Manic Street Preachers Showbiz and Celebrity Breaking News

Manic Street Preachers super fan has had some rare, customised Funko POP! figures made of the band – you can see them below.Mish O’Leary contacted UK-based Glitz Customs – who can make customised Funko POP! figures to order – after deciding she wanted some figures made of the Welsh music icons.Speaking to Nation. Cymru, O’Leary said: “I saw Glitz Customs on Facebook a while ago.

The Anchoress has rescheduled four shows on her forthcoming UK tour to 2022.The singer (real name Catherine Anne Davies) had four shows lined up in Guildford, Gloucester, Hebden Bridge and Hull Central Library next month, all of which have been switched to March next year. You can view the rescheduled shows below.In a lengthy statement Davies said: “Due to current medical advice regarding COVID, I am sorry to announce that I need to postpone 4 Anchoress headline shows in early Sept.

Manic Street Preachers have shared their memories of an infamous US tour with Oasis and Screaming Trees in 1996 – which led to a feud between Liam Gallagher and Mark Lanegan.The Manics were talking to NME about their upcoming 14th album ‘The Ultra Vivid Lament’, which features a collaboration with grunge icon Lanegan on the track ‘Blank Diary Entry’.

Manic Street Preachers have claimed that “the upper echelons of society have tipped the cultural scales too heavily in their favour”, while vowing that things soon sway back towards working class music and art.The Manics were talking to NME about their upcoming 14th album ‘The Ultra Vivid Lament‘, when quizzed about a line from new song ‘Don’t Let The Night Divide Us’ which sees frontman James Dean Bradfield sing: ‘Don’t let those boys from Eton suggest that we are beaten’.The singer said that

Manic Street Preachers bassist Nicky Wire has revealed how a teenage Pete Doherty wrote into NME to voice his support for them following the disappearance of Richey Edwards.Edwards, the band’s rhythm guitarist, went missing from the Embassy Hotel in central London on February 1, 1995. His car was found near the Severn Bridge shortly after.

Manic Street Preachers have delayed the release of their next studio album, ‘The Ultra Vivid Lament’, citing the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic as the cause.In a post to the band’s Facebook page on Tuesday (July 27), they explained: “Due to a production issue relating to the global pandemic, Manic Street Preachers new album ‘The Ultra Vivid Lament’ will now be released on Friday September 10th.”Due to a production issue relating to the global pandemic, Manic Street Preachers new album ‘The Ultra

Manic Street Preachers bassist Nicky Wire has admitted that he would rather “fucking stab my eyes out with a pencil” than accept a knighthood or OBE.Speaking in a new interview with MOJO magazine, Wire criticised “left-leaning actors and pop stars” for “queuing up” to accept honours from the monarchy.“I’m so riddled with doubts and contradictions now, even though I still kept to those principles,” he said.“My kids have been through comprehensive education, I still believe in high taxation and

Manic Street Preachers have shared their new single ‘The Secret He Had Missed’, featuring Sunflower Bean‘s Julia Cumming. Check it out below, along with our interview with bassist and lyricist Nicky Wire.Following on from recent single ‘Orwellian‘, ‘The Secret He Had Missed’ is the latest taster from the Welsh rock veterans upcoming 14th album ‘The Ultra Vivid Lament’.

Manic Street Preachers have shared the new video for their recent single ‘Orwellian’ – you can watch the “visualised interpretation” of the track below.The song was released by the band last month as the first preview of their forthcoming new album ‘The Ultra Vivid Lament’, which is set for release on September 3.Manic Street Preachers have this morning (June 10) shared the Kieran Evans-directed video for ‘Orwellian’, which is described as being a “visualised interpretation” of the track.“For

Manic Street Preachers have rescheduled their pair of upcoming NHS tribute shows in Cardiff.The Welsh trio had intended to play the gigs at the Cardiff Motorpoint Arena in December last year, but those dates were moved to July 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.Manic Street Preachers have confirmed this morning (June 8) that their rescheduled July dates have been moved for a second time.The gigs – both of which are sold out – will now take place on Sunday 19 and Monday 20 September due to “the

Manic Street Preachers are back – sharing new single ‘Orwellian’ as well as announcing details of their 14th album ‘The Ultra Vivid Lament’ along with a UK tour.The follow-up to 2018’s acclaimed ‘Resistance Is Futile‘ will arrive on September 3, and was recorded at the legendary Rockfield studios as well as their own Door to the River HQ with long-time collaborator Dave Eringa – featuring Julia Cumming of Sunflower Bean on ‘The Secret He Had Missed’ and Mark Lanegan on ‘Blank Diary Entry’.The

Manic Street Preachers have shared a trailer for their upcoming new album ‘The Ultra Vivid Lament’ – you can watch it below.Frontman James Dean Bradfield can be heard in the opening moments of the album teaser singing the lines “We live in Orwellian times” from the new song ‘Orwellian Times’, which Nicky Wire spoke to NME about earlier this year.“We’ve written one really brilliant Manics song called ‘Orwellian’,” Wire told NME.

Manic Street Preachers have shared a clip of a new song – you can listen to it below.The preview was shared on the group’s social media accounts today (May 10), and features lines from a Joan Didion quote alongside some images which include a neon red light against a bench, a beach and some electricity pylons.The quote reads: “I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at and what it means.

Manic Street Preachers have shared some new details about their upcoming new album.The Welsh rock veterans had previously confirmed that they had been at work on the follow-up to 2018’s acclaimed ‘Resistance Is Futile’ during last year’s lockdown.After sharing a list of nine potential potential song titles back in January, followed by an Instagram post teasing a few lyrics, the band have now given another update on their 14th LP.Speaking in the latest print edition of MOJO (via Contact Music),

Manic Street Preachers have told fans that they are “progressing well” with their new album, as well as sharing what appear to be new lyrics.The Welsh rock veterans had previously confirmed that they had been at work on the follow-up to 2018’s acclaimed ‘Resistance Is Futile‘ during last year’s lockdown – with bassist and lyricist Nicky Wire telling NME that the record was sounding “expansive” and had a “retro-futuristic” vibe to it.After sharing a list of nine potential potential song titles