This is the artwork for the the new single, to be released on Sept. 13th. You can pre-order from the link below.

CD1
1. (It’s Not War) Just the End of Love
2. I’m Leaving You For Solitude
3. Distraction

CD2
1. (It’s Not War) Just the End of Love
2. Ostopolitik
3. Lost Voices

7″
1. (It’s Not War) Just the End of Love
2. I Know the Numbers

The Vinyl and the CDs can be ordered at the official shop here. The second CD is apparently exclusive to them.

This week has been full of Manics news, with upcoming single (‘It’s Not War’) Just The End of Love receiving its first play on radio.

- The single is to be released on the 13th September, and the album following on the 20th September.

- According to NME, Michael Sheen is to appear in the video for the single.

- The Band have now released the full tracklisting for the new album, which features special guests:

(It’s Not War) – Just The End of Love
Postcards From A Young Man
Some Kind of Nothingness (featuring Ian McCulloch on vocals)
The Descent – (Pages 1 & 2)
Hazleton Avenue
Auto-Intoxication (featuring John Cale on paino)
Golden Platitudes
I Think I’ve Found It
A Billion Balconies Facing The Sun (featuring Duff McKagen on bass)
All We Make Is Entertainment
The Future Has Been Here 4 Ever (featuring Nicky Wire on vocals and Sean Moore on trumpet)
Don’t Be Evil

- Nicky Wire is to appear in ‘Speed Dial’ in next week’s NME, and NME have reviewed the new album here.

The Manics played the following set tonight in Spain :

Motorcycle Emptiness
Autumnsong
No Surface All Feeling
Suicide is Painless (Theme From M*A*S*H)
From Despair To Where
Tsunami
The Masses Against The Classes
Your Love Alone Is Not Enough
La Tristesse Durera
You Stole The Sun From My Heart
Jackie Collins’ Existential Question Time
A Design For Life
The Everlasting (acoustic)
Faster
Little Baby Nothing
Kevin Carter
You Love Us
If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next

The setlist is acording to what was played on the live stream. Come discuss the gig on our forum.

The Manics played the following set at their festival appearance last night in Portugal:

Motorcycle Emptiness
Everything Must Go
Your Love Alone Is Not Enough
Suicide Is Painless (Theme From M*A*S*H)
From Despair To Where
Tsunami
Autumnsong
Ocean Spray
La Tristesse Durera
You Stole The Sun From My Heart
Jackie Collins Existential Question Time
A Design For Life
The Everlasting (Acoustic)
The Masses Against the Classes
Little Baby Nothing
Kevin Carter
You Love Us
If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next

Thanks to Harrijack for the setlist. Come discuss the gig on our forum.

The Manics played Cardiff Millennium Stadium tonight, supporting Paul McCartney. They played:

Motorcycle Emptiness
Everything Must Go
Your Love Alone Is Not Enough
Suicide Is Painless (Theme from M*A*S*H)
Rock ‘n’ Roll Music
Tsunami
Autumnsong
You Love Us
If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next
You Stole The Sun From My Heart
A Design For Life

Thanks to MSPKYE and Wimba for setlist updates. Come discuss the gig on our forum.

The Manics, together with the Joy Formidable, are supporting Paul McCartney at the Cardiff Millennium Stadium on the 26th June 2010. More details here and tickets are available from ticketmaster.

Thanks to nixon for the heads up. You can discuss this on our forum.

Follow us on twitter, for all the latest Manics news and rumours as it comes… FDForum.

As we’ve been reporting rumours for a while now, the long awaited UK tour has been announced on the Official Manics Site, kicking off in Glasgow on the 29th September….Those full dates are :

29/09/10 – O2 Academy, Glasgow
30/09/10 – Music Hall, Aberdeen
02/10/10 – Corn Exchange, Edinburgh
03/10/10 – Sands Centre, Carlisle
05/10/10 – City Hall, Hull
06/10/10 – O2 Academy, Sheffield
08/10/10 – Liverpool University, Liverpool
09/10/10 – Kings Georges Hall, Blackburn
11/10/10 – O2 Academy, Leeds
12/10/10 – Assembly Rooms, Derby
14/10/10 – Apollo, Manchester
16/10/10 – Engine Shed, Lincoln
17/10/10 – University of East Anglia, Norwich
19/10/10 – Guildhall, Southampton
20/10/10 – Cliffs Pavillion, Southampton
22/10/10 – Academy, Bournemouth
23/10/10 – Newport Centre, Newport
25/10/10 – Colston Hall, Bristol
26/10/10 – O2 Academy , Birmingham
28/10/10 – O2 Academy, Brixton
29/10/10 – O2 Academy, Brixton
31/10/10 – De Montfort Hall, Leicester
01/11/10 – Corn Exchange, Cambridge

Tickets will be on sale from 9am on June 4th from the usual outlets. So far only the Scottish dates are listed on seetickets.com.

