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I'm genuinely ridiculously excited."</p> <p>It was perhaps expressed most succinctly by @Lou_143: "Holy cow!"</p> <p>A note of caution was expressed, however, by a local music industry linchpin:</p> <p>"Hats off to the organisers of the festival if they've managed to book Wu Tang Clan," said south Wales promoter John Rostron, who co-runs the Sŵn festival. "It certainly makes a change from the usual fare at civic festivals. The thing with The Wu Tang Clan, though, is that you don't know who you're going to get these days."</p> <p>And that might be the problem for the Big Splash: Wu Tang Clan, once a globe-straddling unified collective, have become increasingly fractured over the years and given the fluid nature of their working practices might be represented by anything up to the full nine members.</p> <p>This booking could be a massive triumph for the officials of the Big Splash, if it goes well. The ambition is to be applauded. 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Hologram ODB?</p> </div></div> <div class="dna-comments-comment-footer"> <p class="flag comment_complain_213981605428236805"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/blog399/comments/UserComplaintPage?hostsource=uk&PostID=112558336&s_start=1" class="popup">Complain about this comment<span class="dna-hide"> (Comment number 1)</span></a></p> </div> </li> <li class=" " id="comment_112558857"> <h4 class="comments_comment_number"><span class="dna-hide">Comment number </span>2.</h4> <cite class="comments_user_info"> At <a class="time" name="comment2" href="https://www-sis.bbc.net.uk/blogs/walesmusic/2012/05/wu-tang-clan-newport-big-splash.shtml?postId=112558857">08:08</a> 18th May 2012, <span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/blogs/profile.shtml?userid=9108899" class="comment_username_895953">James McLaren - BBC</a></span></span> wrote: </cite> <div class="comment-text"><div> <p>RZA<br>GZA<br>Method Man<br>Raekwon<br>Ghostface Killah<br>Inspectah Deck<br>U-God<br>Masta Killa<br><br>and sometimes Cappadonna = 9</p> </div></div> <div class="dna-comments-comment-footer"> <p class="flag comment_complain_895953"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/blog399/comments/UserComplaintPage?hostsource=uk&PostID=112558857&s_start=1" class="popup">Complain about this comment<span class="dna-hide"> (Comment number 2)</span></a></p> </div> </li> <li class=" " id="comment_112558870"> <h4 class="comments_comment_number"><span class="dna-hide">Comment number </span>3.</h4> <cite class="comments_user_info"> At <a class="time" name="comment3" href="https://www-sis.bbc.net.uk/blogs/walesmusic/2012/05/wu-tang-clan-newport-big-splash.shtml?postId=112558870">08:12</a> 18th May 2012, <span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/blogs/profile.shtml?userid=9108899" class="comment_username_895953">James McLaren - BBC</a></span></span> wrote: </cite> <div class="comment-text"><div> <p>Update: I have heard this from a well-informed friend<br><br>It's part of a tour called Wu Tang Legends which will only feature Ghostface, Raekwon and GZA. We shall see if the also-advertised Ghostface also turns up.</p> </div></div> <div class="dna-comments-comment-footer"> <p class="flag comment_complain_895953"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/blog399/comments/UserComplaintPage?hostsource=uk&PostID=112558870&s_start=1" class="popup">Complain about this comment<span class="dna-hide"> (Comment number 3)</span></a></p> </div> </li> <li class=" " id="comment_112566789"> <h4 class="comments_comment_number"><span class="dna-hide">Comment number </span>4.</h4> <cite class="comments_user_info"> At <a class="time" name="comment4" href="https://www-sis.bbc.net.uk/blogs/walesmusic/2012/05/wu-tang-clan-newport-big-splash.shtml?postId=112566789">08:02</a> 19th May 2012, <span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/blogs/profile.shtml?userid=15274362" class="comment_username_214223944260660743">illmind</a></span></span> wrote: </cite> <div class="comment-text"><div> <p>I can confirm the people of Newport will see METHOD MAN-GHOSTFACE 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