05/06/15 Cardiff Castle

[Blue]

Originally Posted by Carson

JDB brought that random guitar on stage just to smash?

No, it was Wire's Maranello bass. "The toughest guitars in the world" :-)

[Nightgoat]

Originally Posted by Carson

JDB brought that random guitar on stage just to smash?

It was Nicky's bass

[sherlock]

Originally Posted by Deets

on a bright side I've just saved about 300 quid for not going to Cardiff

And there was apparently a 40 mile queue from Chippenham to Cardiff on the m4 to actually get there - and then the city's full of one direction fans. No, we're better off on our sofas.

[Dancing Kirby]

The guitar smashing seemed a bit out of place. There must have been around 8,000 people going 'alright, JDB lad, calm down, no need to get excited'.

[Deets]

Originally Posted by sherlock

And there was apparently a 40 mile queue from Chippenham to Cardiff on the m4 to actually get there - and then the city's full of one direction fans. No, we're better off on our sofas.

jesus, 4real? i'm like 4 feet away from my cosy bed. i'm too old for this shit.

still disappointed they didn't play Patrick Bateman

[sherlock]

Originally Posted by Manic Street Mike

Well fuck the lot of you, as disappointing as some of the skipped songs were I've had a whale of a time talking to a close friend over Skype while they performed. We had a great laugh.

You miserable sods.

Proud to be a miserable sod. I'm a depressing cunt as well and I fucking hate this miserable planet and everything on it. And that's the way I like it. At least I don't get surprised when the walls come tumbling down.

[sherlock]

Originally Posted by Deets

jesus, 4real? i'm like 4 feet away from my cosy bed. i'm too old for this shit.

still disappointed they didn't play Patrick Bateman

YOU'RE to old!!! I'm going to be 40 in a fortnight. Then I'm officially dead. Even though I've got a 12 week old baby boy!

[hibbytam]

Well, I enjoyed that. Especially the attempts at smashing the guitar at the end.

Shame, but not surprising they cut some hb stuff. Hopefully the rest crops up at somepoint.

[Carson]

Originally Posted by Blue

No, it was Wire's Maranello bass. "The toughest guitars in the world" :-)

Originally Posted by Nightgoat

It was Nicky's bass

Cool. I did think that, but it didn't seem right. If he would have smashed that LP custom, that would have made a real statement about materialism in a time of austerity.

[Europa Gluten Free]

Not to shit on the parade but I'm glad the Holy Bible era is over. Of course it's wonderful to hear the album in full, and I'm sure it was equally just an excuse for them to make a bit of cash doing the rounds again, but it's reached the end of the road now.

Please don't do a EMG cash in type of thing.

Go away. Write some songs. Play them live. Don't play YSTS, Everlasting, YLAINE, YLU ever again. Don't even bother about token rarities. Reinvent yourselves. Have a better promo campaign. Don't worry about critical acclaim, appearing on 6 music or Radio 2, or being the last band still together. Don't even worry about being relevant.

Do something different.

[gracie]

Originally Posted by sherlock

Proud to be a miserable sod. I'm a depressing cunt as well and I fucking hate this miserable planet and everything on it. And that's the way I like it. At least I don't get surprised when the walls come tumbling down.

[Nightgoat]

Originally Posted by Europa Gluten Free

Not to shit on the parade but I'm glad the Holy Bible era is over. Of course it's wonderful to hear the album in full, and I'm sure it was equally just an excuse for them to make a bit of cash doing the rounds again, but it's reached the end of the road now.

Please don't do a EMG cash in type of thing.

Go away. Write some songs. Play them live. Don't play YSTS, Everlasting, YLAINE, YLU ever again. Don't even bother about token rarities. Reinvent yourselves. Have a better promo campaign. Don't worry about critical acclaim, appearing on 6 music or Radio 2 or being the last band still together. Don't even worry about being relevant.

Do something different.

As much as I enjoyed the show in Wolverhampton and watching tonight, plus one to all of this.

[Dancing Kirby]

From Twitter...

@LadyShazShaz: Why smash up a perfectly good guitar after concert. Should have signed it and auctioned it for a charity #ManicStreetPreachers

I bet she was in the crowd.

[Routine Builder]

Oh god I don't know what's worse. The BBC cutting half the bible or the fact they turned up Naysmith on Condemned. Once heard, can never be unheard.

Happy to have a stellar version of Golden Platitudes, wish the studio version had the same bite to it...

[gracie]

I agree with Europa.

TOTALLY unpopular opinion, anyone too fanatic, look away now.

Personally, I find it ever so slightly embarassing that the boys are still acting like they did when they were at their peak. They need to face they don't have a new ADFL or a new Tolerate. The TIMT and EMG days are over and they can't keep wallowing in that success.

Unless there's something new and fresh that's a hit, they're going to keep having to wheel out ADFL on TV. They're not gonna crack the US now. There's hardly any new fans coming in now. I feel like we're a little cult (Not CoR, just in general, Manics-wise).

I do love them, a lot and they're a big part of my life but I feel as if they're going nowhere, and if they keep carrying on how they do, they're not going to go out in a blaze of glory. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed Futurology but when they keep going back to playing certain stuff, it's almost like they have no faith in themselves. It would be lovely to have EMG20, but I just don't think it's right like THB20 was.