MANIC Street Preachers have announced their biggest series of UK shows in more than a decade.
The Welsh rockers will be at Manchester Arena on April 28 to tie in with the release of their 13th studio album, Resistance is Futile, which they describe as like Generation Terrorists meets Everything Must Go.
Following the musical departures of 2013’s largely acoustic, Rewind the Film, and the electronics of 2014’s Futurology, Resistance Is Futile is said to be a return to a classic Manics sound.
The songs on the record are the first recorded in the band’s new Door to the River studio near Newport.
The band said: “The main themes of Resistance is Futile are memory and loss, forgotten history, confused reality and art as a hiding place and inspiration.
“It’s obsessively melodic – in many ways referencing both the naive energy of Generation Terrorists and the orchestral sweep of Everything Must Go.
“After difficulties getting started, the record has come together really quickly over the last few months through a surge of creativity and some old school hard work.”
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