Manic Street Preachers News

 
Wales Coast Path: A postcard from Tenby by the Manics' Nicky Wire - audio ...
The Guardian
Manic Street Preacher Nicky Wire has been visiting Tenby since he was a boy. Here, he explains why a small south Wales seaside town with a big artistic heritage holds a special place in his heart and how it inspires his lyrics.


 
BBC - Wales - Welsh Music (blog)
Should Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland go it alone at Eurovision?
BBC - Wales - Welsh Music (blog)
Could Manic Street Preachers represent Wales at Eurovision? Since about the year 2000 the UK's position as regular Eurovision high achievers has been eroded, some say fatally. Never again, they say, will the UK win, battling as the country does against ...

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The Enemy - 'Streets In The Sky'
NME.com
'Bigger Cages (Longer Chains)' applies similar blowtorch heat, sounding for all the world like old touring buddies the Manic Street Preachers in their prime. 'Saturday''s bracing terrace fodder finds solace as well as sadness in the treadmill nature of ...

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Sabotage Times
The First Gig I Saw That Mattered: Manic Street Preachers, Wolverhampton, 1993
Sabotage Times
By Owen Blackhurst I was 14 and had to scab the bus money off the kids in the year below. Let's just say it was worth it... “I write this alone in my bed…” I nodded and smiled to the girl I had copped off with in the bar beforehand.


 
Star Search 2012: Competition final to be held at Hull City Hall
This is Hull and East Riding
IT HAS seen the likes of the Manic Street Preachers and Status Quo grace its floorboards. And today the Mail can announce the final of our new Star Search competition will be held at Hull City Hall. Organisers Vicky and Dave Norman, front, ...


 
ClashMusic.com
Positivus Festival Returns
ClashMusic.com
This year you can see Manic Street Preachers, The Vaccines, Wild Beasts, and The Sound Poets all for a meagre 57 Euros (£45), camping included. Beginning in 2007 with 4000 attendees, the two day event has grown exponentially, now housing a 20000 strong ...


 
Yorkshire Post
It's all in the name for author Benjamin
Yorkshire Post
It received wide acclaim and his second book, Richard: A Novel, was a fictionalised account of what happened to Manic Street Preachers' guitarist Richey Edwards, who disappeared in 1995. The controversy around the book was similar to that faced by ...