Manic Street Preachers Slate Radiohead At Glasgow Show
Monday, 22 February 2010
Written by Jon Stickler
Welsh rockers Manic Street Preachers have blasted Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien during an intimate show at Glasgow’s King Tuts Wah Wah Hut.
The toxic wit of Manic Street Preachers seems to know no limits. Possibly one of the bitchiest bands around, the Welsh trio can carry out interviews loaded with a machine gun volley of quotes at the ready.
At the weekend, Manic Street Preachers performed a special show in Glasgow’s hugely popular King Tuts Wah Wah Hut. Rocking through a load of hits as well as a few rare tracks they helped celebrate the venues 20th anniversary with a storming show. The trio last played the venue more than a decade ago.
Taking no prisoners on stage and joking with the crowd, Manic Street Preachers performed their classic Holy Bible track ‘This Is Yesterday’. Frontman James Dean Bradfield pointed out to the audience “as you can see it's just the three of us tonight, so when you hear the songs that are supposed to have strings and keyboards on them, you’ll just have to imagine them."
Never one to keep too quiet, bass player Nicky Wire then said: "And when you hear the songs with backing vocals, you’ll hear my God-awful out of tune attempt."
Having dived deep into the archives, Manic Street Preachers performed their rare 1991 EP track ‘Strip It Down’ which they played during their last visit to the venue back in 1991. Nicky Wire joked with the crowd: "19 years on and I actually play it worse than I did back then".
Continuing his vocal relationship with the crowd, at the end of the show Nicky Wire went on to slate Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien. Speaking out about an ongoing dispute between the two he said: "Apparently Ed O'Brien called me a wanker, I'm really fucking scared, go back to your boarding school you cunt!" the bass player shouted.
The Manic Street Preachers 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'
'The Everlasting'
'You Love Us'
'No Surface All Feeling'
'Masses Against The Classes'
'All Or Nothing'
'Motown Junk'
'A Design For Life'
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