
Manic Street Preachers: “We talked ourselves through oblivion”
Nicky Wire and James Dean Bradfield on their deeply personal 14th album 'The Ultra Vivid Lament'

Nicky Wire reveals Pete Doherty wrote into NME after Richey Edwards' disappearance
"It was a really sweet letter"

Manic Street Preachers’ Nicky Wire "deeply regrets" controversial Michael Stipe comments
The bassist was previously slammed for his 1993 comments about Stipe

The Manics tell us about their new single with Sunflower Bean's Julia Cumming
Nicky Wire explains the "melancholic but uplifting" new track 'The Secret He Had Missed', from the "glacial but high modernist" new LP 'The Ultra Vivid Lament

Manic Street Preachers share 'Orwellian' from 'The Ultra Vivid Lament' and announce UK tour
Their ABBA, Bowie and REM-inspired 14th album will arrive in September, and is launched with a gem that tackles our "perpetual state of culture war"

Manic Street Preachers say new album sounds like "The Clash playing Abba"
"It’s the usual thing, miserable lyrics and great pop"

Manics' Nicky Wire is working on "modern, electronic, soothsaying" solo material
The "prophetic" record was in the works at the same time as bandmate James Dean Bradfield's

Nicky Wire's brother shares touching postcard message from Neil Peart
"We shall miss you Mr Peart"

Nicky Wire says Guns N' Roses' 'Appetite For Destruction' 'put the roll back into rock'

The Big Read - Manic Street Preachers: "Tech companies scare me more than politicians"
The Manics’ 13th album aims to find beauty and positivity in a bleak-as-fuck post-truth world. Andrew Trendell finds Nicky Wire and James Dean Bradfield rockin’ in the not-so-free world.