Manic Street Preachers UK Tour & New Album

The Manic Street Preachers have announced an extensive UK tour in support of their brand new studio album.

The band’s tenth studio album, Postcards From A Young Man, is released in September ahead of the band’s 23 date UK tour.

The album is the follow up to last year’s superb Journal For Plague Lovers, which featured lyrics written by former band member Richey Edwards before he disappeared in 1995. However, the new Manics album is due to be an altogether less bleak affair.

"We're going for big radio hits on this one," he told NME. "It isn't a follow-up to 'Journal For Plague Lovers'. It's one last shot at mass communication."

The tour kicks off in Glasgow on 29 September.

Here are the dates:

WED 29/09/2010 - O2 Academy Glasgow
THU 30/09/2010 - Music Hall, Aberdeen
SAT 2/10/2010 - Corn Exchange Edinburgh
SUN 3/10/2010 - Sands Centre, Carlisle
SUN 5/10/2010 - Hull City Hall
WED 6/10/2010 - O2 Academy Sheffield
FRI 8/10/2010 - Liverpool University
SAT 9/10/2010 - King Georges Hall, Blackburn
MON 11/10/2010 - O2 Academy Leeds
TUE 12/10/2010 - Assembly Rooms, Derby
THU 14/10/2010 - Apollo, Manchester
SAT 16/10/2010 - Engine Shed, Lincoln
SUN 17/10/2010 - Norwich U.E.A.
TUE 19/10/2010 - Southampton Guildhall
WED 20/10/2010 - Cliffs Pavilion, Southend
FRI 22/10/2010 - O2 Academy Bournemouth
SAT 23/10/2010 - Newport Centre
MON 25/10/2010 - Colston Hall, Bristol
TUE 26/10/2010 - O2 Academy Birmingham
THU 28/10/2010 - O2 Academy Brixton
FRI 29/10/2010 - O2 Academy Brixton
SUN 31/10/2010 - De Montfort Hall, Leicester
MON 1/11/2010 - Corn Exchange, Cambridge

Tickets are on sale on Friday 4 June from the Planet Rock ticket shop.