THE Manic Street Preachers are coming home to Gwent for a special gig.
The Blackwood band is currently on tour and announced today they will play Newport Centre at the end of August.
It will be a warm-up for the band headlining the Reading and Leeds Festivals the following weekend.
Lead singer James Dean Bradfield said the band was really looking forward to coming back to Newport for their first gig there in 11 years - and it's all thanks to bassist Nicky Wire who now lives in the city.
He said: "We did a Reading warm-up at the Newport Centre in 1997. Nicky Wire is a Newport boy, so he's always nagging us to come back. He reminded us of how good the '97 gig was and he just really wanted to do it.
"The thing we find usually is that people who have been coming to our concerts since 1990, usually end up coming to our gigs in Cardiff and Newport.
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"To play in front of those people again, it's a feeling you can't quite explain. I always find it's more pressure when you play at home and we are the kind of band that responds to that pressure."
Mr Bradfield and his fellow band members used to go to the centre to see bands such as The Black Crowes and The Smiths, as well as going to gigs at other venues in the city, including the Stow Hill Labour Club and El Seico's.
After playing arena gigs for seven years, the band's past couple of tours have been in theatres.
Mr Bradfield said after "Send Away The Tigers" was released last year, the band wanted to play places they had not been to before and have since played in Croatia, Turkey, Greece and Poland.
The Newport Centre may not be a new venue, but Mr Bradfield said: "We haven't played it for 10 years, so for me it feels new enough again to be exciting."
How to get tickets:
Manic Street Preachers will take to the stage at Newport Centre on Thursday, August 21. Tickets are £25 and go on sale tomorrow from 9.30am, from www.gigsandtours.com or by calling 08712200260.
Some of the profits from the gig will go to Cardiff's Velindre Hospital, where Mr Bradfield's late mother and other relatives received treatment.
[quote][bold]the truth is out there[/bold] wrote:
Crap band must be short on cash[/quote] Hmmmmmm.
The Manics had enjoyed both critical and commercial sucess. Please define your "crap band" in this instance.
the truth is out there wrote:
Crap band must be short on cash
Hmmmmmm.
The Manics had enjoyed both critical and commercial sucess. Please define your "crap band" in this instance.
Posted by: meandog101, Newport on 11:52am Thu 17 Jul 08
[quote][bold]the truth is out there[/bold] wrote:
Crap band must be short on cash[/quote] Playing a warm-up gig to a couple of thousand people isn't exactly going to make much difference to their bank balance!!! It's just a one-off to practice their set, so I don't think their objective is 'cash' in this instance. I'll be logging on to get my pair of tickets as it's not going to be that often you are able to catch a band like the Manics in such a small, local venue.
the truth is out there wrote:
Crap band must be short on cash
Playing a warm-up gig to a couple of thousand people isn't exactly going to make much difference to their bank balance!!! It's just a one-off to practice their set, so I don't think their objective is 'cash' in this instance. I'll be logging on to get my pair of tickets as it's not going to be that often you are able to catch a band like the Manics in such a small, local venue.
[quote][bold]the truth is out there[/bold] wrote:
Crap band must be short on cash[/quote] What lovely terminology you have, there are many fans out there of the MSP. You obviously would not scoff if you had their bank balances. Money is nothing to them, they do a gig because they enjoy the buzz.
the truth is out there wrote:
Crap band must be short on cash
What lovely terminology you have, there are many fans out there of the MSP. You obviously would not scoff if you had their bank balances. Money is nothing to them, they do a gig because they enjoy the buzz.
Posted by: Dugstar, Newbridge on 3:26pm Thu 17 Jul 08
At £25 a ticket they must be short of money. For a venue as big and Newport Centre I've said it before and I'll say it again. £15 is more than enough. Christ the sound quality isn't even that good in there.
At £25 a ticket they must be short of money. For a venue as big and Newport Centre I've said it before and I'll say it again. £15 is more than enough. Christ the sound quality isn't even that good in there.
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