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A Kickstarter campaign to raise money for a documentary about Manic Street Preachers' seminal 1994 album The Holy Bible has reached its target.
Ahead of the band kicking off their tour to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the album next week, the campaign for The Holy Bible: My Testament had reached £4,372 of its £4,000 target - 21 hours before their pledging deadline ends tomorrow (Thursday 4 December).
A statement about the intent of the film reads:
"Welsh production company Barefoot Rascals is very pleased to present The Holy Bible: My Testament.
"On the eve of a sell-out tour, this exclusive series of interviews will explore the huge significance of the Manic Street Preachers’ third studio album in a way never done before.
"Twenty years after its release we want to assess its huge significance and cultural impact. Award winning music journalist, Manics’ biographer and tour support DJ, Simon Price, will be in conversation with some of The Holy Bible's biggest fans about the importance of the album and why it means so much to them.
"Joining Simon so far will be the internationally acclaimed music photographer Kevin Cummins, writer Rhian E Jones and award winning journalist and musician John Robb among others."
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The full list of Holy Bible dates is below. Tickets are on sale now. For tickets and more information, visit here.
As previously reported, the the band's first set will be the 1994 album The Holy Bible performed in full - starting 'promptly' at 8.45pm each night. Then, after a ten-minute break, the band will play a second set featuring songs from their excellent 2014 LP Futurology as well as "curios and a handful of classic hits".
There will be no support bands on the dates, just DJs handpicked by the band:
Dec 8th Glasgow Robin Turner (MSP tour DJ since 1996)
Dec 10th Manchester Robin Turner (MSP tour DJ since 1996)
Dec 11th Manchester Simon Price (MSP biographer)
Dec 15th London Erol Alkan (remixer ‘Europa Geht Durch Mich’)
Dec 16th London Andrew Weatherall (remixer ‘Peeled Apples’, DJ at 1994 Astoria shows)
Dec 17th London Erol Alkan (remixer ‘Europa Geht Durch Mich’)
The band will be reissuing The Holy Bible as an expanded edition on Monday 8 December.
