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Manic Street Preachers and Suede have announced a new co-headline show at Dreamland in Margate 2024.The bands revealed the addition to their previously announced summer co-headline tour on Monday (November 27), sharing that they’ll be closing out the run in Margate on Friday, July 19.Tickets are due to go on sale Friday (December 1) at 9am GMT from here. Fans can also access the pre-sale starting Thursday (November 30) at 9am GMT by signing up here.A post shared by Manic Street Preachers (@manics) The extra date follows the addition of an Eden Sessions show in Cornwall to the run.The bands, who toured Europe together in 1993 before recreating the line-up for a North American tour in 2022, are due to stop in Dublin, Edinburgh, London and more in 2024.

Chumbawamba‘s Dunstan Bruce had opened up about their feud with Manic Street Preachers saying: “I realise it’s totally justified that they hated us!”In a new interview with NME, the frontman of the anarcho-pop band was asked to name the Welsh indie icon who once ranged of Chumbawamba: “The worst group that has ever been created. If you’re going to wear a skirt, at least make an effort to look like a woman! You can’t just put on a fucking bit of rag on and look like an ugly bloke at a stag night!”Bruce responded correctly with Manic Street Preachers bassist Nicky Wire.”Oh my God! You’d think the Manic Street Preachers, whose subject matter was concerned with the state of the world and were from industrial working class towns, would have lots in common with us, but they hated us,” he said.He continued: “They once did guest singles reviews for the NME as well, and really slagged us off in that as well.

Manic Street Preachers have released a new remix of Steven Wilson’s track ‘Economies of Scale’ – listen to the new version below.The song was originally released on Wilson’s latest solo album ‘The Harmony Codex’, which came out in September. Wilson, the singer and multi-instrumentalist who rose to prominence with the band Porcupine Tree, has now released seven albums under his own name.Speaking about the remix, Manics frontman James Dean Bradfield has said: “When I first heard ‘Economies of Scale’, I found myself transported back to 1984, when Sean [Moore, Manic Street Preachers drummer] came back from Germany where he’d been on tour with the Celynen Colliery Brass Band.”“He had a bootleg copy of ‘Synchronicity’ by The Police.

Manic Street Preachers and Suede have added an Eden Sessions show to their joint 2024 UK and Ireland tour – find out how to get tickets below.The bands, who toured Europe together in 1993 before recreating the line-up for a North American tour in 2022, recently announced a joint UK and Ireland tour for next year. Both acts head to Japan, Singapore and Taiwan this winter for other shared dates.Today (October 16) the Manics and Suede have revealed a fresh date for the tour, which sees them stop by Cornwall to play the Eden Sessions on June 29, 2024.

Manic Street Preachers and Suede have announced details of a joint UK and Ireland tour for summer 2024. Check out full dates and ticket details below.The two indie giants first toured Europe together back in 1993, before last year they recreated the line-up for a US jaunt – with upcoming joint dates to follow in Japan this winter.Now, they’ve announced details of bringing the tour to the UK and Ireland next June and July, with each act playing for approximately 75 minutes of about 16 songs, and taking it in turns to play last each evening.“We’ve both got a dedicated fanbase, but we do share a gene pool and a rabid denomination of fans,” Manics bassist and lyricist Nick Wire said on BBC Breakfast this morning. “It’s because we never belonged to anything apart from ourselves.

Porcupine Tree singer and multi-instrumentalist Steven Wilson has announced his new solo album, ‘The Harmony Codex’. Check out new single ‘Economies Of Scale’ below, along with our interview with the artist.Released on September 29, a deluxe three-disc edition of ‘The Harmony Codex’ will includs remixes of its songs by the likes of Manic Street Preachers, Interpol, Roland Orzabal of Tears For Fears, Opeth’s Mikael Akerfeldt and electronica pioneers Radiophonic Workshop.‘The Harmony Codex’ has been previewed with listening sessions for fans in cities including London, New York, Berlin, LA and Amsterdam.

