music Manic Street Preachers to play Birmingham on 2018 UK arena tour November 21, 2017 Emily Doyle Cult Caerphilly alt-rockers Manic Street Preachers are set to play Birmingham next year. The band have announced a UK tour to support their 13th studio album, Resistance Is Futile, which is to be released on 6th April 2018 on Columbia/Sony. With this, they’re set to play a show at the Birmingham Arena on 27th April 2018. Support on all dates has also been confirmed as The Coral. [amazon_link asins=’B005ES3Q9K,B000024J5H,B01CS7Q4XE’ template=’ProductCarousel’ store=’counteract03b-21′ marketplace=’UK’ link_id=’c9e6427b-cdfd-11e7-bd80-bd214ed587cb’] Tickets go on sale here this Friday 24th November at 9:30am for the Birmingham Arena date. April 2018 23 – Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle 25 – The SSE Hydro, Glasgow 27 – Arena, Birmingham 28 – Arena, Manchester May 2018 1 – Venue Cymru Arena, Llandudno 2 – First Direct Arena, Leeds 4 – The SSE Arena, Wembley, London 5 – Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za55bwBZJkA