Manic Wonderland

Oh my word, Manic Street Preachers are releasing a Christmas single. This is either the best news or the worst news in the world. I hope it’s the best. If it’s as good as the ‘classics’ by Slade, Wizzard, Shakin’ Stevens, it’ll be great. If it’s on a par with The Darkness, it’ll suck balls. Anyway, here’s the story again in someone else’s words:

Manic Street Preachers are planning to record a Christmas song to release this December.

The single will coincide with the band’s forthcoming UK tour.

Frontman James Dean Bradfield told BBC 6 Music that the band were in the early stages of writing the song.

“I think we’ve got more of a sense of humour than people realise,” he said. “We regard it [the Christmas single concept] as a great, great tradition.”

Explaining more about the songwriting process, Bradfield added: “The way it reads is a bit funny at the moment. We’ve got to decide what we’re going to do with it. We’ve always got lots of little plans and dreams - one of is to do a Christmas single.”

From Nme.<p