Manic Street Preachers have been asked to appear on Question Time.
The band tweeted about the invitation to do the BBC debate show on Thursday (September 26) and suggested they would turn it down.
Been asked to do question time again- time to unleash my inner nye bevan/malcolm tucker(thick of it)onto the tv screens of britain???x
— ManicStreetPreachers (@Manics) September 26, 2013
Question Time has previously featured musicians Jarvis Cocker, John Lydon and Charlotte Church.
In a recent interview with Digital Spy, Manic Street Preachers bassist Nicky Wire said he "felt nothing" after former British Pm Margaret Thatcher's death.
He said: "She'd been dead to me for years and years... I see my own community f**king wrecked and barely ever recovered, so I don't really need to celebrate or dance. It didn't have any impact on me at all. The damage has been done where I live, so...
The band tweeted about the invitation to do the BBC debate show on Thursday (September 26) and suggested they would turn it down.
Been asked to do question time again- time to unleash my inner nye bevan/malcolm tucker(thick of it)onto the tv screens of britain???x
— ManicStreetPreachers (@Manics) September 26, 2013
Question Time has previously featured musicians Jarvis Cocker, John Lydon and Charlotte Church.
In a recent interview with Digital Spy, Manic Street Preachers bassist Nicky Wire said he "felt nothing" after former British Pm Margaret Thatcher's death.
He said: "She'd been dead to me for years and years... I see my own community f**king wrecked and barely ever recovered, so I don't really need to celebrate or dance. It didn't have any impact on me at all. The damage has been done where I live, so...
- 9/26/2013
- Digital Spy
After an extended hiatus Welsh rockers Manic Street Preachers are releasing their 11th studio album ‘Rewind The Film’ in September. Speaking of the record James Dean Bradfield told the Daily Star:
“The acoustic album has a soul vibe, with Rolling Stones-style horns. The first single is very positive, but there are darker moments too.”
If it is anything like the beautiful title track which features Richard Hawley, it will be a contemplative, delicate record that is a definite change of direction from most of their previous efforts, not least 2010′s ‘Postcards From A Young Man.’ The single ‘Show Me The Wonder’ and a UK tour to promote the record are also due in September.
In the meantime here are some of the most vital tracks from the Manic Street Preachers’ back catalogue. Everybody is familiar with ‘A Design For Life’ and ‘If You Tolerate This…’ so there are no big hits here.
“The acoustic album has a soul vibe, with Rolling Stones-style horns. The first single is very positive, but there are darker moments too.”
If it is anything like the beautiful title track which features Richard Hawley, it will be a contemplative, delicate record that is a definite change of direction from most of their previous efforts, not least 2010′s ‘Postcards From A Young Man.’ The single ‘Show Me The Wonder’ and a UK tour to promote the record are also due in September.
In the meantime here are some of the most vital tracks from the Manic Street Preachers’ back catalogue. Everybody is familiar with ‘A Design For Life’ and ‘If You Tolerate This…’ so there are no big hits here.
- 7/12/2013
- by Terry Hearn
- Obsessed with Film
This year, Manic Street Preachers released a swanky 20th anniversary deluxe edition of their debut album Generation Terrorists. As well as digging up all manner of demos, videos, live tracks and rarities, the band gave their 1992 opening statement a proper listen through and shared their thoughts. Over the next three weeks, we'll get the whole thing covered. Here's what they had to say about the first six tracks. "It was supposed to be the Stones playing metal," frontman and guitarist James Dean Bradfield says of the riff to 'Slash 'n' Burn'. Bassist Nicky Wire added of 'Nat West-Barclays-Midlands-Lloyds': "It was a bit of a cornerstone when we were doing it. It was meant to be one of the big tracks of the record. "A (more)...
- 11/21/2012
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
The death of Davy Jones should give us pause to remember that the Monkees were one of the great groups of the 1960s
In the Purcell Room in London last night, a panel of pop sages – Jon Savage, Nicky Wire and Alexis Petridis – chose the TV moment that made them realise pop music was the key to their future, something that could open up their lives. Respectively, they picked the Rolling Stones, the Smiths, and Adam & the Ants; all three groups were inspirational but all equally seemed unattainable, otherworldly.
