Manic Street Preachers are back, announcing their 14th studio album, ‘The Utra Vivid Lament’ – released 3rd September 2021. The band have also released the first single from the album, ‘Orwellian’, as well as announcing an autumn tour for later this year.
Speaking about the new single, the Manics have said: “The track is about the battle to claim meaning, the erasing of context within debate, the overriding sense of factional conflict driven by digital platforms leading to a perpetual state of culture war. As with many songs on the record, it was written on the piano by James Dean Bradfield. Musically, it echoes ABBA, the majesty of Alan Rankine’s playing in the Associates and Talk Talk’s ‘It’s My Life’ with a Lindsey Buckingham guitar solo. It felt like the perfect sonic and lyrical introduction to The Ultra Vivid Lament”.
You’ll be able to hear the new material on a 14 date UK tour post-release, with previously announced festival dates also providing the band with a platform to play the new tracks live. The tour dates are as follows:
NEW DATES:
26 September NEWCASTLE, O2 City Hall
28 September EDINBURGH, Usher Hall
29 September DUNDEE, Caird Hall
1 October STOKE-ON-TRENT, Victoria Hall
2 October MANCHESTER, O2 Apollo
4 October YORK, Barbican
5 October GLASGOW, Barrowland
7 October LEEDS, O2 Academy
8 October PORTSMOUTH, Guildhall
10 October BOURNEMOUTH, O2 Academy
11 October CAMBRIDGE, Corn Exchange
13 October BATH, Forum
14 October BRIGHTON, Dome
3 December LONDON, The SSE Arena, Wembley
Previously Announced Live Shows:
16 July CARDIFF, Motorpoint Arena (NHS workers show)
17 July CARDIFF, Motorpoint Arena (NHS public show)
30 July PIKEHALL, Y Not Festival
7 August LINLITHGOW, Party At The Palace
29 August ALCESTER, Camper Calling Music Festival
10 September HALIFAX, Live at Piece Hall
18 September JERSEY, Electric Park Festival
You can pre-order ‘The Ultra Vivid Lament’ from the official store (https://manicstreetpreachers.lnk.to/store) to get early access to tickets for the tour, with a pre-sale starting on Wednesday 19th May at 10am. Tickets go on general sale on Friday 21st May at 10am –
http://gigst.rs/Manics https://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/manic-street-preachers-tickets/artist/741429
