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Manic Street Preachers coming to Essex's Audley End this summer with The Charlatans and Ash

The Manic Street Preachers are set to rock Audley End House and Gardens this August.

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“It’s a slam-dunk lost classic”: How Rush and Pink Floyd led James Dean Bradfield to Man – a band he’d previously dismissed

Manic Street Preachers frontman wasn’t convinced by his fellow Welsh musicians, until he discovered the Steely Dan and Little Feat elements of their 11th album

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No 'moral judgement' on new Manic Street Preachers' Morrissey song

Nicky Wire says the Manic Street Preachers' new song about Morrissey is not a "moral judgement" and it is more about himself than his former idol.

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"Fuelled by despair as usual but also simplicity, the songs are rock throughout": Manic Street Preachers show that rage never sleeps on Critical Thinking

A vein of melancholy runs through Manic Street Preachers' 15th album Critical Thinking

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The best new rock songs you need to hear right now

Including The Wildhearts, Saxon, Manic Street Preachers and five other red rockers, purple hazers and golden goddesses

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Manic Street Preachers: Critical Thinking review – older and wiser

The Welsh rockers’ 15th album finds them in thought-provoking mood

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Manic Street Preachers’ Nicky Wire says he’s still ‘emotionally floored’ by Richey Edwards disappearance

Welsh guitarist disappeared almost 30 years ago on 1 February 1995

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English Teacher, Du Blonde, Nadine Shah and more join Iggy Pop, Manic Street Preachers and Sisters of Mercy on Bearded Theory festival bill

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Manic Street Preachers share new single People Ruin Paintings

Manic Street Preachers ponder the "narcissism of adventurers and explorers" and "the hypocrisy of the carbon footprint" on new song.

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“I felt I was cut adrift from a massive part of the band and I didn’t know what to do without it”: James Dean Bradfield on how Manic Street Preachers had to reinvent themselves after 2011’s National Treasures celebrations

The band capped off one glorious era with a Best Of and huge arena show in 2011 but it left their singer and guitarist feeling like they’d lost their way

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“Nicky Wire on lead vocals!”: Hear the Manic Street Preachers’ surprise new single

Plus: details on the band’s “energised and euphoric” new album

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“They had the uncanny ability to make odd meter into a catchy, radio-friendly experience”: Hawkind, Dream Theater, Styx, Def Leppard, Manic Street Preachers, Napalm Death members and others name their favourite Rush songs

Steven Wilson, Arjen Lucassen, Steve Rothery and more famous fans pick their top tracks – with some surprising results

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Dorothy Whiston Jones obituary

Other lives: PE and sociology teacher who taught Shirley Bassey and the Manic Street Preachers

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"A joyous anthem for an era of self-hatred": Manic Street Preachers launch celebratory new single Decline & Fall

Decline & Fall is the first track to emerge from the Manics' upcoming fifteenth studio album

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"Bleak and hopeless, beautiful and poignant, desperately uncomfortable to listen to, yet impossible to ignore." Revisiting Manic Street Preachers' dark masterpiece The Holy Bible at 30

Released on August 30, 1994, the Manic Street Preachers' third album The Holy Bible remains one of the most unique, singular albums in history.

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Manic Street Preachers / Suede review – co-headliners bring out the best in each other

More than merely a mutual love-in, this tour finds the two bands – and longterm friends – spurring each other on to be provocative and potent

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The new issue of Classic Rock is an AC/DC 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition

Also in this issue: Heart, Black Country Communion, Allman Brothers, Ian Hunter, Manic Street Preachers, ELP, Black Crowes, Anvil, Marcus King, Lindisfarne, Lemon Twigs, Mitch Ryder and more

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"Do you mind if I wear this as a laugh?" The true story of the night that 25,000 thick British TV viewers thought Manic Street Preachers had started supporting Irish terrorists

Manic Street Preachers' June 1994 performance on Top Of The Pops was one of the more memorable moments in the show's history

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Sting, Manic Street Preachers, Snow Patrol, Travis and more to play BBC Radio 2 In The Park festival

“I’ve never been to Preston in my life” says Sting, as he's announced as one of the headline acts at BBC Radio 2's In The Park festival in the city

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Acclaimed studio engineer and musician Steve Albini has died aged 61

The Shellac guitarist and vocalist recorded bands including Nirvana, Sonic Youth, PJ Harvey and Manic Street Preachers

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“Ewan Pearson and Mogwai are by far the best, while the Manic Street Preachers remix is misguided”: Steven Wilson’s Record Store Day special, Harmonic Divergence

Most of this limited-edition vinyl-only reimagining of 2023’s The Harmony Codex is north of solid.

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‘Don’t say: what if we did this reggae style?’ The huge yet humble lives of unofficial band members

From Manic Street Preachers to Simple Minds, few bands are complete without their full-time touring players. They discuss the peaks and practicalities of life on the sidelines

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Steven Wilson announces Record Store Day remix album

Harmonic Divergence sees Steven Wilson's The Harmony Codex remixed by Mogwai, Manic Street Preachers, Craig Blundell and more...

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“Man never quite hit the heights; I suppose they were almost too versatile… they locked into something nimble, nuanced and gorgeous”: James Dean Bradfield’s prog heroes

The Manic Street Preachers vocalist discovered the genre via Rush, Floyd and Russian Circles – but fellow Welshmen’s 1976 album became his top choice on first listen

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“It was us trying to be a different version of ourselves”: James Dean Bradfield on the making of Manic Street Preachers' 2004 album Lifeblood

The band recently announced a 20th anniversary reissue of their seventh album

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