Guardian Music — Libraries were my band's lifeline, writes Nicky Wire of the Manic Street Preachers. We must fight for themIt's hard not to feel utterly despondent at the current plight of public libraries. Along with the NHS and the BBC, our libraries are some of th... more info

ContactMusic — Welsh rockers MANIC STREET PREACHERS felt "distraught" when their last single failed to scrape into the U.K. top 40 chart.The band's second release from their Postcards From A Young Man album hit stores in December (10). But Some Kind of Nothingness,... more info

Gigwise — Of last single... more info

I Like Music — The band and the BBC have released two videos from the intimate performance back at Blackwood Miners Institute in Wales more info

Guardian Music — Five-year-old spin-off from classical music Proms axed because of efficiency savingsBBC Radio 2's Electric Proms has fallen victim to the corporation's latest-round of cost-cutting with last year's event, featuring Robert Plant, Neil Diamond and Sir ... more info

ContactMusic — MANIC STREET PREACHERS frontman JAMES DEAN BRADFIELD was nervous about asking a number of his music idols to work on the band's latest album - because he was convinced they would turn him down.The Welsh group returned in 2010 with its 10th studio alb... more info

Yahoo! Music UK — world entertainment news - Manic Street Preachers frontman James Dean Bradfield has branded the modern music industry "depressing", because the charts are full of pop and "gap year music". more info

ContactMusic — MANIC STREET PREACHERS frontman JAMES DEAN BRADFIELD has branded the modern music industry "depressing", because the charts are full of pop and "gap year music".The Welsh musician fears most upcoming rock groups will only enjoy a brief stint in the s... more info

Gigwise — James Dean Bradfield hits out... more info

Guardian Music — British Sea Power's fourth album proper stakes out new territory between the Flaming Lips and the ManicsImagine, for a moment, an actual Jamaican dance hall, relocated to Valhalla. There would be a time-shifting fog of ganja and barbecued goat. Mad-e... more info