Music Weekly: Manic Street Preachers

This week we bring you a rather moving edition of Music Weekly. Fourteen years ago, Manic Street Preachers guitarist Richey Edwards went missing, leaving behind a collection of his unused lyrics. These have now been put to music for the band's ninth album, Journal for Plague Lovers, and Nicky Wire told Tim Jonze all about the album that became an "art project". He also shares his memories of Richey, including the times they spent in their hometown of Blackwood, south Wales, dressing up as the Ne...

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