The Monkees were the exact opposite. Two or three generations of musicians will have grown up watching their show on Saturday mornings, or in the summer holidays, thinking: "I want to be like them." Their lifestyle was highly desirable and didn't seem impossible: form a band, move into a ramshackle flat together, meet loads of girls. At least, Davy Jones, who died yesterday,...
In the Purcell Room in London last night, a panel of pop sages – Jon Savage, Nicky Wire and Alexis Petridis – chose the TV moment that made them realise pop music was the key to their future, something that could open up their lives. Respectively, they picked the Rolling Stones, the Smiths, and Adam & the Ants; all three groups were inspirational but all equally seemed unattainable, otherworldly.
The Monkees were the exact opposite. Two or three generations of musicians will have grown up watching their show on Saturday mornings, or in the summer holidays, thinking: "I want to be like them." Their lifestyle was highly desirable and didn't seem impossible: form a band, move into a ramshackle flat together, meet loads of girls. At least, Davy Jones, who died yesterday,...
- 3/1/2012
- by Bob Stanley
- The Guardian - Film News
Nicky Wire is a huge fan of John Lydon's lyrics. The Manic Street Preachers bass player counts the lyrics of the Sex Pistols 'God Save the Queen' as his favourite, and loves the venom and message the young singer - then called Johnny Rotten - put into the 1977 anti-monarchist song. He said: ''When there's no future how can there be sin? / We're the flowers in the dustbin / We're the poison in your human machine / We're the future, your future,' it's still so powerful, so situationist and so real. For that to come from a 20-year-old John Lydon is quite staggering, really.' Nicky also counts the lyrics of The Smiths frontman Morrissey and the poems...
- 2/11/2012
- Monsters and Critics
'Horribly funny' Irish movie debut by John Michael McDonagh beats Submarine and Attack the Block
A debut film that became the most successful independently funded Irish movie ever has won the Guardian First Film Award. The Guard, directed by John Michael McDonagh, is a black comedy about a cynical, boozy policeman played by Brendan Gleeson, who takes on three drug dealers. Gleeson was nominated for a Golden Globe for the role.
Guardian film critic Peter Bradshaw, one of the judges, said it was a work of "originality and wit … horribly funny, deliciously incorrect, with an unexpectedly stirring, old-fashioned friendship between two lawmen."
In a strong year for film debuts, The Guard beat the Tyrannosaur, Submarine, and Attack the Block to win the prize. McDonagh, who was born in London but made his film in Ireland, described his win as terrific. "I read over the long list and thought there were...
A debut film that became the most successful independently funded Irish movie ever has won the Guardian First Film Award. The Guard, directed by John Michael McDonagh, is a black comedy about a cynical, boozy policeman played by Brendan Gleeson, who takes on three drug dealers. Gleeson was nominated for a Golden Globe for the role.
Guardian film critic Peter Bradshaw, one of the judges, said it was a work of "originality and wit … horribly funny, deliciously incorrect, with an unexpectedly stirring, old-fashioned friendship between two lawmen."
In a strong year for film debuts, The Guard beat the Tyrannosaur, Submarine, and Attack the Block to win the prize. McDonagh, who was born in London but made his film in Ireland, described his win as terrific. "I read over the long list and thought there were...
- 2/10/2012
- by Alex Needham
- The Guardian - Film News
In The Library Book, published for National Libraries Day on 4 February, twenty-three of the UK’s most outstanding writers describe libraries real or imagined, past, present, and future – why they matter and to whom.
Recognising that without libraries we would not have the writers of today and tomorrow, The Library Book’s contributors are all donating their royalties to The Reading Agency, the independent charity working to inspire more people to read more.
Included in the book are Anita Anand, Julian Barnes, Bella Bathurst, Alan Bennett, Michael Brooks, James Brown, Ann Cleeves, Stephen Fry, Seth Godin, Susan Hill, Tom Holland, Hardeep Singh Kohli, Lucy Mangan, Val McDermid, China Miéville, Caitlin Moran, Kate Mosse, Julie Myerson, Bali Rai, Lionel Shriver, Karin Slaughter, Zadie Smith and Nicky Wire.
Read more...
