The Manic Street Preachers look forward to headlining Indiependence

The Manic Street Preachers are looking forward to headlining Indiependence in Co Cork next weekend, writes Ed Power

JAMES Dean Bradfield is looking forward to bringing Manic Street Preachers back to Ireland. The polemical indie rock band have had a few adventures here across their 25 years.

“I remember having go at Dave Fanning at the Irma Awards one year,” says the frontman, with a grin. “I’d mistaken him for someone else and was shouting, ‘Come on then you f***er’. I’m all of five foot five and I had my top off. Security guards just carried me out.”