Perhaps it’s the fact that I don’t get out much these days but I’m surprisingly excited by the announcement of the latest Manic Street Preachers tour dates, not least as they’ve had the decency to stop off in Cambridge. In fact it’s a very exhaustive UK tour and it will be the first time I’ve seen the band since 1994 (and the first time since Richey’s disappearance). Those 16 years have seen a mish-mash of feelings towards the Manics. The ‘comeback’ single, Design For Life, was a triumph and although the resulting album catapulted the band to new heights Everything Must Go’s meat and two veg anthemic style made it the first Manics album that I didn’t buy – and I haven’t bought one since, although I did make use of streaming sites for 2009's Journal For Plague Lovers. This is despite several notable releases: the one-off Masses Against the Classes (with its one acoustic and one cover version b-sides it truly felt like a throwback to a Richey-era single) and Found That Soul leap to mind.
Pre-sale available now.
The dates in full.
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The first Manics album I ever heard was Gold Against the Soul, which I thought (and still think) was awful. That colored my opinion of them for years. I've since fallen in love with Generation Terrorists and have really come to appreciate The Holy Bible. The only record since that one I've really liked was Send Away the Tigers, though I've got Journal For Plague Lovers and am working my way through it.
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