Kylie Minogue has spoken about her “love” of indie bands and said she’d most like to collaborate with The Killers.The singer, who has previously worked with the likes of Nick Cave and Manic Street Preachers, has said she would love to get into studio with the Las Vegas band.She told E! Online: “I’ve always loved more kind of indie bands, like The Killers. Most collaborations I’ve done have come to me so I haven’t had to make that decision.

Manic Street Preachers‘ Nicky Wire has surprise released his new solo album ‘Intimism’  – check it out below.Having recently dropped the launch single ‘Contact Sheets‘, the Manics’ bassist and lyricist has shared his second solo record in full via BandCamp.“This record is a collage pieced together over the last decade,” said Wire. “It’s as me as me can be – a distillation of my purest indie fantasies, a place where all those broken lists of regret have found themselves realigned. I found a musical and lyrical language I could call my own.

Manic Street Preachers took to The Other Stage at Glastonbury 2023 today (Saturday June 24) – paying tribute to Richey Edwards as well as duetting with The Anchoress and surprising fans with cuts from their seminal album ‘The Holy Bible’.Making their seventh appearance at the iconic Worthy Farm Festival, the band arrived on stage to the backdrop of a Jack Kerouac quote (“So, I say, life is too sweet to waste on self propaganda, i quit self promotion, I enter my page”) and a tranced up remix of ‘Futurology’ track ‘Europa Geht Durch Mich’. They then kicked straight into the classic ‘Generation Terrorists’ single ‘Motorcycle Emptiness’ before the fan favourite ‘1985’ from divisive 2004 album ‘Lifeblood’ – which the band recently revealed they’d be reissuing next year.“How you doing, Glastonbury?” offered frontman James Dean Bradfield to the large, early evening crowd, before telling them: “back to the ’90s we’re taking you”.

Steve Albini has spoken to NME about his time recording Nirvana‘s ‘In Utero’ – as well as working with the “smart, unpretentious, and really funny” Manic Street Preachers.Speaking from his Electrical Audio studio in Chicago, the outspoken Albini – who has also worked on cult and classic records by Pixies, Breeders, Yourcodenameis:milo, Slint and PJ Harvey – said that being forever associated with Nirvana due his work on their 1993 final album ‘In Utero‘ was no albatross.“It’s totally normal, it’s perfectly reasonable,” the producer and audio engineer told NME. “If you had never heard of me before and someone is trying to introduce me to you, they are going to name the famous records that I worked on – and ‘In Utero’ is the most famous.”Albini said that working on the follow-up to the internationally successful ‘Nevermind’ was “fairly normal”, though he ensured that all knowledge of the sessions were kept secret.“There wasn’t anything out of the ordinary about the sessions,” he said.

Manic Street Preachers and Suede have announced details of a two co-headline shows in Japan.The gigs, which will take place in November, come off the back of the ’90s icons’ joint tour of the United States, which came in late 2022. They were also touring partners in the 1990s.Speaking ahead of that tour, Suede frontman Brett Anderson said: “I can’t think of a band I’d rather share a stage with than Manic Street Preachers.“They have long been an inspiration to us, and I know there are thousands of Suede fans who feel the same.

Manic Street Preachers‘ bassist Nicky Wire has shared a new solo track ‘Contact Sheets’. Check it out below.The bassist, lyricist and polaroid artist of the Welsh rock veterans released his solo debut ‘I Killed The Zeitgeist’, and fans have been expecting news of the “modern, electronic, soothsaying” follow-up record for some years now.“It’s done,” Wire told NME in 2021. “Whatever, I might bury it in a fucking pond somewhere, I might burn it, I might do it mail order, I might do it on Bandcamp.

Manic Street Preachers and Suede have announced a co-headline US and Canadian tour. Check out the dates and ticket details below, as Manics’ frontman James Dean Bradfield tells NME about their history with the band and other recent activity.Come November, the Manics and Suede (known in the US as The London Suede due to copyright reasons) will be both be hitting the road once again – recreating the line-up of a European tour they did together back in 1993.“I can’t think of a band I’d rather share a stage with than Manic Street Preachers,” said Suede frontman Brett Anderson.

