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Album release delayed to 14th February due to production delays.
Manic Street Preachers
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Album release delayed to 14th February due to production delays.
The_7th_one
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Maybe it was Tony Newton involved in ?
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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
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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!).
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):
www.setlist.fm
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
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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
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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
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An interesting read about the band’s touring plans for 2025 and 2026.
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A sweet story about the Manics and their cover of Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head:
www.theguardian.com
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
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A couple of videos with James Dean Bradfield that guitar players would probably enjoy!
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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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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
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Sex thinking wins political thinking.
GhostofCain
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A great picture to celebrate Wales National Day!
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How the Manic Street Preachers dragged themselves out of their comfort zone and made new album Critical Thinking
How the Manic Street Preachers dragged themselves out of their comfort zone and made new album Critical Thinking
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A good piece on the Manic Street Preachers published on the New Left Review.
GhostofCain
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The Manics were superb in Bristol last Saturday. 1 hour and 44 minutes gig in a nice intimate venue (capacity of approximately 2200), with a setlist covering most of their discography, including 5 new songs, some oldies rarely played (Sleepflower, Motown Junk), timeless classics (I will never get tired of seeing A Design for Life, Motorcycle Emptiness and If You Tolerate This Your Children Will be Next), and a segment as a 3 piece playing songs with lyrics by missing band member Richey Edwards (She Is Suffering and Peeled Apples). The acoustic solo set by James Dean Bradfield showed that he is not only a guitar god, but an outstanding singer: we got a snippet of From Despair to Where, followed by Ready for Drowning (sung partially in Welsh), Small Black Flowers That Grow in the Sky and The Everlasting, with the rest of the band re-joining the moment James was going to play his solo.
I cannot wait to see what they have prepared for 2026, which according to their touring agent would be pretty big.
I cannot wait to see what they have prepared for 2026, which according to their touring agent would be pretty big.
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Great Lives - Series 53 - Richey Edwards of The Manic Street Preachers - BBC Sounds
Guests pick great lives they admire or are passionate about.
www.bbc.co.uk
An episode of the Great Lives BBC podcast dedicated to Richey Edwards.
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Manic Street Preachers - Critical Thinking interview
Manic Street Preachers’ James Dean Bradfield tells us about Critical Thinking and revisits his favourite tracks from pop’s greatest decade.
www.classicpopmag.com
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Last Friday I saw this at the Jenny Saville Anatomy of Painting exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery. Quite striking and huge!
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Last Friday I went to the presentation of the book "168 Songs of Hatred and Failure" at Earth (an arts venue in Hackney, London), which basically was a conversation between the author, Keith Cameron, and James Dean Bradfield and Nicky Wire. It was a very entertaining evening, with lots of tales about how different songs were written, and a good amount of music played, including rarities and B-sides (Spectators of Suicide, Donkeys, Prologue to History...). The acoustic nature of the event highlighted the greatness of James Dean Bradfield's singing. Superb!
www.setlist.fm
The first 200 people to arrive at the venue had the opportunity to get the book (included with the price of the ticket) signed by all three after the event and I was lucky to be one of them. I know it is a silly thing, but it was really nice to shake their hands. James joked with me about my T-shirt and I got the impression that they were really nice people (definitely nicer than other musical heroes I have met over the years).
Manic Street Preachers Setlist at EartH, Hackney
Get the Manic Street Preachers Setlist of the concert at EartH, Hackney, England on September 5, 2025 and other Manic Street Preachers Setlists for free on setlist.fm!
www.setlist.fm
The first 200 people to arrive at the venue had the opportunity to get the book (included with the price of the ticket) signed by all three after the event and I was lucky to be one of them. I know it is a silly thing, but it was really nice to shake their hands. James joked with me about my T-shirt and I got the impression that they were really nice people (definitely nicer than other musical heroes I have met over the years).