Inside Manic Street Preachers’ two-year live plan

Manic Street Preachers longtime agent Scott Thomas has revealed the battle plan for the band’s return to the road – and teased that even bigger things could be in store in 2026.

Fresh from a successful co-headline run with Suede last summer, the indefatigable Welsh rockers will head out alone this spring in support of their 15th album Critical Thinking, which is out next Friday (14 February).

The sold-out UK outing stops at Glasgow Barrowland (11-12 April), London’s O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire…

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