Manic Street Preachers were once provincial PC lads, but give them a sniff of Bangkok's infamous Pat-Pong district and morality flies out of the window. Barbara Ellen experiences the whole sordid mess of hookers, go-go girls, booze and cuddly toys, not to mention Richey's continued self-mutilation.On our first evening in the boiling, stagnant sa...

The band have "nothing to do with" director Lindey Heymann's filmGettyManic Street Preachers have told NME they are not involved with a forthcoming biopic about their missing guitarist Richey Edwards. The guitarist has been missing since 1995, and his life is to be the subject of a new film, 4Real. Directed by Lindy Heymann, the movie is due to ...

They come on the first night of the band's 20th anniversary celebration tour of the albumManic Street Preachers are celebrating 20 years of 'This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours'.Manic Street Preachers played songs from their seminal 1998 album, ‘This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours’, for the very first time last night – watc...

Tom Jones, Years & Years and Idles will also appearCourteneers, The Manic Street Preachers and Doves to headline Kendal CallingKendal Calling has announced a huge line-up for 2019 that will see Courteeners, Doves, Manic Street Preachers, Nile Rogers and Chic and Orbital headline the four-day event. Other acts playing at the Lake District&...

The classic bands are the first names to be announced for the July eventThe Specials' Terry Hall and Manic Street Preachers' Nicky WireManic Street Preachers and The Specials have been confirmed as the headliners for Splendour Festival 2019. The one-day festival will return to Nottingham’s Wollaton Park on July 20 for its 11th year. “With an...