Manics line up a return to Cardiff Castle
MANIC Street Preachers are to return to Cardiff Castle next summer to play a special hometown show.
Taking place on Saturday, June 29, it will celebrate the 20th anniversary of their 1998 album, This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours - their biggest album to date.
It will take place four years after the Blackwood band played a sellout concert at the historic city centre venue.
The 2019 show will see them playing the album in full alongside a set of greatest hit and rarities.
The award-winning album went to number one in the UK charts on its release and sold more than worldwide.
It won the Brit Award for Best Album - and the band for Best Group, as well as accolades from NME and Q Magazine.
The album was preceded by the group’s first number one single, If five million copies You Tolerate This Then Your Children Will Be Next - the first, and only chart topper inspired by the Spanish Civil War.
Nicky Wire said recently to the NME: “I’ve just been listening to This Is My Truth a lot.
“It’s such a deep and heavy album for a record that was so big. It just makes you realise that you can push the limits and have success.”
The band previously announced a 20th year collectors’ edition of the album, which was their fifth, to be released on Friday, December 7. It contains unheard demos and live rehearsal recordings as well as remixes by the likes of Massive Attack, David Holmes and Mogwai.
The band’s return to Cardiff Castle follows their last appearance there in 2015 as part of their 20th anniversary Holy Bible tour.
They will be supported next summer by rising US stars Sunflower Bean.
Tickets for the show priced £39.50 are on sale 9am on Friday, November 30 and available via Ticketmaster.