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Jan 10, 2025 By Dom Gourlay Photography by Alex Lake

Manic Street Preachers release a new single today (Friday, January 10, 2025) entitled “People Ruin Paintings.” It’s the third track to be made available from the band’s forthcoming fifteenth album, Critical Thinking. The band describe the song as “musically the three of us playing telepathically, referencing thirty plus years of playing together instinctively.”

Critical Thinking is due to be released three weeks today on Friday 31st January, with “People Ruin Paintings” following on from the first two singles off the new record, “Decline & Fall” and “Hiding in Plain Sight,” which featured bass player Nicky Wire on lead vocals. Critical Thinking celebrates conflicting ideas colliding, with unflinchingly soul-searching lyrics meeting some of the most head-on, addictive melodies the band have ever recorded.

The band’s UK tour sold out immediately when announced last year, while they have also been confirmed to play several festivals in the summer.

The record is available on LP, CD, hardbook CD and cassette with two brand new songs available on a limited 7”, a remix of ‘Decline & Fall’ by Steven Wilson and demo versions of all the new album tracks on an extended CD.

Manic Street Preachers Tour Dates:

The UK tour dates are as follows.

April 11th - Glasgow Barrowland
April 12th - Glasgow Barrowland
April 18th - London O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire
April 19th - London O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire
April 25th - Wolverhampton The Civic at the Halls
April 26th - Bristol Beacon
May 2nd - Manchester O2 Apollo
May 3rd - Manchester O2 Apollo
May 9th - Swansea Arena
May 10th - Swansea Arena

For more information on Manic Street Preachers and purchase Critical Thinking please visit their Official Store.

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