Manic Street Preachers will perform a unique series of shows to mark the anniversary of their album The Holy Bible.

The band will play just seven shows throughout the UK to celebrate 20 years since the album was released.



The shows will be the first time the album has been performed live in full by the Manics.

Released on August 29, 1994, The Holy Bible was the band's last album to feature guitarist Richey James Edwards, who disappeared on February 1, 1995.

The band will play the landmark album in full at Glasgow's Barrowland (December 8), Manchester's Albert Hall (December 10, 11), Dublin's Olympia Theatre (December 13) and London's Roundhouse (December 15, 16, 17).

Tickets go on sale at 9am on Friday (September 26) via Ticketmaster and Gigsandtours.com.

The band had long-teased plans of The Holy Bible live shows, with frontman James Dean Bradfield and bassist Nicky Wire dropping hints in recent months.



Last year, Wire explained to Digital Spy the band's reluctance to perform an album in full having played Journal For Plague Lovers - an album constructed from lyrics left by Edwards - in its entirety back in 2009.

"It was very demanding to do, maybe because of the tone of the lyrics, and obviously it was all Richey's lyrics. Afterwards we felt like we wouldn't," Wire said.

He then quipped: "Having said that, it's 20 years since The Holy Bible next year, and there's a bit of us that thinks, maybe we should for once, stop being so f**king principled and make loads of money and play it!

"Try and get a hologram of Richey, or something, like Tupac!"

A 20th anniversary edition of The Holy Bible will be released later this year with further details to follow.

Manic Street Preachers' last studio album was this year's Futurology.

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