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Manic Street Preachers Make Triumphant North American Return

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By Erik Missio (CHARTattack) October 5, 2009 2:01 pm
"I really have no idea why the fuck it's taken us 10 years to get back here," Manic Street Preachers bassist Nicky Wire (sporting trademark guy-liner, of course) shrugged from behind his boa-bedecked mic stand. Well, the explanation probably has something to do with the fact the Manic Street Preachers remain relatively unknown...
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Manic Street Preachers — Lifeblood

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By Steve English (CHARTattack) November 9, 2004 2:06 pm
It would seem now, that the back-to-basics route the Manics took for 2001’s harsh, underwhelming Know Your Enemy, was a wrong turn, not a brave new direction. Despite rumours of their impending retirement, the original Generation Terrorists have opted to stump the eulogists with the kind of beatific, wide-open rock they cast off years ago. Often...
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Manic Street Preachers — Lipstick Traces: A Secret History Of The Manic Street Preachers

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By Darrin Keene (CHARTattack) July 13, 2003 3:29 pm
The title of the Manic Street Preachers' B-sides and covers collection makes a nudge wink reference to Greil Marcus' Lipstick Traces: A Secret History Of The Twentieth Century, a clever book that explores the birth of punk with heavy philosophical and sociological gravitas. It's the type of heady name-dropping one would expect from the Manics, a...
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Ten Great Anti-Monarchy Songs (To Capitalize On Royal Wedding Fever)

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By Michelle McGlynn (CHARTattack) April 28, 2011 2:21 pm
It doesn't really matter whether you're against the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton because you think it's a gross waste of resources, you're an anarchist, or because you're vehemently opposed to state-recognition of unions and monolithic institutions, because the future King Britain and his bride are getting hitched at London,...
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I Read The News Today... For July 27, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 27, 2010 1:53 pm
How much Miles Davis do you need in your life? Apparently the folks at Sony Music have decided you need 43 discs worth of his music, since they're going to release a 43-disc (yes, 43 discs, for real) box set titled The Genius Of Miles Davis. (Ray Charles is yelling somewhere.) It collects all eight of Davis' box sets released from 1996 to...
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I Read The News Today... For May 26, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff May 26, 2010 12:24 pm
Just a day after being arrested for assault with a deadly weapon, Suge Knight was accused of ordering a hit. —TMZ Burlington, Ont.'s Sandman Viper Command have a free download of "Strawberry Quick," from their Everybody See This debut album available for free download. —MySpace Regina Spektor will play at the White House as part of...
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Manic Street Preachers Vs. Radiohead

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) February 19, 2010 12:22 pm
Of all the bands I'd expect to be feuding, I'd never think it'd be Britain's arguably two biggest acts, Radiohead and the Manic Street Preachers. The two have launched a battle of words over file sharing. Radiohead are members of the Featured Artists' Coalition, which says file sharing should be legal and the British government should be...
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An Amusing Manic Street Preachers Anecdote

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) February 2, 2010 1:30 pm
As some of you are aware, Monday (Feb. 1) marked the 15th anniversary of former Manic Street Preachers guitarist and main lyricist Richey Edwards' disappearance. (He was declared legally dead in 2008.) Generation Terrorists, The Holy Bible, Everything Must Go and This Is My Truth, Tell Me Yours are some of my all-time favourite albums, but I...
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Today In Music History: Manic Street Preachers' Richey Edwards Disappears On Feb. 1, 1995

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) February 1, 2010 12:37 pm
Manic Street Preachers guitarist and main lyricist Richey James Edwards disappeared on this day in 1995. Two weeks prior to going missing, Edwards started taking £200 a day out of his bank account. The Manic Street Preachers were scheduled to fly to North America to tour on Feb. 1, but he never showed up for the flight. It's not known what...
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Manic Street Preachers Touring North America

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) July 27, 2009 1:26 pm
Manic Street Preachers have announced a few North American dates that will bring them to this continent in September and October. The gigs include shows in Vancouver and Toronto. Tickets for the Vancouver gig are on sale now through Live Nation, and tickets for the Toronto show go on sale on Thursday at 10 a.m. ET through the same outlet....
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Pumping: Manic Street Preachers - Forever Delayed: The Greatest Hits

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By The Stereo (CHARTattack) May 22, 2009 2:01 pm
Wow. Want to know how to kill a party real quick? Just play the bonus remix disc of this set. We're near the end of almost three hours of Manics and it's pretty clear now that they tricked us all way back whenever it was when they were still popular. That "If You Tolerate This" song still holds up nicely, though.    
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Snow Patrol "Like The Village People"

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) March 31, 2009 3:05 pm
Snow Patrol frontman Gary Lightbody has taken two years to reply to Manic Street Preachers bassist Nicky Wire describing his group as "the most boring band in Britain." (This reminds us of that Seinfeld episode where George Costanza came up with the "jerk store" comeback days after he was insulted by his co-workers.) Wire...
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Richey Edwards Officially Dead

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) November 24, 2008 12:08 pm
Former Manic Street Preachers guitarist Richey Edwards may have been missing for nearly 14 years, but he has only just been "presumed dead." Edwards had been missing since Feb. 1, 1995. While his car was discovered near the Severn Bridge — a site known for suicide attempts — his body has never been found. Under British law, a person...
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Manics Recording Album With Edwards Lyrics

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) November 4, 2008 1:41 pm
Former Manic Street Preachers guitarist Richey Edwards may have been missing since 1995, but that won't stop his band from releasing a record that includes his lyrics. The Welsh rockers have been recording a new album with the tentative titles of Journal For Plague Lovers or I Know I Believe In Nothing But It Is My Nothing with producer Steve...
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New Releases: Tegan And Sara Ready To Con Listeners

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By Noah Love (CHARTattack) July 23, 2007 4:30 pm
Yes, folks, we're truly in the dog days of summer. After the orgy of new music on July 10 with Interpol, Spoon and Smashing Pumpkins, last week was so dry that you could feel the whole music industry collapse under its own boredom. This week isn't much better, but a few notable releases have ensured that a pile of niche fans will make their way...
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Manic Street Preachers Look To The Tigers

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By Jason MacNeil (CHARTattack) March 14, 2007 2:30 pm
Welsh trio Manic Street Preachers have announced the track listing to their new studio album, Send Away The Tigers, which will be released in Great Britain on May 7. There's no word on a North American release date. The album, the follow-up to 2004's Lifeblood, was recorded in Wales and Ireland last year with producer Dave Eringa. According to...
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Manic Street Preachers Releasing Expanded Everything Must Go

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By CHARTattack Staff October 4, 2006 5:30 pm
Major Manic Street Preachers fans are in for a treat. The group are honouring the 10th anniversary of Everything Must Go by issuing an expanded version of it. The deluxe edition of the record will be available in Canada as an import on Oct. 19. It will come with two CDs featuring the original album, demos, B-sides, rehearsals and alternate...
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Manic Street Preachers — Know Your Enemy

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By Kate Guay (CHARTattack) March 27, 2001 1:16 am
In "Let Robeson Sing," the Manics ask: "Can anyone make a difference anymore? Can anyone write a protest song?" Apparently they didn't ask themselves. Incentives to riot should be expected from the band who teased us with previous greats like "If You Tolerate This" and "Masses Against The Classes." But...
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