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Live Review: Manic Street Preachers – Critical Thinking Tour, Manchester O2 Apollo, 2.5.2025

The Manic Street Preachers launched their much-anticipated ‘Critical Thinking’ tour with a sold-out show at Manchester’s O2 Apollo on May 2, 2025. Despite unforeseen delays due to a reported motorway…

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News: Apropos the Death of Marianne Faithfull, Fascism, Apartheid, the Manics and Music

Faithfull’s death sparks reflections on how apartheid South Africa’s battle with music censorship mirrors today’s ongoing struggles with authority and repression.

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News: Manic Street Preachers and Suede announce co-headline tour for 2024

Two of the UK’s most influential and iconic bands MANIC STREET PREACHERS and SUEDE have today announced a massive co-headline tour for summer 2024. The dates starting at Llangollen in Wales on 28th June take…

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Live Review: The Killers / Manic Street Preachers – Coventry Building Society Arena, Coventry 28.05.2022

As the temperature drops but the rain holds off over Coventry, Manic Street Preachers start this epic night with a bang by treating the audience to their classics. They’re an…

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Track: Manic Street Preachers Announce New Album And Share New Track ‘Orwellian’

Manic Street Preachers return with their 14 studio album entitled, ‘The Ultra Vivid Lament’ on 3rd September via Columbia/Sony and have announced a tour for this autumn. ‘Orwellian’ is the first track to be released and is…

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TRACK: James Dean Bradfield ‘There’ll Come A War’ & ‘Seeking The Room With The Three Windows’

James Dean Bradfield has released two new tracks. There’ll Come A War/Seeking The Room With The Three Windows are both available on June 26th. Two very different views of the forthcoming album, There’ll Come A War is a pensive, low slung…

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Tour News: Manic Street Preachers to pay tribute to NHS staff.

Iconic Welsh group Manic Street Preachers have announced two shows to take place this December – both to pay tribute to the tireless efforts of NHS staff in Wales. The…

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News: Manic Street Preachers announce ‘Gold Against the Soul’ reissue

After many hints and teases MANIC STREET PREACHERS have confirmed the re-issue of a deluxe edition of their 1993 second album ‘GOLD AGAINST THE SOUL’on 12th June 2020 for Columbia/Sony.  Available as a 120 page A4 book featuring unseen…

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Album Review: Manic Street Preachers – This Is My Truth: Tell Me Yours (20th Year Collectors Edition)

I remember moving to London during the peak of the Brit Pop years in the midst of the Blur versus Oasis hyperbole. But the albums from that era that really…

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Track: Manic Street Preachers – Liverpool Revisited

In anticipation of the release of the new Manic Street Preachers album ‘Resistance is Futile’ on 13 April 2018, the Manics have released a classic track entitled ‘Liverpool Revisited’, which…

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