SUPER FURRY ANIMALS frontman Gruff Rhys slammed the “extreme” Tory cuts on Monday night while defending his fellow Welsh singing socialist Charlotte Church from right-wing attacks.

The band headlined the Music Against Austerity concert staged in Manchester on Monday night to coincide with the Conservative conference.

Mr Rhys told the audience: “We wanted to do this show to register how pissed off we are with these austerity measures that are being imposed.”