Manic Street Preachers talk politics, '90s nostalgia, and how culture has "muzzled" the freedom of new generations of artists ...

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

Originating from Blackwood, Caerphilly, in 1986, the Welsh rockers became a staple of the '90s Cool Cymru movement ... anecdote claims that frontman James Dean Bradfield was involved in an ...

Nicky Wire and James Dean Bradfield looked back fondly at sharing the stage with the Gallagher brothers in their heyday, admitting they always felt things were teetering "on the edge." Chatting ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Future/Phil Barker It’s a characteristic of the best bands that they are loved by ...

As singer and guitarist James Dean Bradfield said to this writer recently, the number of Manics songs featuring a guest has now reached the stage where they could even do a specially-themed gig.

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

Three songs in, on La Tristesse Durera, the crowd was already doing the heavy lifting as James Dean Bradfield graciously stepped back from the microphone. Perhaps he appreciated the break.

It was hard not to be charmed by You Stole the Sun from My Heart or stirred by Motorcycle Emptiness, with frontman James Dean Bradfield on guitar hero duties. The greatest of these, A Design for ...