Manic Street Preachers named 2008 Godlike Geniuses

Manic Street Preachers

Shockwaves NME Award 'means more than four BRITS' say band

Manic Street Preachers are set to receive the Godlike Genius award at the 2008 Shockwaves NME Awards, we can reveal.

The Welsh band are set to be honoured for an outstanding, unique and innovative career in music.

They follow the likes of The Clash, New Order and last year’s winners Primal Scream in receiving the prestigious award.

“Well I’ve got to say, when our manager told us about it I just genuinely felt humbled and excited,” bassist Nicky Wire told NME.COM after hearing about the honour.

He added: “We’ve won four BRIT Awards, Ivor Novellos, but it’s vindication. It feels like the best one because the NME is what I grew up with and for all its faults it still means a lot to me. It’s so fucking brilliant, honestly. It’s really made me feel fantastic.”

Along with being presented with the award at the Shockwaves NME Awards ceremony on February 28 at the IndigO2 in London, for the first time ever the Godlike Geniuses will headline a special awards 'Big Gig'.

The show will take place at the neighbouring O2 Arena after the ceremony finishes and also features, , Bloc Party, Klaxons and [a]The Cribs[/b].

For full details head to NME.COM/awards.

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alan26uk

Dec 18, 2007

This could have been catatonia, but for the grace of god.

AnthonyThornton

Dec 18, 2007

I'm really pleased they've got this. They're one of the best live bands I've ever seen (particularly in 1994 and '96)

cobbyshambles

Dec 18, 2007

i'm not too happy to be honest.mainly with the "but for the grace of god." comment but i think the time for them to get this has well and truly passed.2000 they were top of the world, now in my opinion they're nearing the bottom of the canal.

Keelz

Dec 19, 2007

Great news and for me overdue. For everything they've gone though they deserve it.

wheresmykipper

Dec 22, 2007

i'm not old enough to have taken the clash completely to heart. i can forgive them a couple of crap lps for a career that mirrored my life and gave me heart. a storming come back this year. they still speak for the dispirited, disposessed, disenfranchised. more than most hackneyed old soaks manage. not happy to hear them talk about profit and loss but that's the terrain they move in. just think what might have been had richy held it together to continue attacking the liberal consensus.

evoinexile

Feb 24, 2008

first these i think in 90?in a pub in cardiff ,SAMS BAR now some plastic discobar!
an exiled ,boilermaker ,now in alberta canada(expelled by thatchers ethnic cleansing of working class wales )would like to know if this event is being tevlevised/recorded , webcast/dvd?how do i see it?
unable to get home at this point