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manics april uk tour

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Started by not_that_kind_of_guy (a story on the radio) in Other Bands & Artists

fresh from failing to sell out any large venues this past december and desperate to promote the new awful album “lifeblood” the manics will be playing some smaller than usual shows in april:

April 03: Southampton Guildhall
April 04: Derby Assembly Rooms
April 06: Wolverhampton Civic Hall
April 07: Swansea Brangwyn Hall
April 09: Liverpool Royal Court
April 11: Bristol Colston Hall
April 12: Cambridge Corn Exchange
April 14: Newcastle City Hall
April 15: Edinburgh Corn Exchange
April 17: Leeds University / Refectory
April 18: Hammersmith Apollo London

http://manics.co.uk/04/news.php?id=news#0
tickets go on sale next friday.

but of course, despite the crap album, i am over the moon that they are playing cambridge. :) xxx

Posted on Fri, 28 January 2005 at 21:32

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gb199 wrote:

That album is class!! Only got it yesterday (£5.99 on play.com) but I already love it. Probably their best work since The Holy Bible.

Quality that they are playing Soton, first time they will have played there in almost 10 years!! Support for the Delays too, cant wait.

Posted on Sat, 29 January 2005 at 10:25

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Bad Karma wrote:

If they had any sense they should make this a farewell tour.The funny thing about the last tour was they had Razorlight supporting whoose album has been a huge success in comparison to the flop that Lifeblood is,it must have been embarassing for them.Lifeblood only came out last October/November and its already going for £5.99 thats not really a good sign.
Even if the Manics were playing near me i don’t think i’d bother going to see them since Lifeblood came out i’ve really gone off them.

Posted on Sat, 29 January 2005 at 17:24

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gb199 wrote:

Why would that be sensible for them to split up? Just because they dont have as many fans as they used to and you didnt like their last album?? T? would have split years ago based on that logic yet they are still making quality albums and playing small venues and we still love them.

MSP singles are still charting really well and they were the most popular act at the Tsunami gig the other week, so I dont think they are finished yet. I’m loving the chance to see them in smaller venues personally.

Posted on Sun, 30 January 2005 at 16:12

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Bad Karma wrote:

I think it would be sensible for them to split up because they use to be a really great band and since 1998 they have been a band in decline.I don’t think the Manics have made a quality album since Everything Must Go.Theres half a good album on This Is My Truth and Know Your Enemy was quanity over quality.The longer the Manics exist the more mediocre they’ve become.
As for the Manics recent chart postitions thats more down to the marketing tactics like the 3 for £5 deals they do in HMV and Sony changing the release dates and the general decline of the singles charts.

Posted on Sun, 30 January 2005 at 20:26

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not_that_kind_of_guy (a story on the radio) wrote:

i think this tour of smaller venues will make a big difference to the band. when they announced the december tour last year, even then, it was a tad presumptuous of them to assume people were still interested. with hindsight we now all know that no-one was interested. presumably because, no matter how “obsessive” their fans alledgedly are, they haven’t put out a good album in a long long time. however i think gb199 makes a very good point about not wanting them them split up. i don’t want them to split up either. but as to his point about therapy having less fans and still continuing, that’s true BUT therapy have never put out a truly dire album which the manics have consistently done since 1996. don’t misunderstand me here, i love the manics, i have done for a long time but they really will have to do something GOOD to keep me interested for much longer. and hopefully this tour will do that. xxx

Posted on Sun, 30 January 2005 at 20:56

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Superunknown wrote:

Actually I think there last three albums blow their first three out of the water.

I mean, come on, “Generation Terrorists” is mostly dated hair rock, desperate to sound like GN’R. There are a few all time classics on that album, but the rest justs sounds dated.
“Gold Against The Soul” wasn’t even considered an artistic success when it was released, although it’s also got 2 or 3 great songs.
“The Holy Bible” is the best out of the first three but still the punk sound doesn’t really suit the Manics well. Nicky Wire tries to squeeze too many words in one line and gives James Dean Bradfield a hard time writing melodies that match the lyrics.