Recognising that without libraries we would not have the writers of today and tomorrow, The Library Book’s contributors are all donating their royalties to The Reading Agency, the independent charity working to inspire more people to read more.
Included in the book are Anita Anand, Julian Barnes, Bella Bathurst, Alan Bennett, Michael Brooks, James Brown, Ann Cleeves, Stephen Fry, Seth Godin, Susan Hill, Tom Holland, Hardeep Singh Kohli, Lucy Mangan, Val McDermid, China Miéville, Caitlin Moran, Kate Mosse, Julie Myerson, Bali Rai, Lionel Shriver, Karin Slaughter, Zadie Smith and Nicky Wire.
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- 2/2/2012
- Look to the Stars
Matt Cardle has said that he does not know who Nicky Wire is. The 2010 X Factor winner was asked how he felt about the Manic Street Preachers bassist's description of him on The Jo Whiley Music Show as "Coldplay, Snow Patrol-lite". "Who is Nicky Wire?" Cardle asked Metro. "I've heard a few of [Manic Street Preachers'] tracks in the past and I haven't minded them - I just wouldn't know who he was." Wire said last month: "Matt's the first Coldplay, Snow Patrol-lite X Factor winner. "He will probably do really well because he's a watered-down version of an already watered-down couple of bands." Of his previous comments that "singing pop songs without my guitar and covered in make-up didn't sit right", (more)...
- 11/23/2011
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
Polaroid is among a select group of technology brands that have transcended the world of business and industry to influence and shape generations with truly iconic products. The almost 75-year-old company sprung to fame with its revolutionary Polaroid cameras, enabling people to take a photo and almost instantly see the results. Steve Jobs was said to be greatly inspired by Edwin H Land, the inventor of instant photography and the man who founded Polaroid in 1937. A recent biography of the late Apple co-founder revealed that Dr Land was among Jobs's childhood heroes, and it's easy to see how the simplicity and style of the Polaroid camera could later influence the iPod, iPhone and iPad. Only last month, Manic Street Preachers member Nicky Wire confessed in a interview to being "a Polaroid freak", after compiling a library of images using the instant (more)...
- 11/15/2011
- by By Andrew Laughlin
- Digital Spy
Manic Street Preachers have announced plans for a one-off show in London later this year. The band will perform their back catalogue of hits at the concert, which will take place at London's O2 Arena on December 17. Bassist Nicky Wire revealed that they will play all 38 singles included on their new compilation National Treasures, which is due out on October 31. Wire told NME: "We've never done anything on this scale before, so we'll be playing for an hour and a half, then there will be a (more)...
- 8/30/2011
- by By Lewis Corner
- Digital Spy
Manic Street Preachers will release a comprehensive singles collection in October. The band confirmed on their official Twitter feed that the compilation will be titled National Treasures and will include an as-yet untitled new track. "Just to clear things up national treasures will be all the singles from 'motown junk' to 'some kind of nothingness' +1 new song x" the group said. The compilation will not feature the title track from band's self-financed debut 7" 'Suicide Alley'. NME reports that the release will feature 38 tracks in total. Manic Street Preachers have released ten studio albums, in addition to 2002 best-of compilation Forever Delayed and 2003 rarities collection Lipstick Traces. Their last record was 2010's Postcards From A Young Man. Bassist Nicky Wire (more)...
- 7/26/2011
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
Neil Gaiman, fantasist, writer and owner of corkscrew hair, has confirmed that Frost/Nixon star Michael Sheen will be lending his voice to a character in the author’s Series 6 episode. Responding to comments made by Sheen after students grilled him about the recent report that Manic Street Preachers bassist/lyricist Nicky Wire wants him to play Dylan Thomas if his fan [...]...
- 3/21/2011
- by Andrew Reynolds
- Kasterborous.com
Nicky Wire has said that Michael Sheen would be a perfect actor for his Doctor Who script. Speaking to BBC Radio 2, the Manic Street Preachers bassist confirmed that he is still writing the fan-fiction episode he first mentioned last summer. Wire said: "It's taken a while now because we've been so busy, but I did start it back in September. It's only for myself. I've done this before. But I think it could be..." He confirmed that the script is about Dylan Thomas's last few days in New York and explained: (more)...