Manic Street Preachers have shared a previously unheard song called ‘Studies In Paralysis’ with an official video by Kieran Evans – check that out below.The song appears on the band’s forthcoming expanded and remastered version of 2001 album ‘Know Your Enemy’, which will be released on September 9 and can be pre-ordered here.The album will be divided into two albums across two disks, ‘Solidarity’ and ‘Door To The River’. The three CD format of the release, also includes a disk of unreleased demos.Of the video for ‘Studies In Paralysis’, director Kieran Evans said: “It started with an email from [Nicky] Wire (it always does!).  Would I be up for working on visualising two unheard tracks from the ‘Know Your Enemy’ sessions that were to feature in the beautifully expanded and reworked re-issue of the album?  Of course I would!  Both ‘Rosebud’ and ‘Studies In Paralysis’ landed an hour later and were stunning and took my breath away.

Manic Street Preachers have today (July 22) unveiled details of an anniversary release of ‘Know Your Enemy’.The expanded and remastered version of ‘Know Your Enemy’ will be released on September 9 and can be pre-ordered here.The album will be divided into two albums across two disks, ‘Solidarity’ and ‘Door To The River’. The three CD format of the release, also includes a disk of unreleased demos.The album is described as a “radically reimagined” version of their sixth record and has been entirely remixed and reconstructed to form two separate albums as the band originally planned.‘Know Your Enemy’ will be available digitally and as a 3CD boxset, double CD and double album.This deluxe release includes two previously unheard ‘forgotten’ tracks: ‘Studies in Paralysis’ and ‘Rosebud’.

Manic Street Preachers have hinted that a new ‘Know Your Enemy’ reissue will be coming soon, with an announcement expected later this week.On their social media profiles today (July 20), the band shared a teaser clip of visuals for the 20th anniversary celebrations of the album, along with a date – this Friday, (July 22) at 9am BST.You can see the clip here:22.07.22 – 9am pic.twitter.com/yXFFNmLoXb— Manic Street Preachers (@Manics) July 20, 2022Last year, the band spoke to NME about the reissue, explaining that they’d been working on putting together the long-mooted re-release of their sixth album from 2001.The album, which contained the singles ‘Found That Soul’, ‘So Why So Sad’ and ‘Let Robeson Sing’, split opinion upon its release. A sprawling record with a heavily eclectic mix of sounds and some of their most overt political imagery, it alienated much of the new fanbase who were won on their previous and most successful album ‘This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours’.

Manic Street Preachers have shared a new playlist focussing on the cover versions they’ve recorded over the course of their career – listen below.Titled ‘Sleep Next To Plastic’, the 37-track collection consists of lost recordings, B-sides and album tracks. Fifteen of the cuts were previously unavailable through official streaming platforms – including the band’s recent spin on Madonna’s ‘Borderline’.The Manics first aired their rendition of the pop icon’s 1983 song during a performance at the BBC 6 Music Festival in March.

Manic Street Preachers have postponed tomorrow’s (June 12) show at the Peterborough Embankment, after frontman James Dean Bradfield tested positive for COVID-19.Sharing the news on social media yesterday evening (June 10), the band confirmed that ticketholders would be contacted “by their point of sale” over the weekend. The Manics are yet to announce a new date for their Peterborough show, which is their only headliner scheduled for the immediate future. They noted, however, that they “hope to reschedule for as soon as possible”.A post shared by Manic Street Preachers (@manics)Next month will see the Manics perform at two UK festivals, hitting the stage at Suffolk’s Latitude on Sunday July 24, and at Y Not in Derbyshire on Friday July 29.

Manic Street Preachers have recorded a studio version of their cover of Madonna‘s ‘Borderline’ – listen to a snippet below.The band first previewed their rendition of the 1984 hit during their set at BBC 6 Music Festival last month.James Dean Bradfield and co. kicked off this year’s festival by playing an exclusive, intimate show at Clwb Ifor Bach in Cardiff.