The Manics will also release their new album ‘Postcards From A Young Man’ on September 20th.

Come discuss the tour and the new album on our forum.

The Manics have been announced to play the Trutnov Festival on the 19th-22nd August, 2010. The exact date has not yet been confirmed, but it is thought to be the 20th.

Thanks to Takk and deets. You can discuss this here.

Here is the setlist from the recent gig at Bergenfest, in Bergen, Norway. The Manics played :

Motorcycle Emptiness
No Surface All Feeling
Your Love Alone Is Not Enough
From Despair To Where
Tsunami
Aumtumnsong
La Tristresse Durera
Jackie Collins’ Existential Question Time
Suicide is Painless (Theme from M*A*S*H)
You Love Us
A Design For Life
The Everlasting (acoustic)
Small Black Flowers That Grow In The Sky (acoustic)
This Is Yesterday (one verse; acoustic)
You Stole The Sun From My Heart
Little Baby Nothing
Ocean Spray
Motown Junk
If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next

Thanks to Takk and relic for the setlist. You can discuss the gig on the forum here.

The Manics have been billed to appear at Optimus Festival in Portugal, according to the official festival site. They will play on July 9th 2010.

Thanks to Chloe Thunders for posting it on the forum, where you can discuss this and other upcoming festival dates.

According to the official festival website, the Manics are to play Bergenfest 2010, in Bergen, Norway on the 1st May 2010.

Tickets are priced approx £50 and are available from 9am on March 10th from here. Thanks to lovesean4ever for the heads up. You can discuss the upcoming gig on our forum.

Here is the setlist from the recent gig at King Tut’s in Glasgow. The Manics played :

Strip It Down
Your Love Alone Is Not Enough
Motorcycle Emptiness
From Despair To Where
Peeled Apples
This Is Yesterday
Kevin Carter
Tsunami
Found That Soul
Little Baby Nothing
Jackie Collins Existential Question Time
If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next
Donkeys (acoustic)
The Everlasting (acoustic)
You Love Us
No Surface All Feeling
Masses Against The Classes
Motown Junk
A Design For Life

Thanks to Neon Loneliness and Miss Oceania for setlist updates. You can discuss the gig on the forum here.

The official festival website for BBK Festival in Bilbao, Spain is reporting that the Manics are to play there on Saturday 10th July, 2010.

Other bands for the 3 day festival in Bilbao include Rammstein, Slayer, Bullet for My Valentine and Pearl Jam. Tickets are on sale for 110 Euros, or for 50 Euros for day tickets for the 8th and 9th July (it is not clear if these will become available for the 10th).

Thanks to expotmie and Javi Diesel for the heads up. Come and discuss this on the forum.

The Manics Official Site have announced that the Manics will be playing as a three piece at King Tuts in Glasgow, on the 18th February 2010. This is to celebrate 20 years of King Tuts, and so it is likely to be a one off gig.

Tickets go on sale at 9am on Wednesday 27th January, and cost £25 each. They can be purchased from here. Come and discuss this on the forum.

James Dean Bradfield is to appear solo at ‘Concert for Care’ on Monday the 2nd November at London Brixton Academy, with a lineup that includes artists such as Gary Barlow, Kaiser Chiefs, Badly Drawn Boy, Damien Rice, Speech Debelle, Beth Rowley, David Arnold, David Walliams, Rob Brydon, Dara O’Briain, James Corden and others.

The concert is designed to raise money/awareness for CARE international, which helps people overcome poverty worldwide. More information is available here.

Tickets are available from gigsandtours. Thanks to chieftan mews for the information, you can come and discuss it here.

An excellent article and interview by John Niven, covering the band’s recent North American Tour, appears in the Independent newspaper today. You can read it here. It reveals the working title for the new LP as ‘It’s not War – Just The End of Love’, which according to Wire is to sound ‘commerical’, although as always this is likely to change!

Thanks to JohnA999 for the heads up. Come and dicuss it on the forum.

Here is the setlist from last night’s gig in Boston, the last of the North American Tour (and possibly the last of the year?) They played :

Motorcycle Emptiness
No Surface All Feeling
Peeled Apples
Your Love Alone Is Not Enough
La Tristesse Durera
Jackie Collins’ Existential Question Time
Let Robeson Sing
Faster
Tsunami
Marlon JD
From Despair To Where
If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next
Small Black Flowers That Grow In The Sky (acoustic)
Send Away the Tigers
You Stole the Sun From My Heart
All or Nothing into Motown Junk
Stephen Hawking
Little Baby Nothing
You Love Us
A Design For Life

Thanks to Bradfieldslovechild. Come and discuss the show on the forum. Thanks to everyone who’s texted/tweeted or posted pictures or reviews from this tour, see you all next time!

