(pics by neil crud)
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Posts tagged Manic Street Preachers
Manic Street Preachers @ O2 Arena, London
V Festival – Weston Park, Staffordshire
(Aaron Broster warns you…)
As a hardened Glastonbury veteran (though after a long 22 year hiatus, I’m distinctly soft around the edges!) I really didn’t know what to expect from my very first V Festival. Would I be raving down the front with my top off, hurling plastic glasses of cider at Rhianna and vomiting into someone else’s rucksack back at the tent? Or searching for some comfortable seating to people watch, looking like someones dad come to pick them up early from a party, remarking on the quality of the falafel and the surprising availability of marinated olives? Well, turns out it was a little bit of both and, don’t put that sandwich down just yet, I didn’t puke!
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MANIC STREET PREACHERS, JOY FORMIDABLE @ Venue Cymru, Llandudno
(review neil crud, pix manic tiger)
No wonder Nicky Wire smiles throughout the performance – the Manics grossed about £80k in ticket sales for this gig alone. Not a bad job if you can get it, and they are worth every penny. Granted, you have to pay for the venue, the staff, the roadcrew, two tour buses, the stage, lights and sound transport, catering, accommodation etc… But there’s still a fair few pennies left to afford to mooch around the shops for a leopard print jacket. Yeah, I’d be smiling too.
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Manics in Manc
at Manchester Apollo… Third time I’ve seen the Manics, and the best… probably a blistering blast of Masses Against The Classes tipping it for me…
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Manics play Blackburn
Had a beer with them backstage prior to the gig and a duet of The Exploited’s Sex & Violence (as you do!) – more pics here