Manic Street Preachers covered Madonna‘s ‘Borderline’ during their set at BBC 6 Music Festival last night (March 31) – watch below.As announced last week, the band kicked off this year’s festival by playing an exclusive, intimate show at Clwb Ifor Bach in Cardiff. It marked their first-ever appearance at the famous Welsh venue, despite having been set to perform there back in 1990.Towards the end of their career-spanning 16-track set, the Manics debuted a rendition of Madonna’s 1984 single ‘Borderline’, which appeared on her self-titled debut studio album (1983).James Dean Bradfield and co.

Manic Street Preachers performed ‘If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next’ at the benefit ‘Concert For Ukraine’ this evening (March 29).Announced earlier this month, the two-hour benefit show is raising money for the Disasters Emergency Committee‘s (DEC) Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal and is being held at Resorts World Arena, Birmingham.The band performed the 1998 single, which was inspired by the Spanish Civil War, and the idealism of Welsh volunteers who joined the left-wing International Brigades fighting for the Spanish Republic against Francisco Franco’s military rebels, with an orchestra.Bassist Nicky Wire also had his microphone draped in a feather boa in the Ukraine flag colours.

Sunflower Bean’s Julia Cumming has shared that she almost performed with Manic Street Preachers at Wembley Arena last year before COVID forced her to change plans. Watch our full video interview with Cumming above.Speaking to NME for the latest ‘In Conversation’ interview, the singer discussed her experience singing with the Welsh rock veterans on ‘The Secret He Had Missed’ from their 14th studio album, ‘The Ultra Vivid Lament’.“I think that the Manics have an amazing way of writing great pop, and rock, and just art songs, and I got to be a part of that record,” she said.

Manic Street Preachers have been announced among the new additions to the line-up of Neighbourhood Weekender 2022.The Victoria Park, Warrington festival will return on May 28-29, and will feature Courteeners, Kasabian and Blossoms as headliners.Speaking about their co-headline slot back in September, Blossoms frontman Tom Ogden said: “We can’t wait! The other headliners we’re massive fans of [as well], so it’s gonna be a big old party.”Neighbourhood Weekender has today (February 3) added a host of new names to their 2022 line-up, including the Manic Street Preachers.Baby Queen, Razorlight, James Bay, The Rills, Red Rum Club, GAYLE and Scouting For Girls have all joined the line-up for this year’s festival, while rising acts The Academic, Dylan John Thomas, Brooke Combe and Seb Lowe will also perform.Those artists join the already announced likes of DMA’s, Becky Hill, Tom Grennan, Starsailor, Cast, The Fratellis, Example, Sports Team, Inhaler, The Lathums, Pale Waves, Jamie Webster, Crawlers, The Amazons and Wet Leg on the bill – you can see the latest line-up poster for Neighbourhood Weekender above.Tickets, including VIP Packages, for Neighbourhood Weekender 2022 are on sale now from here. Manic Street Preachers, meanwhile, will kick off their live commitments in 2022 with a trio of UK stadium shows supporting The Killers.

Manic Street Preachers played their final show of 2021 at Wembley Arena last night (Friday December 3), where they played a cover of The Cult’s classic ‘She Sells Sanctuary’.With a setlist heavy on their 2021 14th studio album ‘The Ultra Vivid Lament‘ – which scored the band their first Number One album in 23 years back in September – the Welsh rock icons also took the time to air a rendition of The Cult’s iconic single from 1985.Introducing the track following a brief acoustic interlude in the

Manic Street Preachers have released a new digital album, ‘I Live Through These Moments Again And Again: The Duets 1992 – 2021’ – listen to it below.The first in a series of Spotify playlists specially curated by the band collects together all of the guest duets from their 1992 debut ‘Generation Terrorists’ through to this year’s ‘The Ultra Vivid Lament’.The collection includes a previously unheard live recording of ‘Let Robeson Sing’, recorded at the band’s ‘National Treasures’ show at the O2

Manic Street Preachers have shared a video for their new single ‘Complicated Illusions’ – you can watch it below.The Welsh band’s latest track is taken from their 14th studio album, ‘The Ultra Vivid Lament’, which topped the UK album chart last month, marking their first Number One album in 23 years.‘Complicated Illusions’ is described by the group as “the battle between chaos and calm with a gliding majestic lyrical flow – leaning towards More Than This era-Roxy – Bowie’s Lodger – peak pop Echo