James Dean Bradfield just played an acoustic session at Newbury Comics in Boston. He played :

Let Robeson Sing
Jackie Collins’ Existential Question Time
Train in Vain
Archives of Pain
Small Black Flowers That Grow In The Sky

Thanks to Bradfieldslovechild for the information. Come and discuss this and tonight’s upcoming Boston gig here. As usual we’ll be bringing you all the information and a setlist as it happens.

Here is the setlist from the Manics’ show in NYC, the first for 10 years! They played:

Motorcycle Emptiness
No Surface All Feeling
Peeled Apples
Your Love Alone Is Not Enough
La Tristesse Durera
Jackie Collins’ Existential Question Time
Let Robeson Sing
Faster
Enola/Alone
Marlon JD
From Despair To Where
If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next
This Is Yesterday (acoustic)
Sleepflower teaser into The Everlasting (acoustic)
Send Away The Tigers
You Stole The Sun From My Heart
All Or Nothing into Motown Junk
Me and Stephen Hawking
Little Baby Nothing
You Love Us
Design For Life

Thanks to Lament, Bradfieldslovechild, Guernica, and as usual all those who shared information from the gig. Come and discuss the show on the forum.

Here is the setlist from last night’s gig in Philadelphia. The Manics played :

Motorcycle Emptiness
No Surface All Feeling
Peeled Apples
Your Love Alone Is Not Enough
La Tristesse Durera
Jackie Collins’ Existential Question Time
Let Robeson Sing
Faster
Enola/Alone
Marlon JD
From Despair To Where
If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next
This Is Yesterday (acoustic)
Masses Against The Classes (acoustic)
Send Away The Tigers
You Stole The Sun From My Heart
All Or Nothing into Motown Junk
Me and Stephen Hawking
Little Baby Nothing
You Love Us
Design For Life

Thanks to Harrijack. Come and discuss the show on the forum.

Here is the setlist from last night’s Manics’ gig in Toronto. They played :

Motorcycle Emptiness
No Surface All Feeling
Peeled Apples
Your Love Alone Is Not Enough
La Tristesse Durera
Jackie Collins Existential Question Time
Let Robeson Sing
Faster
Tsunami
Marlon JD
From Despair To Where
If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next
This Is Yesterday (acoustic)
The Everlasting (acoustic)
Send Away The Tigers
You Stole The Sun From My Heart
All or Nothing into Motown Junk
Me and Stephen Hawking
Little Baby Nothing
You Love Us
A Design For Life

Thanks to irradiata for the setlist and for everyone providing information. Come and discuss the show on our forum.

Here is the setlist from last night’s appearance in Detroit, as the Manics continue their N. American Tour :

Motorcycle Emptiness
No Surface All Feeling
Peeled Apples
Your Love Alone Is Not Enough
La Tristesse Durera
Jackie Collins Existential Question Time
Let Robeson Sing
Faster
Enola/Alone
Marlon JD
From Despair To Where
If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next
This Is Yesterday (acoustic)
The Everlasting (acoustic)
Send Away The Tigers
You Stole The Sun From My Heart
All or Nothing into Motown Junk
Me and Stephen Hawking
Little Baby Nothing
You Love Us
A Design For Life

Thanks to everyone who texted or tweeted information, especially Guernica. Come and discuss the gig on the forum.

Here is the setlist from the Manics’ recent gig in Chicago:

Motorcycle Emptiness
No Surface All Feeling
Peeled Apples
Your Love Alone Is Not Enough
La Tristesse Durera
Jackie Collins Existential Question Time
Let Robeson Sing
Faster
Enola/Alone
Marlon JD
From Despair To Where
If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next
This Is Yesterday (acoustic)
Masses Against the Classes (acoustic)
Send Away the Tigers
You Stole the Sun From My Heart
All Or Nothing into Motown Junk
Me and Stephen Hawking
Little Baby Nothing
You Love Us
A Design For Life

Thanks once again to Lament, Velourian, Guernica and everyone who posted information. You can discuss the gig here.

Here is the setlist from last night’s gig in Minneapolis:

Motorcycle Emptiness
No Surface All Feeling
Peeled Apples
Your Love Alone Is Not Enough
La Tristesse Durera
Jackie Collins Existential Question Time
Let Robeson Sing
Faster
Enola/Alone
This Joke Sport Severed
From Despair To Where
If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next
This Is Yesterday (acoustic)
Masses Against The Classes (acoustic)
Send Away The Tigers
You Stole The Sun From My Heart
All or Nothing into Motown Junk
Me and Stephen Hawking
Little Baby Nothing
You Love Us
A Design For Life

Many thanks to Lament, Shinysparkly, Guernica, Velourian and all who shared information. Come and discuss the gig on our forum.