- 3/9/2011
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
Manic Street Preachers have said that they would still love to meet up with Morrissey. The band referenced the singer and his Smiths-era songwriting partner Johnny Marr in their track '1985' from the 2004 album Lifeblood. Speaking to BBC Radio 2, bassist Nicky Wire and frontman James Dean Bradfield revealed that they recently met three of their favourite '80s artists after speaking to Mike Scott of The Waterboys, Jim (more)...
- 3/9/2011
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
Manic Street Preachers have confirmed three UK dates in support of last year's Postcards From A Young Man album. Support at all three shows comes from The Joy Formidable. Tickets go on sale this Friday at 9am. Bassist Nicky Wire said: "We are really looking forward to playing Cardiff CIA again as it has been over three years since we played there. "It will be a great warm-up for the (more)...
- 2/15/2011
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
Nicky Wire has spoken out against the closure of public libraries. The Manic Street Preachers bassist, who penned 'A Design For Life' lyric "Libraries gave us power", wrote a column in The Guardian explaining his position. Wire said: "It's hard not to feel utterly despondent at the current plight of public libraries. Along with the NHS and the BBC, our libraries are some of the few truly remarkable British institutions left. "So often absolutely ordinary in appearance, a good library should offer escape routes down the most extraordinary avenues, pathways into different worlds from the one you've left outside. "Ridding our villages, towns and cities of libraries, which (more)...
- 2/8/2011
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
Nicky Wire has admitted to feeling "distraught" by the poor commercial performance of the last Manic Street Preachers single. 'Some Kind Of Nothingness', the second cut from last year's Postcards From A Young Man, was released on December 6 last year. Despite being available across four formats and performed on Strictly Come Dancing, the track peaked at number 44 in the charts. It was the band's first single since they were signed to Sony in 1991 not to break the Top 40. According to Metro, Wire told Absolute Radio: "I get extremely excited by stuff like that, radio (more)...
- 2/4/2011
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
Nicky Wire has defended Scottish band Biffy Clyro for allowing X Factor winner Matt Cardle to release a cover version of their song 'Many of Horror (When We Collide)'. The Manic Street Preachers bassist told Xfm that the "brilliance" of the song is what matters most, and that modern bands can struggle financially. He said: "You can't stop a song from (more)...
- 12/17/2010
- by By Tom Eames
- Digital Spy
Manic Street Preachers bassist Nicky Wire has praised Wyclef Jean for his presidential bid in Haiti - insisting the hip-hop star showed "an unbelievable amount of bravery" for venturing into politics. Jean hit the headlines in August when he announced he planned to stand in his native country's upcoming leadership race to help rebuild communities following a devastating earthquake earlier this year.
He was later banned from the elections after it was ruled he didn't meet residency requirements - but Wire has come out in support of the star's political ambitions. The rocker tells British magazine NME, "I thought it showed an unbelievable amount of bravery for him to even try that."
"I can't think of a harder job in the f**king world. I can't see him doing that - with all the baggage that comes with it - for a publicity stunt. Even I'm not that cynical. I...
He was later banned from the elections after it was ruled he didn't meet residency requirements - but Wire has come out in support of the star's political ambitions. The rocker tells British magazine NME, "I thought it showed an unbelievable amount of bravery for him to even try that."
"I can't think of a harder job in the f**king world. I can't see him doing that - with all the baggage that comes with it - for a publicity stunt. Even I'm not that cynical. I...
- 9/16/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Manic Street Preachers bassist Nicky Wire has praised Wyclef Jean's political aspirations and Haitian presidential bid, saying that he has shown "an unbelievable amount of bravery". Jean announced in August that he would stand for office in Haiti's presidential election, committing himself to rebuilding his native country following last year's devastating earthquake. However, the Fugees star's campaign was halted when it was announced that he would not be eligible to be nominated. Speaking to NME, Wire said: "I thought it showed an unbelievable amount of bravery for him to (more)...
- 9/15/2010
- by By Naomi Rainey
- Digital Spy
Nicky Wire has criticised young bands for not saying anything with their music. The Manic Street Preachers bassist made the comments in conversation with journalist Simon Price and former MP and Stop The War Coalition president Tony Benn for music website The Quietus. Asked by Price if pop culture has the power to get messages across, Wire said: "I'm a true believer that it does and I spend my life dedicating myself to doing it, because a lot of the time it's really hard to do and you make a mess of it and they're awful songs. "I think when you get it right it's the (more)...
