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Manic Street Preachers are a band like no other - a band caught between the true glory of their past, present and their future. While enjoying the fruits of their immaculate 2014 album Futurology, they're also celebrating 20 years of The Holy Bible. But what comes next?
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Speaking to Gigwise at the 2015 Ivor Novello Awards, where the Manics picked up the Ivors Inspiration Award, bassist and lyricist Nicky Wire opened up about the future of the band. Last year they told Gigwise that their next album would be a heavy album of 'as many gigantic rock riffs as possible, maybe with Jimmy Page'.
"Yeah, but we've made no progress at all," Wire tells Gigwise at the Ivors. "I don't know if it's just because we did two albums so quick and we're 12 albums down the line, we just feel like it's important to kick back a bit really. Touring The Holy Bible, touring America, this Cardiff Castle gig coming up - I just haven't wrote anything at all! I think this is the longest period.
"Maybe we'll never do another one - Futurology was such a brilliant sumation of who we are, who knows? Everything Must Go is 20 years old next year as well, so we might even just do a couple of gigs doing that. I think we need to replenish our inspiration, you know?"
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And what does life have in store for Wire after the summer?
"Back to the bedroom, trying to write some ideas, read lots of books and watch lots of films. Hopefully something will happen. If not, I'll just be raiding the archives for Everything Must Go 20!"
Naturally, we had to put the recent Tory election win result to the left-wing barbed wit of Mr Wire. Does he think it will inspire a generation of the disenfranchished to make some great music?
"I doubt it - I don't think young people are wired to those kind of digital sensibilities any more. The digital world has changed all that. But the power is always in young people - people are bored shitless of me banging on."
Meanwhile, as well as performing at On Blackheath and Latitude festival this summer, Manic Street Preachers will be hitting the road to perform The Holy Bible in full at the following dates. For tickets and more information, visit here.
30 May EDINBURGH, Usher Hall
1 June WOLVERHAMPTON, Civic Hall
2 June SOUTHAMPTON, Guildhall
5 June CARDIFF, Castle
