Manic Street Preachers discover lost Holy Bible material for 20th anniversary

They may not have noticed, considering they just released their eleventh studio album last month, but the Manic Street Preachers’ most-loved record The Holy Bible turns 20 years of age in 2014. When asked by Lauren Laverne recently if they had any plans for a 20th anniversary reissue for the release, the Welsh band discussed such possibilities.

The album was previously reissued for its 10th anniversary, with a 3 disc set featuring the U.S mix and more, but now it looks to get another additional outing.

” might have a plan because we’ve definitely found a lot of Holy Bible material that we didn’t know we had,” frontman James Dean Bradfield told BBC 6 Music recently. “I don’t mean music, but pictures, notebooks and that sort of thing.”

Lyricist and bassist, Nicky Wire added: “We’ve wrestled with the idea of doing a gig playing the whole of , but I’m not so sure. I’d like to do it at Glastonbury actually, I really would.”

Listen to the segment here. The comments were made during the Manics’ gig at Maida Vale earlier today as part of this week’s 6 Music Live series at Maida Vale sessions.

You can watch and hear highlights this evening on BBC Red Button and via the 6 Music website. The band’s new album, Rewind The Film is out now.