Artist Manic Street Preachers
Album Reviews
3-5 Stars
Manic Street Preachers - The Ultra Vivid Lament
A requiem, but one that looks for sonic positivity in the thematic darkness.
3 Stars
Manic Street Preachers - Resistance Is Futile
Coated in unabashedly big hooks.
Records & Merch
The Ultra Vivid Lament
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The Ultra Vivid Lament Deluxe
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The Ultra Vivid Lament
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The Ultra Vivid Lament with 7"
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News
Manic Street Preachers share ‘Complicated Illusions’ video
Lifted from their recently released album, ‘The Ultra Vivid Lament’.
October 8, 2021 11:58am
Features / Tracks
Tracks: Willow, Conan Gray, Turnstile and more
The biggest and best new music released this week.
July 16, 2021 6:00pm
News
Manic Street Preachers team up with Sunflower Bean’s Julia Cumming for ‘The Secret He Had Missed’
Their new album arrives this September.
July 16, 2021 10:47am
News
Manic Street Preachers announce new album ‘The Ultra Vivid Lament’
Listen to new single ‘Orwellian’ now.
May 14, 2021 10:06am
News
Manic Street Preachers rearrange NHS shows
The Cardiff shows have been moved to July 2021.
October 14, 2020 12:33pm
News
Manic Street Preachers to play two special shows paying tribute to NHS staff
The shows will take place at Cardiff’s Motorpoint Arena this December.
April 9, 2020 2:21pm
Archive
Mega-rare Bowie, Kylie, Liam Gallagher and Arctic Monkeys white-label vinyl to be auctioned for National Album Day
Test pressings from some of music’s biggest names will go under the hammer early next month.
September 18, 2019 11:53am
News
Years & Years, Manic Street Preachers & IDLES to play Kendal Calling 2019
Mystery Jets, slowthai and Nile Rodgers & Chic will also be playing at the Lake District fest.
January 30, 2019 12:41pm
News
Manic Street Preachers and The Specials to headline Nottingham’s Splendour
It takes place in the city’s Wollaton Park this July.
January 25, 2019 10:01am
News
Manic Street Preachers announce huge Cardiff show
The special hometown show will celebrate the band’s 1998 album ‘This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours’.
November 26, 2018 12:42pm
News
Manic Street Preachers announce 20th anniversary reissue and tour for ‘This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours’
The band will hit the road next May.
October 22, 2018 11:58am
News
Listen to Public Service Broadcasting’s gorgeous, atmospheric remix of Manic Street Preachers’ ‘Hold Me Like A Heaven’
The Welsh trio’s new album ‘Resistance Is Futile’ came out last month.
May 31, 2018 11:00am
News
Manic Street Preachers share an acoustic version of ‘Distant Colours’
It’s a new version of the single from ‘Resistance Is Futile’.
March 20, 2018 11:23am
News
Manic Street Preachers share new track ‘Distant Colours’
Their new album ‘Resistance Is Futile’ is out in April.
March 1, 2018 9:25am
News
Manic Street Preachers share a new video for ‘International Blue’
They’ve also revealed the tracklisting for ‘Resistance is Futile’.
January 9, 2018 1:25pm
News
Manic Street Preachers unveil soaring new single ‘International Blue’
It’s the first track to be taken from forthcoming 13th LP ‘Resistance Is Futile’.
December 8, 2017 11:58am
Features
Paul McCartney talks 1983 classic ‘Pipes of Peace’ with James Dean Bradfield
In an exclusive interview, Sir Paul McCartney discusses his classic solo LP in conversation with the Manic Street Preachers’ frontman.
September 30, 2015 11:00am
Reviews / Live Reviews
Manic Street Preachers bring devotion to the dedicated at Latitude 2015
Britpop’s favoured Blackwood musicians bring the best of their long, complex history to life.
July 19, 2015 9:25pm
News
Watch Manic Street Preachers make their first ever US televised appearance
Welsh legends performed ‘A Design For Life’ on The Late Late Show.
May 1, 2015 2:36pm
News
David Bowie tops Official Vinyl Singles Charts with ‘Changes’ Record Store Day release
Manic Street Preachers top Official Vinyl Albums Chart with ‘The Holy Bible’ 20th anniversary edition.
April 21, 2015 8:37am