Nicky Wire

Manic Street Preachers share ‘Orwellian’ from ‘The Ultra Vivid Lament’ and announce UK tour

Their ABBA, Bowie and REM-inspired 14th album will arrive in September, and is launched with a gem that tackles our "perpetual state of culture war"

Manic Street Preachers say new album sounds like “The Clash playing Abba”

"It’s the usual thing, miserable lyrics and great pop"

Manics’ Nicky Wire is working on “modern, electronic, soothsaying” solo material

The "prophetic" record was in the works at the same time as bandmate James Dean Bradfield's

Nicky Wire’s brother shares touching postcard message from Neil Peart

"We shall miss you Mr Peart"

Nicky Wire says Guns N’ Roses’ ‘Appetite For Destruction’ ‘put the roll back into rock’

Manic Street Preachers' Nicky Wire has recalled hearing Guns N' Roses' 'Appetite For Destruction' for the first time. The seminal debut album from the...

The Big Read – Manic Street Preachers: “Tech companies scare me more than politicians”

The Manics’ 13th album aims to find beauty and positivity in a bleak-as-fuck post-truth world. Andrew Trendell finds Nicky Wire and James Dean Bradfield rockin’ in the not-so-free world.