“This Is My Truth…”, however, is the Manics best album. Beautiful songs all around and Nicky Wire finally writing about something else than just politics.
“Know Your Enemy”, while not flawless, is far from being a bad album. “Ocean Spray”, “Found That Soul”, “His Last Painting”, etc. are great and diverse songs.
Now “Lifeblood” I had considered as a bad album myself at first, but it gets better with each listen. The current single “Empty Souls” in particular is one of their best tracks ever. “I Live To Fall Asleep”, “Glasnost” and “Cardiff Afterlife” are just 3 more songs that come to mind which are pretty good. No, the Manics aren’t inventing anymore, but they still write interesting music and lyrics.

Posted on Mon, 31 January 2005 at 08:49

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Dennis wrote:

Bad Karma wrote:

As for the Manics recent chart postitions thats more down to the marketing tactics like the 3 for £5 deals they do in HMV and Sony changing the release dates and the general decline of the singles charts.

I agree totally. If Elvis hadn’t been re-released the same week as Empty Souls, Manics would’ve been number 1 instead of number two - and it would have easily been the lowest selling number one single since sales figures were compiled. In fact, Empty Souls sold only just over HALF the figure of the existing worst-selling-number-one.
Add to that the fact that many people who bought it actually bought three copies (three formats), you may say that you can divide the sales figure by three to find out how many PEOPLE bought the single. Compare that to a big selling single in the 80’s say, when you bought just one 7” single, and, well, it’s a small fraction of the audience in comparison..

Sales figures don’t mean jack, but when a loyal fanbase is dwindling so rapidly, you must be doing something wrong..

Posted on Mon, 31 January 2005 at 11:46

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deadsetgav wrote:

Superunknown wrote:

I mean, come on, “Generation Terrorists” is mostly dated hair rock, desperate to sound like GN’R. There are a few all time classics on that album, but the rest justs sounds dated.

I’m probably on my own on this one but… NO FUCKIN WAY! - its the only good Manics album…

At least they had something to say, and a bit of passion and energy in their music,
now they are just bland, you might as well be listening to the Lighthouse Family or Simply (d)Red(full)

Posted on Mon, 31 January 2005 at 17:58

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gb199 wrote:

Got some more info on this now, they will be playing alot of stuff off the Holy Bible on this tour, as well as Lifeblood, so will be a absolute kickass show!!

I cant flaming wait :D

Posted on Wed, 2 February 2005 at 10:29

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romy wrote:

gb199 wrote:

they were the most popular act at the Tsunami gig the other week,

no they weren’t ;)

Superunknown wrote:

“The Holy Bible” is the best out of the first three but still the punk sound doesn’t really suit the Manics well. Nicky Wire tries to squeeze too many words in one line and gives James Dean Bradfield a hard time writing melodies that match the lyrics.

nicky himself said that richey wrote 75% of the lyrics on THB,btw!

my comment on all this:

“just one more greatest hits tour for the devotees” [Mansun]

and not even euro dates…

deadsetgav wrote:

Simply (d)Red(full)

i still love jason newsted for doing that while the camera was running :D

Posted on Wed, 2 February 2005 at 23:46

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not_that_kind_of_guy (a story on the radio) wrote:

pre-sale tickets went up this morning. go to http://www.seetickets.com/sjmmaj/index.asp?link=manic+street+prea … p;site=msp . i got mine, yay! :) xxx

Posted on Thu, 3 February 2005 at 10:39

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Superunknown wrote:

romy wrote:

i still love jason newsted for doing that while the camera was running :D

Doing what?

Posted on Sun, 6 February 2005 at 10:53

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deadsetgav wrote:

Altering the sign on Simply Reds dressing room door with a black marker pen to read ‘Simply Dredfull’

It was on the ‘year and a half..’ video i think

Posted on Sun, 6 February 2005 at 11:02

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romy wrote:

yep :) i saw it in some programme about the MTV europe awards 1996,methinks.or was it the metallica icon thing? can’t remember.

Posted on Sun, 6 February 2005 at 13:03

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deadsetgav wrote:

Actually - you could be right - I might have seen it on an MTV program done around the time of Load.

It was still very funny nevertheless

Posted on Sun, 6 February 2005 at 16:10

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