By their own early plans, Manic Street Preachers shouldn’t exist in 2025. In the flush of youth, frontman James Dean ...

Manic Street Preachers, one of the most important ... They came together in 1986, when James Dean Bradfield, Nicky Wire, Sean Moore and rhythm guitarist Flicker formed Betty Blue.

No matter what the music of Manic Street Preachers has sounded like ... Nicky Wire still played bass, and Sean Moore kept the beat. Edwards hardly did anything but write poetry.

How do you know you are at a Manics gig? Because before anything else we get the Welsh working-class academic, writer and socialist Raymond Williams.

Listen to Manic Street Preachers' Nicky Wire and Sean Moore talking about their first number one single If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next - one of the 10 songs that mean most to the ...

As you might expect from a Manic Street Preachers gig, literary influences were never far away. A DH Lawrence quote was ...

Known for several hits like If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next, The Masses Against the Classes, and Rewind the ...

Visit BBC Webwise for full instructions Listen to Manic Street Preachers' Nicky Wire and Sean Moore talking about their single Your Love Alone Is Not Enough - one of the 10 songs that mean most to ...

As Manic Street Preachers kick off their 2025 UK tour, check out part two of our interview with the band where they discuss politics, ’90s nostalgia, and how culture has “muzzled” the ...

Manic Street Preachers, one of the most important ... They came together in 1986, when James Dean Bradfield, Nicky Wire, Sean Moore and rhythm guitarist Flicker formed Betty Blue.