The Music Fix — News: Manic Street Preachers return with Journal For Plague Lovers, out 18th May. All 13 songs on the new record feature lyrics left by Richey Edwards, the Manics lyricist and sometime guitarist, who has been missing since Feb 1st, 1995. "The brill... more info

AngryApe — In support of Journal For Plague Lovers more info

NME — Manic Street Preachers have announced details of a short UK tour. more info

Kerrang! — Nine Inch Nails and Jane's Addiction have been added to the bill of this year's Oxegen festival, which takes place at the Punchestown Racecourse near Dublin from July 10 to 12. Also on the bill are Manic Street Preachers, Pendulum, The Mars Volta an... more info

MTV.co.uk News — Lady GaGa and The Game are among acts just announced for the Oxegen Festival in Ireland this summer. Also added to the massive bill are Florence & The Machine, The Manic Street Preachers,... more info

NME — Manic Street Preachers, Foals, Lady GaGa, TV On The Radio and The Game have been added to the line-up of the Oxegen festival. more info

Kerrang! — Welsh rockers Manic Street Preachers have completed work on the follow-up to 2007's Send Away the Tigers. Journal For Plague Lovers, which was recorded at Rockfield studios in Monmouth, with producer Steve Albini (Nirvana, Iggy And The Stooges Scott... more info

NME — Manic Street Preachers bassist Nicky Wire has posted a handwritten note on Manicstreetpreachers.com telling fans the band have completed recording their new album. more info

PopSugar UK — Two of the child stars of Slumdog Millionaire are to get new apartments. The Mumbai housing authority stepped in following the huge publicity that the movie brought to India. - The Sun Bolt is the number one movie in the UK for the second week in a... more info

NME — Franz Ferdinand, Lily Allen, Manic Street Preachers, The Specials, Bloc Party and The Ting Tings are among a slew of names that have been added to the T In The Park festival line-up for this year. more info