Gigs in Edinburgh: Manic Street Preachers to visit Edinburgh in September
the cult band released new single Orwellian – the first track to be taken from the album. Speaking about the song, bassist and lyricist Nicky Wire said: “The track is about the battle to claim meaning, the erasing of context within debate, the overriding sense of factional conflict driven by digital platforms leading to a perpetual state of culture war.