Who'd have thought the Manics' big chart breakthrough would be soft-rock cover of a 70s sitcom theme? Libraries were my band's lifeline, writes Nicky Wire of the Manic Street Preachers. We must fight ...

So says Summer Camp’s Elizabeth Sankey, who’s disappointed in the Manics mouthpiece’s recent declarations to NME about the state of new music I have great respect for Nicky Wire and the Manics.

“I’m doing very well apart from my body which is in constant shock all the time. I’m just feeling my age. All the movement! It fucking kills! I’ve been trying to incorporate dancing into my moves on ...