- 9/15/2010
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
Nicky Wire has suggested that Lady GaGa is a modern example of the "Warholian" nature of pop. The Manic Street Preachers bassist also told Xfm that he and his missing bandmate Richey James Edwards were always big fans of Kylie Minogue, despite the negative attention they received. Wire said: "Me and Richey used to wear Kylie T-shirts and it was deeply unfashionable when we first started coming to London but she just represented something, a kind of naturalness in pop, a gigantic personality, which is what we cared about when we started. "It was our mission to be as popular as we could. (more)...
- 9/13/2010
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
Manic Street Preachers star Nicky Wire has joked that he has become the "Peter Mandleson of rock 'n' roll". The bassist made the comparison with the politician after he recently commented that the band's new album Postcards From A Young Man is "one last attempt at mass communication". Wire told Xfm: "It's one of my best quotes. I've become the Peter Mandleson of rock 'n' roll! "But it did feel (more)...
- 8/4/2010
- by By Clare Wiley
- Digital Spy
Manic Street Preachers have material "no one will ever see". The group penned several tracks in the aftermath of guitarist Richey Edwards' disappearance in 1995 but bassist-and-lyricist Nicky Wire doesn't feel they were "very good" as they tried too hard to replicate the style of their critically-acclaimed 1994 album "The Holy Bible".
"There was a difficult period before 'A Design For Life' of stuff that no one will ever see," Nicky said. "It was a pretty traumatized place and there were a lot of lyrics that were confused and not very good that we were trying to be like 'The Holy Bible' and then 'Design' gave me a chance to write in a different voice."
The group are preparing for the release of next album "Postcards From A Young Man" and have promised it will be very different to its predecessor, "Journal For Plague Lovers", which consisted entirely of lyrics left by Richey,...
"There was a difficult period before 'A Design For Life' of stuff that no one will ever see," Nicky said. "It was a pretty traumatized place and there were a lot of lyrics that were confused and not very good that we were trying to be like 'The Holy Bible' and then 'Design' gave me a chance to write in a different voice."
The group are preparing for the release of next album "Postcards From A Young Man" and have promised it will be very different to its predecessor, "Journal For Plague Lovers", which consisted entirely of lyrics left by Richey,...
- 8/2/2010
- by celebrity-mania.com
- Celebrity Mania
Welsh rockers Manic Street Preachers have recruited a Hollywood star for their next music video - Michael Sheen has agreed to play chess champion Garry Kasparov in the new promo.
The Welsh actor, who has become well-known for his portrayals of real-life figures, will take on the role of the late Russian chess grandmaster in footage for the band's upcoming track "(It's Not War) Just the End of Love".
Bassist Nicky Wire confirmed the news to NME.com and revealed the video will recreate the famous 1970s chess game between Kasparov and American Bobby Fischer. Wire says, "It looks like Michael Sheen is gonna be in the video, which we're really thrilled about."
"We've tried to recreate the classic '70s chess match between Kasparov and Fischer. That's the kind of vibe behind it. It's real '70s Russia - just that idea of 'it's not war, just the end of love',...
The Welsh actor, who has become well-known for his portrayals of real-life figures, will take on the role of the late Russian chess grandmaster in footage for the band's upcoming track "(It's Not War) Just the End of Love".
Bassist Nicky Wire confirmed the news to NME.com and revealed the video will recreate the famous 1970s chess game between Kasparov and American Bobby Fischer. Wire says, "It looks like Michael Sheen is gonna be in the video, which we're really thrilled about."
"We've tried to recreate the classic '70s chess match between Kasparov and Fischer. That's the kind of vibe behind it. It's real '70s Russia - just that idea of 'it's not war, just the end of love',...
- 7/29/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Manic Street Preachers bassist Nicky Wire has revealed that Michael Sheen will star in the band's video for new single '(It's Not War) Just The End Of Love'. The actor has played Tony Blair in The Queen and starred in The Damned United as Brian Clough. He has also guest starred in sitcom 30 Rock. The group's new clip sees Sheen play Russian chess player Garry Kasparov. Wire told NME: "It looks like Michael (more)...
