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Watch Manic Street Preachers make their first ever US televised appearance
Welsh legends performed ‘A Design For Life’ on The Late Late Show.
Last night (30th April), Manic Street Preachers made their first ever US televised appearance.
Invited as musical guests on James Corden’s The Late Late Show, they played ‘A Design For Life’ from their 1996 album ‘Everything Must Go’.
The appearance coincided with their North American tour, celebrating the anniversary of seminal LP ‘The Holy Bible’. 20th birthday shows began last year in the UK, and they’ve since crossed the Atlantic.
Last year also saw Manic Street Preachers releasing their 12th full-length, ‘Futurology’.
They arrive back in the UK this month for a run of shows:
MAY
30 Edinburgh, Usher Hall
JUNE
01 Wolverhampton, Civic Hall
02 Southampton, Guildhall
05 Cardiff, Castle
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