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.

Here is the setlist from the recent Manics gig in Denver:

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
This Joke Sport Severed
From Despair to Where
If You Tolerate This…
This Is Yesterday (acoustic)
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
Me and Stephen Hawking
Little Baby Nothing
You Love Us
A Design For Life

Many thanks to pcp and all who shared information. Come and discuss the gig on our forum.

Here is the setlist from last night’s show in Los Angeles:

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
Everything Must Go
This Joke Sport Severed
From Despair To Where
If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next
Small Black Flowers (acoustic)
This Is Yesterday (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 Shinysparkly, Guernica and all who shared information. Come and discuss the gig on our forum.

Here is the setlist from the first of the two Manics gigs in California…they kicked off tonight in San Francisco, and played

Motorcycle Emptiness
No Surface All Feeling
Peeled Apples
Your Love Alone Is Not Enough
La Tristessa Durera
Jackie Collins Existential Question Time
Let Robeson Sing
Faster
Everything Must Go
This Joke Sport Severed
From Despair To Where
If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next
This Is Yesterday (acoustic)
The 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 to sfindie for the information. Come and discuss the gig on the forum.

The Manics continued their North American tour last night, playing a storming set in Vancouver. The setlist was :

Motorcycle Emptiness
No Surface All Feeling
Peeled Apples
Your Love Alone Is Not Enough
La Tristessa Durera
Jackie Collins Existential Question Time
Let Robeson Sing
Faster
Everything Must Go
This Joke Sport Severed
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
Design For Life

Many thanks again to ooberfan for the setlist. Come and discuss the ongoing tour on the forum.

The Manics have just kicked off their first North American tour in 10 years. The tour begin at Neumo’s, Seattle, and the setlist was :

Motorcycle Emptiness
No Surface All Feeling
Peeled Apples
Your Love Alone Is Not Enough
La Tristessa Durera
Jackie Collins Existential Question Time
Let Robeson Sing
You Love Us
Everything Must Go
Faster
Take The Skinheads Bowling
If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next
Small Black Flowers (acoustic)
This is Yesterday (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
This Joke Sport Severed
A Design For Life

Many thanks to ooberfan for the setlist. Come and discuss the upcoming tour on the forum.

James Dean Bradfield will be doing an acoustic performance and signing session at Newbury Comics in Boston, Ma at 6pm on Thursday, October 8th.

Many thanks to ooberfan for the heads up. Come and discuss this on our forum.

Test screenings of the new Manics documentary film No Manifesto are to take place in New York

You can also check out an exclusive new interview with the Director and Producer of the film, about the upcoming release, at R*E*P*E*A*T Fanzine’s website. The interview also features some production stills.

We will bring you more information on the film as soon as we have it.

Thanks to wibblywobblyproductions and R*E*P*E*A*T Fanzine. Come and discuss all this on our forum.

Shirley Bassey’s new album is to feature a song called The Girl From Tiger Bay, penned by James Dean Bradfield and Nicky Wire. The album will be released in November.

Thanks to various people for the information. Come and discuss this on the forum.

Here is the setlist from the last festival appearance of the summer…

Motorcycle Emptiness
Your Love Alone Is Not Enough
No Surface All Feeling
Peeled Apples
You Stole The Sun From My Heart
Autumnsong
Ocean Spray
Jackie Collins’ Existential Question Time
Faster
Tsunami
Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head (acoustic)
The Everlasting (acoustic)
Everything Must Go
A Design For Life
You Love Us
Little Baby Nothing
Stop In The Name Of Love into Motown Junk
If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next

Thanks to Sarah for posting on the forum.

Here is the setlist from the latest Manics’ festival appearance in Hungary.

Motorcycle Emptiness
Your Love Alone Is Not Enough
No Surface All Feeling
Peeled Apples
Tsunami
Autumnsong
Ocean Spray
Jackie Collins’ Existential Question Time
Faster
You Stole The Sun From My Heart
La Bamba into The Everlasting (acoustic)
Everything Must Go
A Design For Life
You Love Us
Little Baby Nothing
Stop In The Name of Love into Motown Junk
If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next

Thanks to Cocytus1995 for posting this on the forum.

Here is the setlist from the Manics’ recent festival appearance in Belgium. They played:

Motorcycle Emptiness
Your Love Alone Is Not Enough
No Surface All Feeling
Peeled Apples
Tsunami
Autumnsong
Ocean Spray
Jackie Collins’ Existential Question Time
Faster
You Stole The Sun From My Heart
Tequila (acoustic)
The Everlasting (acoustic)
Everything Must Go
A Design For Life
You Love Us
Little Baby Nothing
Stop In The Name Of Love into Motown Junk
If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next

Thanks to Kenze Nekke for posting this on the forum.