- 7/28/2010
- by By Clare Wiley
- Digital Spy
Nicky Wire has clarified his recent comments about writing a script for Doctor Who. The Manics Street Preachers bassist last week revealed that he is working on a script about Dylan Thomas's final days for the sci-fi show. Writing on Twitter today, Wire explained that the work is a piece of fan-fiction, saying: "Just to clarify I havent been asked by the bbc im just satisfying my own desire to write a script for dr who as a fan of the show x (sic)." In November 2009, Wire revealed his Top (more)...
- 7/26/2010
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
Nicky Wire has started penning a script that he would like to submit for Doctor Who. The Wales-born Manic Street Preachers bassist and lyricist admitted his TV-writing ambition in a blog post on the band's website. Asked what he had been doing while recording the group's new album, Wire said: "I've been going back to Dylan Thomas. "I know it sounds like a cliché but that line, 'Rage, rage against the dying of the light', it feels so applicable (more)...
- 7/22/2010
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
Nicky Wire has claimed that the upcoming Manic Street Preachers album is "unashamedly '90s". The bassist and lyricist revealed details of the band's tenth studio LP in a blog on the group's official website and said that the album is more like 2007's Send Away The Tigers than last year's Journal For Plague Lovers. Wire said: "James [Dean Bradfield] likes to make an analogy with Aerosmith, that Satt was Permanent Vacation and this record is like Pump. Bigger and better. "I most point out that is absolutely not a musical analogy! It's just us ramping everything up. There's strings everywhere, gospel choirs, John Cale is on a track, Duff McKagan is on a track... we've even got Ian McCulloch doing a duet with James." Wire admitted that (more)...
- 7/22/2010
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
Manic Street Preachers have revealed plans to launch their new album with a gig in London this August. Bassist Nicky Wire confirmed the concert while speaking to B Aldea presenter Xabier Doncel before the band's Bilbao Bbk Live festival performance. Asked if the group would play any new music at the show, Wire said: "To be honest, I think we've got our launch gig in London and that's when we'll play the new stuff, in August. "Today's just about a bit (more)...
- 7/12/2010
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
Manic Street Preachers have revealed a number of details about their upcoming album Postcards From A Young Man. The group told NME that one track, 'A Billion Balconies Facing The Sun', features ex-Guns N' Roses bassist Duff McKagan. Three other tracks are said to feature a gospel choir, while the band's Nicky Wire quipped "back of the net" when told that the title track sounded like Queen. Frontman James Dean Bradfield said: "We're going for big radio hits on this one. It isn't a follow-up to Journal For Plague Lovers, it's one last shot at mass communication." Wire added: "We've always (more)...
- 6/7/2010
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
Manic Street Preachers' rocker Nicky Wire has fueled a war of words with Radiohead's Ed O'Brien - he launched a furious tirade against the guitarist during a gig on Thursday, February 18. The bass player was seething after O'Brien branded him a "w**ker" for accusing the "Paranoid Android" hitmakers of taking a stand against illegal downloaders only after they had made their fortune in the music industry.
Wire hit back at the Radiohead's star during a show in Glasgow, Scotland on Thursday, branding O'Brien a "c**t" and mocking his education at an upmarket school. He told the audience, "Apparently Ed O'Brien called me a w**ker. I'm really f**king scared. Go back to your boarding school you c**t!"
Manic Street Preachers performed in Glasgow, Scotland to celebrate the 20th birthday of Glasgow's King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, as NME reported. They sang at the 300-capacity venue,...
Wire hit back at the Radiohead's star during a show in Glasgow, Scotland on Thursday, branding O'Brien a "c**t" and mocking his education at an upmarket school. He told the audience, "Apparently Ed O'Brien called me a w**ker. I'm really f**king scared. Go back to your boarding school you c**t!"
Manic Street Preachers performed in Glasgow, Scotland to celebrate the 20th birthday of Glasgow's King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, as NME reported. They sang at the 300-capacity venue,...