Manic Street Preachers have scored their first UK Number One album in 23 years after a heated chart battle with Steps.As revealed in the midweek charts, the rock band were battling the ’90s pop act to displace Drake from the top of the charts after the rapper scored the top spot last week with his latest album ‘Certified Lover Boy’.It’s now been revealed that the Manics registered 27,000 chart sales with acclaimed 14th studio album ‘The Ultra Vivid Lament’, with 91 per cent of these coming from

Manic Street Preachers have spoken to NME about what to expect from the upcoming 20th anniversary reissue of their divisive 2001 album ‘Know Your Enemy’, as well as bassist and lyricist Nicky Wire‘s “jazz-meets-C86 solo album.This week will see the release of the Welsh rock veterans’ acclaimed 14th studio album ‘The Ultra Vivid Lament‘.

The Anchoress has cancelled her remaining 2021 tour dates following medical advice from her doctor.Earlier this month, the singer (real name Catherine Anne Davies), postponed four shows lined up in Guildford, Gloucester, Hebden Bridge and Hull Central Library next month, all of which were switched to March next year.But she had further dates booked in during September including a number of support shows with Manic Street Preachers.But due to COVID-19 risks she has now cancelled all her 2021

Manic Street Preachers super fan has had some rare, customised Funko POP! figures made of the band – you can see them below.Mish O’Leary contacted UK-based Glitz Customs – who can make customised Funko POP! figures to order – after deciding she wanted some figures made of the Welsh music icons.Speaking to Nation. Cymru, O’Leary said: “I saw Glitz Customs on Facebook a while ago.

The Anchoress has rescheduled four shows on her forthcoming UK tour to 2022.The singer (real name Catherine Anne Davies) had four shows lined up in Guildford, Gloucester, Hebden Bridge and Hull Central Library next month, all of which have been switched to March next year. You can view the rescheduled shows below.In a lengthy statement Davies said: “Due to current medical advice regarding COVID, I am sorry to announce that I need to postpone 4 Anchoress headline shows in early Sept.

Manic Street Preachers have shared their memories of an infamous US tour with Oasis and Screaming Trees in 1996 – which led to a feud between Liam Gallagher and Mark Lanegan.The Manics were talking to NME about their upcoming 14th album ‘The Ultra Vivid Lament’, which features a collaboration with grunge icon Lanegan on the track ‘Blank Diary Entry’.

Manic Street Preachers have claimed that “the upper echelons of society have tipped the cultural scales too heavily in their favour”, while vowing that things soon sway back towards working class music and art.The Manics were talking to NME about their upcoming 14th album ‘The Ultra Vivid Lament‘, when quizzed about a line from new song ‘Don’t Let The Night Divide Us’ which sees frontman James Dean Bradfield sing: ‘Don’t let those boys from Eton suggest that we are beaten’.The singer said that

Manic Street Preachers bassist Nicky Wire has revealed how a teenage Pete Doherty wrote into NME to voice his support for them following the disappearance of Richey Edwards.Edwards, the band’s rhythm guitarist, went missing from the Embassy Hotel in central London on February 1, 1995. His car was found near the Severn Bridge shortly after.

Manic Street Preachers have delayed the release of their next studio album, ‘The Ultra Vivid Lament’, citing the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic as the cause.In a post to the band’s Facebook page on Tuesday (July 27), they explained: “Due to a production issue relating to the global pandemic, Manic Street Preachers new album ‘The Ultra Vivid Lament’ will now be released on Friday September 10th.”Due to a production issue relating to the global pandemic, Manic Street Preachers new album ‘The Ultra

Manic Street Preachers bassist Nicky Wire has admitted that he would rather “fucking stab my eyes out with a pencil” than accept a knighthood or OBE.Speaking in a new interview with MOJO magazine, Wire criticised “left-leaning actors and pop stars” for “queuing up” to accept honours from the monarchy.“I’m so riddled with doubts and contradictions now, even though I still kept to those principles,” he said.“My kids have been through comprehensive education, I still believe in high taxation and