On This Day 31/12/1999 Manic Street Preachers

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On this day, 31 December 1999, Manic Street Preachers played Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium with support provided by a Welsh lineup of Super Furry Animals, Feeder plus Shack.

For the Manic Street Preachers it was the biggest gig of their career when they heralded in a new century at the Millennium Stadium in front of a sellout crowd.

Bassist Nicky Wire said of the importance of the gig: “Ten years ago we did a gig in Cardiff to two people. Today we’re playing in front of 60,000 people. I think that shows how far we’ve come, how far we have grown and how much Wales has grown.”

Setlist

Part 1: 1999

You Stole the Sun From My Heart

Faster

Everything Must Go

Tsunami

The Masses Against the Classes

The Everlasting

Kevin Carter

La tristesse durera (Scream to a Sigh)

Rock and Roll Music

(Chuck Berry cover)

Ready for Drowning

Of Walking Abortion

No Surface All Feeling

Motown Junk

(Baby Love Intro)

Motorcycle Emptiness

Part 2: 2000

Can't Take My Eyes Off You

(Frankie Valli cover) (Acoustic)

Small Black Flowers That Grow in the Sky

(Acoustic)

Australia

Elvis Impersonator: Blackpool Pier

You Love Us

Stay Beautiful

If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next

A Design for Life

On This Day 20/12/1998 Manic Street Preachers/Catatonia

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On this day, 20 December 1998, Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers played Cardiff International Arena supported by fellow Welsh band Catatonia.

Manic Street Preachers had recently released their fifth studio album This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours.

Like its 1996 predecessor Everything Must Go, This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours was a commercial and critical success. The album debuted at number 1 in the UK Albums Chart, selling 136,000 copies, going Gold in the first week.

It sold well in the United Kingdom, Europe and Asia, and represented a change in the sound from the furious alternative rock sound to a more melodic and tender approach. By March 1999 the album was Triple Platinum in the UK alone and since its release it has sold more than five million copies worldwide.

It earned the band further nominations and accolades at the BRIT Awards in 1999. This is their first album whose lyrics were solely written by bassist Nicky Wire; their previous album still had songs that featured lyrics contributed by the late rhythm guitarist Richey Edwards.

Manic Street Preachers Setlist

"Everything Must Go"

"You Stole the Sun From My Heart"

"Kevin Carter"

"La tristesse durera (Scream to a Sigh)"

"This Is Yesterday"

"The Everlasting"

Australia

"She Is Suffering"

Tsunami

"Ready for Drowning"

"My Little Empire"

"No Surface All Feeling"

"Motown Junk"

"Motorcycle Emptiness"

"Black Dog on My Shoulder"

"Last Christmas"

"Small Black Flowers That Grow in the Sky"

"Elvis Impersonator: Blackpool Pier"

"If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next"

"You Love Us"

"A Design for Life"

Catatonia Setlist

"Storm the Palace"

"I Am the Mob"

"You've Got a Lot to Answer For"

"Game On"

"Do You Believe in Me?"

"Don't Need the Sunshine"

"She's a Millionaire"

"Road Rage"

"International Velvet"

On This Day 30/07/1968 Sean Moore (Manic Street Preachers)

On this day, 30 July 1968, Sean Moore, drummer with Welsh rockers Manic Street Preachers, was born in Pontypool, Torfaen.

Moore attended Oakdale Comprehensive in Oakdale, Caerphilly, with his cousin James Dean Bradfield, and other future band members Nicky Wire and Richey Edwards.

Simon Price wrote in Everything (A Book About Manic Street Preachers) that "Sean Moore is quite possibly the only person in rock who doesn't take the Manics seriously". According to his bandmates, he is the band's "musical driving force". In their early days.

He is the only current member of the Manic Street Preachers who has not released a solo album.

Sean Moore talks about his drum set-up -https://youtu.be/ToMul5hTwwA