Manic Street Preachers Share New Single International Blue
Friday, 08 December 2017
Written by Laura Johnson
Manic Street Preachers have shared a new single, International Blue.
It will feature on their forthcoming 13th LP, 'Resistance is Futile', which is due out on April 6 through Columbia, with arena shows set to follow in Newcastle, Glasgow, Birmingham, Manchester, Llandudno, Leeds, London and Cardiff.
Speaking about the song, bassist and vocalist Nicky Wire said:
“I’d been digesting the lyric for five years, since being in Nice and finally joining the dots between Yves Klein’s International Klein Blue and the vast open blue of the Mediterranean Sea. It was a moment of connection that felt perfectly natural – not forced or intellectualised. A different kind of enrichment that feels increasingly difficult to find. The track itself is carried by the kind of naïve energy that powered ‘Motorcycle Emptiness.’”
Guitarist and vocalist James Dean Bradfield added:
“Often I just need a great title to set me off. Seeing the word blue struck a chord and set off memories of pure pop records we grew up with – things like the ‘Story of the Blues’ by Wah!, ‘Moon is Blue’ by Colourbox, Orange Juice’s ‘Blue Boy’ and’ In Bluer Skies’ by Echo and the Bunnymen. I immediately thought of the kind of shiny freedom pop we used to hear on the radio as kids and that quickly became the MO in my head when writing. I just wanted to make a great Manic Street Preachers driving song; something that evoked the heat haze you see on empty open roads in America. I wanted to channel a Springsteen/War on Drugs sensibility, but through our European filter. Sometimes, aiming for a feeling is enough to make it work.”
Manic Street Preachers Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Mon April 23 2018 - NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE Metro Radio Arena
Wed April 25 2018 - GLASGOW SSE Hydro
Fri April 27 2018 - BIRMINGHAM Arena Birmingham
Sat April 28 2018 - MANCHESTER Arena
Tue May 01 2018 - LLANDUDNO Venue Cymru
Wed May 02 2018 - LEEDS first direct Arena
Fri May 04 2018 - LONDON SSE Arena Wembley
Sat May 05 2018 - CARDIFF Motorpoint Arena Cardiff
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