- 2/20/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Nicky Wire has blasted Radiohead guitarist Ed O'Brien as a "c**t". The Manic Street Preachers bassist was responding to comments from O'Brien, who recently accused Wire of talking "b*llocks" about file-sharing. "Apparently Ed O'Brien called me a w**ker, I'm really f**king scared, go back to your boarding school you c**t!" Wire said during their set at the 20th birthday of Glasgow club King Tut's (more)...
- 2/19/2010
- by By David Balls
- Digital Spy
Nicky Wire has revealed that he has always been a fan of Take That and is especially fond of their 2006 comeback single 'Patience'. The Manic Street Preachers bassist told The Guardian that his choice of the track was not an ironic one. Wire said: "It's the greatest comeback single in history. If Neil Young had written it, people would be calling it a masterpiece. I've always liked Take That, too. "They looked so brilliant back in the day and did everything right, but this is something else. It's got such a dark lyric, 'My heart is numb, has no feeling/ (more)...
- 8/18/2009
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
Manic Street Preachers have attended the opening of a new £15 million library in Cardiff. A plaque featuring a lyric from the band's hit single 'Design For Life' was unveiled at the ceremony, while the track was sung by the Cardiff Arms Park Male Voice Choir. Bassist Nicky Wire said that the lyric, "libraries gave us power", was influenced by a sign over another library in his youth. Wire said: "The song 'Design For Life' was inspired by George Orwell. At the time I was reading (more)...
- 6/19/2009
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
Manic Street Preachers star Nicky Wire has revealed that he suffered a back spasm while performing in Wales last night. The bassist, who is currently nursing a prolapsed disc, was halfway through the group's set at Llandudno's Venue Cymru Arena when he found it difficult to move. In a statement on the band's official website, he said: "Last night it went into spasm on stage. This made it virtually impossible for me to move, let alone jump. "I desperately want to carry on the tour but (more)...
- 5/27/2009
- by By Lara Martin
- Digital Spy
Manic Street Preachers bassist Nicky Wire has claimed that "we'd all be out of a job" if placed under the same scrutiny as politicians. The Welsh rockers, whose new album Journal For Plague Lovers was released on Monday, have been known for their politically influenced lyrics ever since the release of their 1992 debut record Generation Terrorists. "There's a lot of musicians who seem to act politically, and you listen to their music and think, (more)...
- 5/24/2009
- by By Adam Silverstein
- Digital Spy
Manic Street Preachers bassist Nicky Wire has claimed that "we'd all be out of a job" if placed under the same scrutiny politicians are subject to. The Welsh rockers, who's new album Journal For Plague Lovers was released on Monday, have been known for their politically influenced lyrics ever since the release of their 1992 debut record Generation Terrorists. "There's a lot of musicians who seem to act politically, and you listen to their music and (more)...
- 5/24/2009
- by By Adam Silverstein
- Digital Spy
Manic Street Preachers bassist Nicky Wire has claimed that "we'd all be out of a job" if placed under the same scrutiny politicians are subject to. The Welsh rockers, who's new album Journal For Plague Lovers was released on Monday, have been known for their politically influenced lyrics ever since the release of their 1992 debut record Generation Terrorists. "There's a lot of musicians who seem to act politically, and you listen to their music and (more)...
- 5/24/2009
- by By Adam Silverstein
- Digital Spy
Manic Street Preachers have announced details of a remixed version of their recently-released ninth album. Tracks from Journal For Plague Lovers have been taken on by a number of artists, including Andrew Weatherall, Underworld and Four Tet. Bassist Nicky Wire said: "It's been a pretty overwhelming response to be honest. We chose people for each track hoping they would bring us back something unique, that they'd find something we maybe hadn't in the track. "Without fail, they've done that. Heartfelt thanks from us to everyone involved." Manic Street Preachers have been remixed by a number of artists in the past for B-sides to their singles. The band's 2002 best-of Forever Delayed was originally packaged with a bonus disc of mixes, while their 1992 debut Generation Terrorists (more)...
- 5/19/2009
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
Manic Street Preachers turned down the chance to duet with Eric Clapton. The 'Tears in Heaven' star approached the group's guitarist Richey Edwards - who was declared presumed dead last November after going missing in 1995 - when they were being treated in the same rehabilitation facility, much to the rest of the band's amusement. Bassist Nicky Wire said: "Richey was in The Priory and Eric Clapton was there and he offered to come round and jam, that was one of those moments where you couldn't write anything funnier, in a tragic situation." According to the remaining members of the group, they were expecting their bandmate to try to leave the facility following the encounter. Nicky joked: "He just...
