Actor Michael Sheen goes on a personal journey to explore the reasons for political disillusionment in Wales. Walking in the footsteps of the Chartists, who gave their lives for democracy 175 years ago, he asks why ordinary people and politicians seem so far apart.
The Manic Street Preachers return to perform at the Miners' Institute in their hometown of Blackwood for the first time in over 25 years. Including an interview with the band.
Film shot during a Manic Street Preachers concert during the ‘Holy Bible 20’ tour in 2014.
50 years ago, deep in the Welsh countryside, two brothers were milking cows and preparing to take over the family farm but dreamed of making music. They had the audacious idea to build a studio in their farmhouse. Animals were kicked out of barns and musicians moved into Nan’s spare bedroom. Inadvertently, they’d launched the world’s first independent residential recording studio: Rockfield. Black Sabbath, Queen, Robert Plant, Iggy Pop, Simple Minds, The Stone Roses, Oasis, Coldplay and more made music and mayhem at Rockfield over the decades. This is their story of rock and roll dreams intertwined with a family business’s fight for survival in the face of an ever-changing music landscape.
The story of the rise to glory of boxer Joe Calzaghe.
This film delves into the writing, rehearsing and recording of the seminal 1996 album Everything Must Go. Released at the height of Britpop, the album was a critical and commercial success however, it was also produced under intense emotional pressure in the wake of the disappearance of the band’s lyricist and rhythm guitarist Richey Edwards.
In 1991, the Manic Street Preachers planned to sell 16 million copies of their debut and split up. Many years, many hits and one big mystery later, this colourful band and its fans appear in a unique documentary that tells their full story.
A documentary on the making of the Manic Street Preachers' debut studio album "Generation Terrorists."
Live recording of the so-called "Manic Millennium" concert by the Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers, released 2000. The concert, which also celebrated the 10th anniversary of the band, was performed on the New Year's Eve night 1999-2000 at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, in front of around 80,000 fans. The event became international as the final song was broadcast live all across the world via satellites.
Full Live concert footage from Karl Marx Theatre, Havana, Cuba and lots of other behind-the-scenes footage. This is the first major live concert in Cuba in 20 years (not since a certain Billy Joel played live there in 1979). Over 100 minutes, including documentary on their concert in Cuba & Tour Diary (30 minutes) Which features, Introduction, Rehearsal, Touching Down, Touring Havana, Press Conference, On The Night, Meeting Castro, Are We Happy, After Show Party & An Invitation.
Everything Live is a live video released in 1997, just after the Manics fourth album, Everything Must Go, a major commercial and critical success for the band. The atmosphere of the performance is great, with the bands and fans coming together after Richey's disappearance to create a wonderful, tense, sad and beautiful mood. Musically the Manics rock out with excellent versions of 7 of their best songs to date when the video was made and 6 tracks from the aforementioned then-new album, with Elvis Impersonator and No Surface All Feeling the picks of these.
Set List 1)Yes 2)Ifwhiteamericatoldthetruthforonedayit'sworldwouldfallapart 3)Of Walking Abortion 4)She Is Suffering 5)Archives of Pain 6)Revol 7)4st 7lb 8)Mausoleum 9)Faster 10)This Is Yesterday 11)Die in the Summertime 12)The Intense Humming of Evil 13)P.C.P. Greatest Hits & Rarities 14)The Everlasting (semi-acoustic with string quartet) 15)Motorcycle Emptiness 16)Walk Me to the Bridge 17)Condemned to Rock 'n' Roll 18)If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next 19)Sex, Power, Love and Money 20)Your Love Alone Is Not Enough 21)Removables 22)You Stole the Sun From My Heart 23)Golden Platitudes 24)You Love Us (Welsh National Anthem Intro) 25)A Design for Life (Fireworks, instruments destroyed)
A journey through some of the finest moments of acoustic guitar performances from the BBC archives, from Jimmy Page's television debut in 1958 to Noel Gallagher and Biffy Clyro.
A documentary which depicts Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers at their most personal, featuring unseen footage shot during the band's 'This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours' campaign and tour.
An examination of Manic Street Preachers' 1996 breakthrough album Everything Must Go in celebration of its 20th anniversary.
A snapshot of the Manic Street Preachers tour of Japan in 1993, from the perspective of a fan that travelled across Japan to attend each concert
National Treasures - The Complete Singles is a compilation album by the Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers, released on 31 October 2011. It is the band's third compilation album, after Forever Delayed: Manic Street Preachers, The Greatest Hits (2002), and the B-sides/rarities collection Lipstick Traces (A Secret History of Manic Street Preachers) (2003). The compilation features one new recording, a cover of The The's "This Is the Day", which was issued as a single on 18 September 2011. The compilation reached number 10 on the UK Album Chart in November 2011.
This documentary film follows a group of Welsh musicians interacting and playing in the studio. Combining shots of the city with the music of John Cale as performed by Welsh stars such as Catatonia, Big Leaves and Manic Street Preachers.
Film version of the 72 hour Passion play performed in Port Talbot, Wales during Easter 2011
Best known for their megahit ’80s anthem "Don't You (Forget About Me)”—made famous in John Hughes’ The Breakfast Club—Simple Minds is one of the most iconic and influential Scottish bands in history. From working-class kids growing up in post-industrial Glasgow to rock stars playing Live Aid, this is the unlikely story of an extraordinary band that continues touring to this day.