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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

The Guardian - UK

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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Manic Street Preachers remix Steven Wilson's Economies of Scale

Steven Wilson recently released his seventh studio album The Harmony Codex

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Jon Anderson, Rick Wakeman Gentle Giant, Strawbs and more on new Tony Visconti box set

The work of famed producer Tony Visconti celebrated in new 4 disc or 8 LP box set, Produced By Tony Visconti, out in October

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Wales Online

The little-known building in Newport that inspired some Welsh music history

The Victorian building once hosted a library - but it's the inscription above it that's particularly significant

The Guardian - UK

‘A nuclear reactor of music’: the story of Simple Minds’ classic album Empires and Dance

Before their 80s megastardom, the band minted a strange vision of European culture and tension that still resonates. They – and superfan James Dean Bradfield from the Manic Street Preachers – reflect on its power

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Listen to The Anchoress' elegant version of Manic Street Preachers' This Is Yesterday

Fresh from her Glastonbury performance, The Anchoress teams up with Knifeworld's Charlie Cawood for Manics cover

The Independent UK

From Rick Astley to Lewis Capaldi’s singalong: 5 of the most joyful moments from Saturday at Glastonbury

There was late-night drama as Lana Del Rey’s set on the Other Stage was cut, and fun to be had with Rick Astley’s covers of The Smiths

Wales Online

Manic Street Preachers say 'we had a f***ing blast' as they blow away Glastonbury crowd

Fans were hugely impressed by the Manic Street Preachers' amazing set at Glastonbury 2023

Louder

How to watch Glastonbury 2024 live from anywhere – your iPlayer streaming guide

This year's Glastonbury festival is in full swing with hundreds of artists playing right across the festival site now and right the way through the weekend. We've got the lowdown on how you can watch it, no matter where you are

Chicago Sun-Times

Famed U.K. band Suede returns to Chicago with new album, perhaps garnering U.S. celebrity at last

The band, known here as The London Suede, never really made it big in America, despite mass success across the pond for 30 years.

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