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MANICS MAKE HUGE LIVE RETURN!

Manic Street Preachers made a welcome return to live shows by playing a massive song set-list to fans at the Cardiff CIA last night. The band, currently recording their new LP, played a mixture of hits, album tracks and b-sides to thunderous applaud from the crowd. They played no new material but teased that “ It’s loud, fucked and strange”,

SLEEPFLOWER (GATS)
FOUND THAT SOUL (KYE)
POSTCARDS FROM A YOUNG MAN (PFAYM)
SLASH ‘N’ BURN (GT)
KEVIN CARTER (EMG)
MOTORCYCLE EMPTINESS (GT)
EVERYTHING MUST GO (EMG)
YOUR LOVE ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH (SATT)
FROM DESPAIR TO WHERE (GATS)
PEELED APPLES (JFPL)
ENOLA ALONE (EMG)
GOLDEN PLATITUDES (PFAYM)
LET ROBESON SING (KYE)
SOME KIND OF NOTHINGNESS (PFAYM)
THIS IS YESTERDAY (THB)
1985 (LB)
PROLOGUE TO HISTORY (BSIDE)
YES (THB)
DIE IN THE SUMMERTIME (THB)
AUSTRALIA (EMG)
IT’S NOT WAR (JUST THE END OF LOVE) (PFAYM)
ROSES IN THE HOSPITAL (GATS)

ACOUSTIC BREAK

RAINDROPS KEEP FALLING ON MY HEAD (BSIDE)
BLACK DOG ON MY SHOULDER (TIMTTMY)
FACING PAGE TOP LEFT (JFPL)
WILLIAMS LAST WORDS (JFPL)
I LIVE TO FALL ASLEEP (LB)

MASSES AGAINST THE CLASSES (BSIDE)
YOU LOVE US (GT)
ALL IS VANITY (JFPL)
TAKE THE SKINHEADS BOWLING (BSIDE)
COMFORT COMES (BSIDE)
JACKIE COLLINS EXISTENTIAL QUESTION TIME (JFPL)
IF YOU TOLERATE THIS YOUR CHILDREN WILL BE NEXT (TIMTTMY)
SEPIA (BSIDE)
I’M NOT WORKING (TIMTTMY)
A SONG FOR DEPARTURE (LB)
HAZELTON AVENUE (PFAYM)
OCEAN SPRAY (KYE)
MY GUERNICA (KYE)
LIFE BECOMING A LANDSLIDE (GATS)
THE YEAR OF PURIFICATION (KYE)
THE FUTURE HAS BEEN HERE 4EVER (PFAYM)
EMILY (LB)
SEND AWAY THE TIGERS (SATT)
TSUNAMI (TIMTTMY)
A DESIGN FOR LIFE (EMG)

ENCORE

READY FOR DROWNING (TIMTTMY)
STAY BEAUTIFUL (GT)
CARDIFF AFTERLIFE (LB)




NME: The set list tonight was incredibly diverse and seemed to please the fans a lot.

NW: Yeah, we saw Springsteen in America on the last tour and found it amazing he could fit so many songs into a 3 hour set. I’d long said to fans to expect Springsteen-Esque sets but I failed on that because in the UK you are severely limited to playing live after 11pm so we tend to play the current album and a mixture of hits, usually around 24 songs.

JDB: It was a hard task trying to choose the songs because we’ve record around 450 songs in total since we started and a few of the ones chosen such as “Sepia”, “Comfort Comes”, “I’m Not Working”, etc. we had to rehearse over and over. It was a really good experience and one I don’t think we’ll shy from again now.

NME: Was it also a case of pandering to the fans?

NW: A little bit. I read the forum, foreverdelayed, and some of the criticisms aimed at us is that we’re a bit predictable with the set-list. I’m not saying that we’re going to play 50 songs a night on the next tour but we should really look at our catalogue and pull something out, something a little obscure.

NME: Were there any songs that you thought “ Absolutely not”?

JDB: A fair few, ha ha. I think I vetoed The Love Of Richard Nixon straight away and also “Always/Never” both from Lifeblood.

NW: Yeah, I definitely felt weary about certain songs. Some songs such as “The Everlasting” and “ You Stole The Sun From My Heart” I felt was time to retire for a bit.

NME: How come you didn’t play “Motown Junk”?

JDB: I wanted to play it!

NW: It was about time we gave it a rest for a while too.

NME: The set was a good combination of album tracks as well as b-sides. How come you didn’t air any new material?

NW: I wanted to do a track or two but James is quite nervous about the direction. It’s completely removed from anything we’ve done before.

JDB: It is really experimental to be honest. It’s going to be our Kid A.


I was a little bored and snowed in