Manics' school threatened with closure

anyone care?

define success?
otherwise id say the holy bible

It's a deeply flawed argument though. All it means it's they've been successful enough to be able to keep releasing singles; it gives no consideration to how well the singles actually did.

The thing was won by Status Quo and they frankly are not as succesful as a lot of other bands (just released more singles) so I'd take the whole thing with a pinch of salt.

Oh great. My grandma lives right by it. I bet they'll put some ugly houses there instead.

I bet they've landed on this because they failed with the protest and tree hugging to stop the Blackwood by-pass being built. Wire's mam chained herself to the council offices, for what it's worth.

Peronally, I think the new suspension bridge spanning the valleyis a thing of beauty.

Spose you've gotta have a cause, innit.

Number one singles is normally a sign of success, plus a good few at number 2 too. I have never understood peoples hatred of the manics. When their gigs are filled with the most passionate fans in the business.

Aren't the Manics Razorlight fans? Didn't they just take them on tour with them? (I may be wrong here - am not just asking questions sarcastically for the sake of fun). I assume they hand pick support at this stage in their career. You'd think they'd pick a more thought provoking band. Or maybe all that ego/swagger stuff the Manics have always revelled in to an extent is more important to them than the intelligence they have seen as a balance to that.

'The only reasons i can think of why they picked Razorlight is to prove that new modern bands just can't cut it'

An expansion on this point, that I was wary of putting forward earlier - are the manics trying to make themselves look better by choosing a poor support on purpose? They are one of those bands with that habit - just calling everything else shit. It does tend to make you look better. New (not necessarily modern) bands are quite phenomenal if you are paying any attention. They had mogwai supporting them on their TIMTTMY tour - that's where I first heard of mogwai. That was a good support decision - choosing a band with balls and a risky edge (this is true whether you like them or not). Razorlight just seem a safe choice. And they will sell records off the back of a manics support slot. Haven't they had enough press already?

"Bassist Nicky Wire is to work with his poet brother Patrick Jones in an attempt to stop the closure."

you're artists, not fucking blockades. what the hell can you do?

Ahahahaha.

Going back to Manics support bands, I once saw them supported by Mogwai at Chester Northgate Arena. Mogwai got booed on that tour. Not in Chester though, everyone was probably too busy at the bar while my life was being changed.

So is James, I just found out when checking the above laughable (yet true!) claim.

Miss Europa Disco Dancer X 12 = Second Best Album Ever?

no maria, he wouldnt look better with a hole in his head, your just warped