Manic Street Preachers: New Singles Album Proves Our Chart Success

Manic Street Preachers have said they hope their new singles collection will show music fans that they have enjoyed chart success.

Frontman James Dean Bradfield said 'National Treasures' was a testament to their past and the infamous “indie wars” in the charts before pop music became dominant.

“You kind of get a sense that guitar bands don't really have hit singles any more,” he told XFM.

“Because the Top 40 is so full of pop records now. We just want to show what the era was before this era. We want to be positive about it and say: this is what happened in the indie wars.”

Manic Street Preachers' forthcoming singles collection is due out on October 31.

The group will play a one-off gig at London's O2 Arena on December 17 to celebrate the record's release.

The show will see Manic Street Preachers perform every single back from the band's career.

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