Manic Street Preachers unveil soaring new single ‘International Blue’

Manic Street Preachers have unveiled new track ‘International Blue’ - the first single to be taken from the iconic band’s forthcoming 13th (!) studio LP ‘Resistance Is Futile’ (due April 6th via Columbia).

Built around a soaring guitar line in the vein of classic 1996 single ‘Everything Must Go’, the track was inspired by the city of Nice and artist Yves Klein - who famously developed the shade known as Yves Klein Blue.

“I’d been digesting the lyric for five years, since being in Nice and finally joining the dots between Yves Klein’s International Klein Blue and the vast open blue of the Mediterranean Sea,” says bassist/ lyricist Nicky Wire of the track. “It was a moment of connection that felt perfectly natural – not forced or intellectualised. A different kind of enrichment that feels increasingly difficult to find. The track itself is carried by the kind of naïve energy that powered ‘Motorcycle Emptiness’”.

The Manics are also off on tour in support of the release next Spring.

Catch them at one of these dates, and listen to their latest below.

APRIL
23 Newcastle, Metro Radio Arena
25 Glasgow, The SSE Hydro Arena
27 Birmingham, Arena
28 Manchester, Arena

MAY
01 Llandudno, Venue Cymru Arena
02 Leeds, First Direct Arena
04 London, The SSE Arena Wembley
05 Cardiff, Motorpoint Arena