Manic Street Preachers tell us about their “vicious” ‘The Holy Bible’ live album and film

Manic Street Preachers have announced details of a new live album celebrating their seminal ‘The Holy Bible’, along with the long-awaited release of Kieran Evans’ concert film Be Pure, Be Vigilant, Behave and a Steven Wilson spatial audio remix of the original record. Check out all the details below along with our interview with Nicky Wire. READ MORE: Manic Street Preachers: “We talked ourselves through oblivion” In 2014, off the back of the huge success and acclaim of their 12th album ‘Futurology’, the Welsh rock icons finally felt they had licence to revisit their cult classic third LP ‘The Holy Bible’ by playing it in full for the first (and probably last) time. In full military garb as they were in ’94, the Manics were on fine and furious form. The UK shows were captured by their now longtime visual collaborator and BAFTA-winning director Kieran Evans for the film Be Pure, Be Vigilant, Behave – its title taken from a lyric to closing track ‘P.C.P.’. Now, the Manics have announced that they’ll be releasing ‘The Holy Bible Live’ on October 23 across various formats, with the live album accompanied by Evans’ concert film and a new Steven Wilson spatial audio mix of the original 19...