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

Manic Street Preachers faced the thankless task of rousing a main stage crowd surely flagging after three days of non-stop rock pyrotechnics.

Florence and the Machine, Underworld, Manic Street Preachers, and Roisin Murphy are to headline this year’s Electric Picnic music festival.