“We’re not interested in thriving - surviving will do.”
Nicky Wire speaks to @NME about ‘The Holy Bible Live’, looking back at the original album and the intensity of performing it again two decades later.
He also discusses the new songs the band have been working on and what might be next for Manic Street Preachers.
Read the full interview: https://t.co/QcXyes5AKy
Manic Street Preachers announce ‘The Holy Bible Live’, out 23rd October 2026.
In 2014, to mark 20 years since the release of ‘The Holy Bible’, the band embarked on a sold-out tour performing the album in full. ‘The Holy Bible Live’ captures the record performed at London’s Roundhouse during that tour.
Available in Deluxe, 2LP Blue Marble, CD & Blu-Ray, and Digital formats.
Pre-order ‘The Holy Bible Live’: https://t.co/CzMZTNYzz8
As the RNLI has cropped up again, here is Bill Bryson’s quote:
“I had never really stopped to consider what an extraordinary thing the Royal National Lifeboat Institution is. Think about it. A troubled ship calls for help, and eight people – teachers, plumbers, the guy who runs the pub – drop everything and put to sea, whatever the weather, asking no questions, imperilling their own lives, to try to help strangers. Is there anything more brave and noble than that?”
I very rarely cry, which is a pity. As an adult I can count on the fingers of one hand the no. of times. I was watching the Netflix documentary on the Costa Concordia. A middle aged member of the crew was walking along a corridor. As the ship was on its side he was walking on doors, one of which swung open. He fell a considerable distance, breaking his leg. He could do nothing but wait & hope.
Two days later rescue divers, still thinking the effort worthwhile, entered the ship at great peril to themselves. Surfacing, they found him.
‘What’s your name?’
‘Mario’
‘I’m Francesco. Don’t worry. You’re safe now’.
He cried telling this story years later. I cried too.
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@simonrug The stats from last week suggested a different type of game to what the pundits peddled and seeing how they performed against a struggling England shows how poor Fiji are at the moment.
How Wales played against Argentina isn't a surprise.
@AttackingScrum same old story for Wales, poor gainline with and without the ball, stagnant attack with a midfield that doesn't work and our only weapon is a lineout driving maul.
The game is about speed and we look devoid of it. An analogue team in a digital age.