectators in the grounds of [[Cardiff Castle]] in Wales. Footage of the concert was released on VHS and DVD, titled ''[[Live at Cardiff Castle]]''.
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In January 2019, Stereophonics announced two shows as part of [[Forest Live]], the summer concert series promoted by the [[Forestry]] Commission: 13 June at [[Westonbirt Arboretum]], near [[Tetbury]], Gloucestershire and 23 June at [[Thetford Forest]], near [[Brandon, Suffolk]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theswindonian.co.uk/2019/01/14/stereophonics-announce-forest-live-gigs/|title=Stereophonics announce Forest Live gigs|website=Swindonian.co.uk|date=14 January 2019}}</ref> ''[[Kind (album)|Kind.]]'' became their seventh number-one album later that year.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/stereophonics-seventh-uk-no-1-album-kind/|title=Stereophonics Get Seventh U.K. No. 1 Album With 'Kind'|first1=Paul|last1=Sexton|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=1 November 2019}}</ref>
Originally intending to release another greatest hits album,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/features/music-interviews/stereophonics-kelly-jones-interview-oochya-right-place-right-time-3166483|title=Five things we learned from our In Conversation video chat with Stereophonics' Kelly Jones|website=[[NME]] |date=21 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/entertainment/4060592/stereophonics-kelly-jones-aberdeen-pj-live/|title=Stereophonics singer Kelly Jones talks about the power of music ahead of Aberdeen show|first=Sean|last=Wallace|date=16 March 2022 }}</ref> the band announced their twelfth album, ''[[Oochya!]]'' on 6 September 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/news/stereophonics-announce-new-album-oochya|title=Stereophonics Announce New Album 'Oochya!'|work=[[Clash (magazine)|Clash]]|last=Murray|first=Robin|date=6 September 2021|access-date=30 December 2021}}</ref> It became their eighth number-one album, putting them level with [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], [[R.E.M.]] and [[Led Zeppelin]] for the [[List of artists by number of UK Albums Chart number ones|most UK number-one albums ever]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/stereophonics-score-eighth-number-1-album-with-oochya-__35452/|title=Stereophonics score eighth Number 1 album with Oochya!|website=www.officialcharts.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/stereophonics-eighth-uk-no-1-album-oochya-1235043516/|title=Stereophonics Snag Eighth U.K. No. 1 Album With 'Oochya!'|first1=Lars|last1=Brandle|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=14 March 2022}}</ref> In fact, only four British rock bands - [[The Beatles]], [[The Rolling Stones]], [[
On 18 June 2022, the second of the band's two concerts at the [[Principality Stadium]] in Cardiff, was broadcast live on [[BBC One Wales]] and [[BBC Two]], with special guest Sir Tom Jones.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.principalitystadium.wales/event/stereophonics/|title=Stereophonics, Sir Tom Jones, Feeder, Gruff Rhys and Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard|website=Principality Stadium}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0018lg7|title=BBC Two - Stereophonics Live in Cardiff: We'll Keep a Welcome|website=BBC}}</ref>
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