NME — Band namecheck Gareth Bale and Aaron Ramsey in football song more info

Guardian Music — Iggy Pop | Melanie Martinez | Adam Green | Manic Street Preachers | Cash + DavidThis has been a grizzly year for rock legends, but Iggy Pop – notoriously one of our most self-destructive – is not just surviving, he’s thriving. Ed... more info

Guardian Music — To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the platinum selling 1996 record that scored the Welsh rock group their first commercial success, a special box set will be released. Taken from the EMG reissue, here’s a preview of the book, featuring Nick... more info

Nialler9 — The Limerick post-punk band Slow Riot burst into our consciousness with a song called ‘City Of Culture’ that lambasted their hometown’s cultural status before following that up with a song called ‘Demons’ that channels early Interpol in the... more info

Stereogum — James Corden is keeping a steady stream of British music royalty coming through his Late Late Show studio. Since the show launched less than three months ago, it’s featured Jessie Ware, Mark Ronson, Manic Street Preachers, One Direction, Sting, and... more info

Stereogum — A fun thing about having James Corden on late-night TV: He treats every Britpop-era guest like visiting royalty. Consider, if you will, the time he put the Manic Street Preachers on American TV for the first time ever. And last night, he had Noel Gal... more info

Stereogum — Blur weren’t the only ’90s Britpop OGs who had a moment on American late-night TV last night. Actual British person James Corden is the new host of The Late Late Show, so he presumably had something to do with this. Manic Street Preachers were an... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Photos by Greg Cristman Manic Street Preachers @ Webster Hall 4/23/2015 Two decades later, Edwards's psycho-sociopathic vision seems prophetic, but the music surrounding these words is another story, and often one of transcendence. This tour is a cel... more info

Nialler9 — Electric Picnic have just announced their lineup for the 11th edition of the festival in Stradbally Hall from September 4th to 6th. Lineup Florence + The Machine, Hot Chip, Future Islands, Manic Street Preachers, Chvrches, Underworld, Jurassic 5, Ri... more info

The Independent — Latitude returns for its 10th year with a birthday line-up featuring Jack Dee, Gareth Malone, Noel Gallagher, Manic Street Preachers and Simon Armitage. more info