Eighteen miles, give or take. That’s how far it is by road from Cardiff to Newport. Seven years ago, during the recording sessions for what would become their Resistance Is Futile album, the Manic ...

James Dean Bradfield is a little apprehensive about returning to the United States with his much-beloved Welsh band Manic Street Preachers. In a way, it feels like the band is starting over. “It’s ...

Manic Street Preachers (often known colloquially as "The Manics") are a Welsh rock band often associated with the resurgence of British rock in the early 90s, who gained mainstream popularity in the ...

One of the most controversial moments in Edwards' career came when he started carving up his arm with a razor blade during an ...

This is a much more raw Manic Street Preachers, fuelled by despair as usual but also simplicity. The songs are rock ...

Manic Street Preachers release their first new music since 2021’s The Ultra Vivid Lament today (Thursday 29th August).”Decline & Fall” is the first track to be made available from their forthcoming ...

Manic Street Preachers have revealed that a new "definitive history" of the band will be published in September. Written by one of Britain's best music writers, MOJO journalist Keith Cameron. with the ...

The scars came back when he drank too much. Or so Richey Edwards explained to an interviewer in Toronto in April 1992. “It’s healing very well,” elaborated the Manic Street Preachers’ guitarist and ...

While some bands have made a career resting on their laurels, Manic Street Preachers have prolonged theirs by continuing to push the envelope. Having emerged in 1990 with a glut of three-minute punk ...

There can be no doubting the Manic Street Preachers are at the forefront of British music, with legions of fans across the globe. With albums such as “This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours”, “Everything Must ...