Manic Street Preachers will visit America later this month as part of their 'The Holy Bible 20' tour.

After playing a string of sold-out shows in the UK last year, Manic Street Preachers will play the first of their American tour dates later this month.



Manic Street Preachers live review: The Holy Bible in full is worth the wait

The UK tour marked the first time that their landmark third album The Holy Bible was played live in full, but it is also the first time that many American audiences will be able to hear the album performed live at all.

"We've barely played The Holy Bible songs in America," the group's singer and guitarist James Dean Bradfield told Billboard. "It's good to know there's some kind of audience there that will want to hear those songs for the first time, and it will be kind of a new experience for us."

The band's original plan to tour the US in 1995 to promote the release of The Holy Bible was cancelled following the disappearance of guitarist and lyricist Richey Edwards in February that year.



Speaking of the British reaction to 'The Holy Bible 20' tour announcement, Bradfield said: "It was kind of a big deal in Britain and I think people were kind of worried on our behalf.

"They thought it would take us back to a bad emotional place and that demons and ghosts would kind of come out of the ashes and lead us to some kind of breakdown. But it wasn't like that at all."

Manic Street Preachers will kick off the US leg of their tour in Washington DC on April 20.

The Welsh rockers will then return to the UK later this year to play four extra shows following a huge demand from fans, including a performance at Cardiff Castle planned for June 5.

The band will also perform at this year's Latitude Festival in July.

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