Guardian Music — Their 10th album might sound like ELO, but the Manic Street Preachers are as full as ever of intellectual fire. Alexis Petridis welcomes them backLet us for a moment return to 1992, the year the Manic Street Preachers released their debut album, Gene... more info

ContactMusic — Nicky Wire lies awake at night worrying about the future of rock n' roll.The Manic Street Preachers bassist has blasted the current music scene, claiming there are... more info

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ContactMusic — MANIC STREET PREACHERS bassist NICKY WIRE has praised WYCLEF JEAN for his presidential bid in Haiti - insisting the hip-hop star showed "an unbelievable amount of bravery"... more info

The Mirror — Nicky Wire has admitted he's "extremely nervous" about the release of the new Manic Street Preachers album - because it's more commercial than anything they've done before. more info

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Guardian Music — Your chance to hear Manic Street Preachers' tenth album before it's releasedWe're a long way from Journal for Plague Lovers here. Where the Manics' ninth album saw them using lyrics by Richey Edwards and returning to a starker sound, this time they h... more info

Guardian Music — Our music team pick the songs or albums, old or new, they just can't turn offKorallreven Honey Mine The new single from this blissed-out Swedish electropop duo features a wonderfully languid guest vocal from Victoria Bergsman. Anyone who loved early-... more info

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Guardian Music — Paul Morley introduces the Mercury prize nominees and winners that make up his prizes and awards discussion panelAfter a couple of decades, there are a couple of hundred acts to choose from when it comes to assembling a panel to discuss what it was l... more info