Manic Street Preachers

[GhostofCain]

New album out next Friday!!!

Album release delayed to 14th February due to production delays.

 

[The_7th_one]

Maybe it was Tony Newton involved in ?

 

[GhostofCain]

Manic Street Preachers: Reflections On A Splintered World

The Welsh indie icons may know they are closer to the end than the beginning on their 15th studio album, but in amongst personal reflections on time passed, they remain as politically sharp as ever.

diymag.com

 

[GhostofCain]

Yesterday, I went to a special album launch show by the Manic Street Preachers at a relatively small club in Kingston-upon-Thames. They were originally going to play one gig, but sold out in seconds so they added an earlier afternoon show. I managed to get a ticket for that one and really enjoyed it. 60 minute show with a good mix of classics, 3 new songs, and some deep cuts that have not been played for a long time (She is Suffering since 2015 and Peeled Apples since 2010!).

Manic Street Preachers Setlist at PRYZM, Kingston upon Thames

Get the Manic Street Preachers Setlist of the concert at PRYZM, Kingston upon Thames, England on February 1, 2025 and other Manic Street Preachers Setlists for free on setlist.fm!

www.setlist.fm

The late show featured a slightly different setlist, with 4 new songs (one of them, Dear Stephen, has not been released as a single yet):

Manic Street Preachers Setlist at PRYZM, Kingston upon Thames

Get the Manic Street Preachers Setlist of the concert at PRYZM, Kingston upon Thames, England on February 1, 2025 and other Manic Street Preachers Setlists for free on setlist.fm!

www.setlist.fm

 

[GhostofCain]

Manic Street Preachers: "Muzzling young people only leads to bitterness" - Dork

Three decades in, and Wales' most vital band return with 'Critical Thinking', an album that turns their legendary scrutiny inward

readdork.com

 

[GhostofCain]

Nicky Wire: "Critical thinking is about realising you have the power to reject as readily as you accept"

As Manic Street Preachers reveal new record Critical Thinking, the original edgelord Nicky Wire opens up on how he’s endured and evolved across a career spanning four decades.

www.thelineofbestfit.com

 

[GhostofCain]

https://www.iq-mag.net/2025/02/inside-manic-street-preachers-two-year-live-plan/

An interesting read about the band’s touring plans for 2025 and 2026.

 

[GhostofCain]

A sweet story about the Manics and their cover of Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head:

Why we all need sisu – the Finnish concept of action and creativity in hard times

This is something more profound than resilience. It is the part of us that comes alive when we feel we have nothing left

www.theguardian.com

 

[GhostofCain]

A couple of videos with James Dean Bradfield that guitar players would probably enjoy!

 

[GhostofCain]

“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

www.loudersound.com

 

[GhostofCain]

Sabrina Carpenter fends off Manic Street Preachers to return to Number 1 with Short N' Sweet

Sabrina Carpenter’s chart run isn’t so Short N’ Sweet, as her latest LP returns to Number 1 for a third non-consecutive week.

www.officialcharts.com

The album made it to #2 in the UK.

They top the vinyl album sales chart (the joys of multiple versions! ) (https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/vinyl-albums-chart/) and the Physical Albums chart (https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/physical-albums-chart/20250221/2/), but did not enter the top 100 in the Album Streams chart.

 

[The_7th_one]

Sex thinking wins political thinking.

 

[GhostofCain]

A great picture to celebrate Wales National Day!