Manic Street Preachers to Launch New Album at Comp Winners-Only London Gig

Posted on Jul 26th 2010 5:16AM by Farah Ishaq
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Manic Street Preachers have announced that they will play an intimate one-off album launch show in London on Aug. 5, and tickets can only be won via online competitions.

The Welsh trio -- set to release their 10th studio album, 'Postcards From a Young Man,' on Sept. 20 -- will perform an exclusive show at a West London venue, to just over 100 fans.

There are just 50 pairs of tickets up for grabs at the band's website, plus a further pair can be won via the Manics' new Twitter page

This will be the only live show before they embark on a full UK tour starting in Glasgow on Sept. 29.

Meanwhile, the band -- led by James Dean Bradfield -- have revealed details of a few big-name guest collaborations on the new record.

Echo and the Bunnymen's Ian McCulloch adds vocals to 'Some Kind of Nothingness,' Velvet Underground founder John Cale plays piano on 'Auto-Intoxication' and former Guns 'N Roses' bassist Duff McKagen appears on 'A Billion Balconies Facing The Sun.'

The full tracklist for the forthcoming 'Postcards From a Young Man' is:

'(It's Not War) -- Just the End of Love'

'Postcards From a Young Man'

'Some Kind of Nothingness (feat. Ian McCulloch)'

'The Descent -- (Pages 1 & 2)'

'Hazleton Avenue'

'Auto-Intoxication'

'Golden Platitudes'

'I Think I've Found It'

'A Billion Balconies Facing the Sun'

'All We Make is Entertainment'
'The Future Has Been Here 4 Ever'
'Don't Be Evil'