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Manic Street Preachers to reunite in Japan

Manic Street Preachers

Manic Street Preachers

James Dean Bradfield and Nicky Wire team up

Manic Street Preachers stars James Dean Bradfield and Nicky Wire are set to reunite in Japan – by going on tour together.

The bandmates, both promoting debut solo albums, will appear on the same bill at four shows in September.

Bradfield is promoting his recently released record ‘The Great Western’, while Wire’s LP ‘I Killed The Zeitgeist’ is out on September 25.

The dates are at:

Nagoya Club Quattro (September 17)
Tokyo Shibuya Ax (18/19)
Osaka Big Cat (21)

Bradfield also goes on a UK tour in October, calling at:

Dundee Fat Sams (October 4)
Glasgow Garage (6)
Sheffield Leadmill (7)
Liverpool Barfly (8)
Manchester Academy 2 (10)
Birmingham Barfly (11)
Leeds Cockpit (12)
Newbridge Memorial Hall (14)
Brighton Concorde 2 (15)
Cardiff University (16)
Nottingham Rescue Rooms (18)
London KOKO (19)
Oxford Zodiac (20)
Cambridge Junction (22)
Stoke Sugarmill (23)

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