Manic Street Preachers: Northgate Arena, Chester
Phil Sutcliffe, Q, 1999
"Its quite corny," James Dean Bradfield allows, reflecting on Manic Street Preachers' September tour of the towns that rock forgot. "I just remember where we grew up in South Wales it was very hard to see the bands we liked, so were going to places we havent played before for the kids, man."
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