Manic Street Preachers: "We’ve muzzled young generations – they get endlessly told off"
With the Manics' UK tour underway, they talk to NME about politics, tech bros, '90s nostalgia and why "we have to let young people make mistakes and not endlessly judge them"
Here's what Manic Street Preachers played as they kicked off their 2025 UK 'Critical Thinking' tour
The tour will continue until May, making stops in London, Wolverhampton, Bristol, Manchester and Swansea
Manic Street Preachers add huge UK outdoor gig with The Charlatans and Ash to summer 2025 tour plans
The band are taking 'Critical Thinking' out on the road this spring
Manic Street Preachers on their song about Morrissey and new album ‘Critical Thinking’: “The only thing I attack on this record is myself”
Nicky Wire and James Dean Bradfield talked to NME about overcoming doubt to find purpose, the eternal presence of Richey Edwards, and already hatching plans for their “European” 16th album
Manic Street Preachers – 'Critical Thinking' review: former generation terrorists shoot hope through doubt
With warm but spiky '80s art-indie, the Welsh rock veterans' 15th album finds no absolute design for life – but still plenty of fight
Manic Street Preachers nod to The Waterboys and R.E.M. on new single 'Brushstrokes Of Reunion’
It marks the latest single from upcoming album ‘Critical Thinking’
Manic Street Preachers explore "destruction of truth" on new single 'People Ruin Paintings'
The track is taken from their forthcoming album ‘Critical Thinking'
Manic Street Preachers share bittersweet single 'Hiding In Plain Sight' and announce new album 'Critical Thinking'
The band have also announced a 2025 UK tour along with their Nicky Wire-fronted new single – as the bassist and lyricist tells NME about their 15th album's artwork
Listen to Manic Street Preachers' triumphant new single 'Decline & Fall'
Check out the new Skids and Cardigans-influenced song which "celebrates the tiny miracles that still exist whilst accepting and embracing managed decline"
Manic Street Preachers tease new material: "So much for the Decline & Fall"
The band have posted a clip of new music, along with a Dylan Thomas quote: “The highest hymns of the sun are written in the dark”