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Manic Street Preachers announce new album and UK tour

By Andy Malt | Published on Monday 20 November 2017

Those Manic Street Preachers have announced that they will release their thirteenth studio album, ‘Resistance Is Futile’, in April next year. The same month, they’ll also head out on a UK tour.

“The main themes of ‘Resistance Is Futile’ are memory and loss; forgotten history; confused reality and art as a hiding place and inspiration”, say the band. “It’s obsessively melodic – in many ways referencing both the naive energy of ‘Generation Terrorists’ and the orchestral sweep of ‘Everything Must Go’. After delay and difficulties getting started, the record has come together really quickly over the last few months through a surge of creativity and some old school hard work”.

The album will be released on 6 Apr. Tickets for the tour go on sale this Friday. Support for all dates will be The Coral. Here are the dates:

23 Apr: Newcastle, Metro Radio Arena
25 Apr: Glasgow, SSE Hydro
27 Apr: Birmingham Arena
28 Apr: Manchester Arena
1 May: Llandudno, Venue Cymru Arena
2 May: Leeds, First Direct Arena
4 May: London, Wembley Arena
5 May: Cardiff, Motorpoint Arena