- 5/16/2009
- Monsters and Critics
Manic Street Preachers turned down the chance to duet with Eric Clapton. The 'Tears in Heaven' star approached the group's guitarist Richey Edwards - who was declared presumed dead last November after going missing in 1995 - when they were being treated in the same rehabilitation facility, much to the rest of the band's amusement. Bassist Nicky Wire said: "Richey was in The Priory and Eric Clapton was there and he offered to come round and jam, that was one of those moments where you couldn't write anything funnier, in a tragic situation." According to the remaining members of the group, they were expecting their bandmate to try to leave the facility following the encounter. Nicky joked: "He just thought,...
- 5/16/2009
- Monsters and Critics
Nicky Wire has explained why Manic Street Preachers used lyrics from missing guitarist Richey James Edwards on their upcoming album Journal For Plague Lovers. The bass player told Xfm that the band decided to look at the lyrics left to them by Edwards after the success of previous LP Send Away The Tigers which reaffirmed their status as "a great rock band". Wire said: "I just forgot how much I am a fan of his lyrics, and you don't get lyrics like that written by anyone today. "There's an element of them being a (more)...
- 5/1/2009
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
Manic Street Preachers have said that they will share some of their influences when they tackle their weekly residency on Xfm next month. Bassist Nicky Wire and frontman James Dean Bradfield will man the decks every Sunday between 9 and 10pm in May and have promised to play a mix of old and new tracks on the show. Bradfield told the station they would play "lots of stuff that doesn't get played on the radio anymore", including The Skids, Magazine and Minutemen alongside songs from The Horrors. "We (more)...
- 4/29/2009
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
Manic Street Preachers have announced a nine-date UK and Ireland summer tour. James Dean Bradfield, Nicky Wire and Sean Moore will promote their new Journal For Plague Lovers album on the jaunt, which runs through May and June. It includes a three-night residency at the Camden Roundhouse in London. The group's ninth studio record, which features lyrics from missing guitarist Richey Edwards, (more)...
- 3/24/2009
- by By Alex Fletcher
- Digital Spy
Manic Street Preachers have finished recording their new album, giving the LP a tentative May release date. Bassist Nicky Wire made the announcement as he thanked fans for sending him a "monumental" card to celebrate his 40th birthday last month. He said: "Just finished recording in Rockfield, only running orders left to be finalised, then cut the record in New York - looks like middle of May for release. "We're excited, nervous, proud and fearful as usual, but can't wait (more)...
- 2/25/2009
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
Manic Street Preachers have announced that they will release an album featuring lyrics from missing member Richey Edwards. The Welsh band confirmed they are working on a record with Steve Albini that is based around unused Edwards material, which they have kept since his mysterious disappearance in 1995. "We've had these lyrics for 14 years and we all felt compelled that this was the right time to do it," bassist Nicky Wire told NME. "It's a follow-up to [1994 (more)...
- 11/5/2008
- by By Alex Fletcher
- Digital Spy
nm1013299 autoNicky Wire[/link] has claimed that the new nm1010760 autoManic Street Preachers[/link] material sounds "really dirty".
The songwriter said the band were inspired to return to their roots following their recent Godlike Genius Award victory at the Nme Awards.
Wire said the goodwill and positive reaction the band received forced them to make something "miserable".
He told Nme: "We went home [after the awards] and James was on the phone within a day. He was saying 'What on Earth are we going to do now?'
"We just went into the studio, had a bash around and made a right old racket. . . .
The songwriter said the band were inspired to return to their roots following their recent Godlike Genius Award victory at the Nme Awards.
Wire said the goodwill and positive reaction the band received forced them to make something "miserable".
He told Nme: "We went home [after the awards] and James was on the phone within a day. He was saying 'What on Earth are we going to do now?'
"We just went into the studio, had a bash around and made a right old racket. . . .
- 4/16/2008
- by Alex_Fletcher_imdb_@digitalspy.co.uk (Alex Fletcher)
- Digital Spy
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