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James Dean Bradfield: There's A Lot Of Fake Social Media Accounts In My Name
James Dean Bradfield has warned there "a lot of people" impersonating him on social media.The Manic Street Preachers frontman has insisted he has never posted a single thing on apps like Twitter and Facebook, but...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 19 September 2021
Nicky Wire Regrets Michael Stipe Comments
Nicky Wire “deeply regrets” saying he wished Michael Stipe would die of AIDS.The Manic Street Preachers bassist insisted he has no “excuse” for some of the controversial remarks he’s made in the past, such as...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 25 July 2021
Nicky Wire: I'd Rather Stab My Eyes Out Than Accept An Obe
Nicky Wire would rather "f***** stab my eyes out with a pencil" than accept a knighthood or OBE.The Manic Street Preachers rocker has blasted "left-leaning actors and pop star" types for "queuing up" to accept...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 22 July 2021
Manic Street Preachers Rescheduled Both Nhs Tribute Gigs
Manic Street Preachers have rescheduled their NHS tribute shows until later this year.The 'Everything Must Go' rockers were set to play two sold out gigs at Cardiff's Motorpoint Arena in December last year before moving...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 08 June 2021
Manic Street Preachers New Songs Sound Like 'The Clash Playing Abba'
Manic Street Preachers’ new album sounds like “The Clash playing ABBA”.The Welsh indie trio spent two weeks recording their upcoming 14th LP in Rockfield studios in Wales earlier this year and although lockdown measures meant...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 24 April 2021
Manic Street Preachers Rule Out Songs About Covid-19 On New Album
Manic Street Preachers are avoiding writing about the COVID-19 pandemic on their new album.The Welsh rock group are continuing to pen new material for their follow up to 2018's 'Resistance Is Futile' remotely, after the...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 28 October 2020
Manic Street Preachers Want A Sense Of Optimism In Their Music
Manic Street Preachers bassist Nicky Wire tried to put across ''a sense of optimism'' in his lyrics for their new album.The 'Motorcycle Emptiness' rockers are preparing for the release of their 13th LP 'Resistance Is...
By Clive King in Music / Festivals on 08 December 2017
Nicky Wire Backs Kanye West Over Richey Edwards Stunt
The rapper hit headlines in December (14) when he was photographed wearing a coat featuring a picture of Welsh musician Edwards, a founding member of the group, who has been missing for more...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 21 April 2015
Manic Street Preachers Plan 'Big' Album
Manic Street Preachers want to make ''the biggest f***ing rock record ever''.The Welsh trio have just released their 12th album, 'Futurology', which has been one of the most well-received of their career, but they...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 27 July 2014
The Sun Comes Out For Manic Street Preachers At Portmeirion's Festival No 6
Manic Street Preachers brought this year's Festival No 6 to a highly anticipated and triumphant close: a true reward for all those who'd braced the lashing rain and blasting gales throughout Sunday's stormy weather.Nicky Wire...
By Lauren James in Music / Festivals on 16 September 2013
Manic Street Preachers Unveil Rewind The Film
Manic Street Preachers have premiered their new single 'Rewind The Film'.The 'A Design for Life' band have announced their 11th studio album, also called 'Rewind The Film', and previewed the first track from it, a...
By Bang Showbiz on 08 July 2013
Manic Street Preachers Excited By New Song
Manic Street Preachers are ''very excited'' to have collaborated with Cate Le Bon.The 'Faster' hitmakers - who are made up of frontman James Dean Bradfield, bassist Nicky Wire and drummer Sean Moore - have been...
By Bang Showbiz on 28 March 2013
Manic Street Preachers Were Sure Of Failure
James Dean Bradfield was convinced Manic Street Preachers' career would go ''f***ing wrong'' before it had even started. The Welsh rockers - which also include bassist Nicky Wire and drummer Sean Moore - promised to...
By Bang Showbiz on 23 December 2012
Manic Street Preachers To Release New Album In 2014
Manic Street Preachers are planning to release their 11th studio album in early 2014. James Dean Bradfield, the group's lead vocalist and guitarist, insists the 'Design For Life' hitmakers' next record is ''much better'' than...
By Bang Showbiz on 14 November 2012
Nicky Wire Slams 'Cash Cow' Tv Talent Shows
Manic Street Preachers star Nicky Wire is unimpressed with the rise in TV talent shows, insisting the "cash cow" programmes are creating "a waste of talent".The rocker took aim at Simon Cowell's The X Factor...
By WENN on 30 October 2011
Manic Street Preachers Plot 'Strip' Return
Manic Street Preachers may return with a "strip act" after their hiatus.The Welsh rockers are planning a three-year break at the end of the year and frontman James Dean Bradfield is still unsure what direction...
By Bang Showbiz on 29 October 2011
Manic Street Preachers Bassist Prepares Book
Manic Street Preachers bassist Nicky Wire is releasing a picture book of the group's history. The bass player has been taking polaroid photos throughout the band's 25-year-career which have been collected into two volumes, the...
By Bang Showbiz on 16 March 2011
Wire Slams British Library Closures
MANIC STREET PREACHERS star NICKY WIRE is fuming about the potential closure of public libraries in the U.K., branding it "a direct attack" on one of the few "truly remarkable" British institutions.The bassist was saddened...
By WENN on 09 February 2011
Wire Writing Doctor Who Episode
MANIC STREET PREACHERS star NICKY WIRE is taking his obsession with DOCTOR WHO to the next level - he is writing a script for the cult British sci-fi show.The rocker admits he has been spending...
By WENN on 23 July 2010
Manic Street Preachers' New Direction
Manic Street Preachers are planning a "heavy metal Motown" album.The 'Design For Life' hitmakers are preparing to return to the studio to work on the follow up to the critically acclaimed 'Journal For Plague Lovers'...
By Bang Showbiz on 20 July 2009
Manics Pay Homage To Missing Edwards
Welsh rockers THE MANIC STREET PREACHERS have written an emotional tribute to their missing guitarist RICHEY EDWARDS on their new album LIFE BLOOD. The song CARDIFF AFTERLIFE is a "delayed reaction" to the mysterious...
By WENN on 03 August 2004
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