MANIC STREET PREACHERS - No Surface All Feeling [Reading: 1997]

* For information or to purchase one of the CD Art Clocks pictured in the video (along with many more!), please click on the appropriate link below (or Copy & Paste into web browser): ‘EVERYTHING MUST GO’: 💿 https://pastandpresent.page.link/MSP-E ‘FOREVER DELAYED’: 💿 https://pastandpresent.page.link/MSP-F ''GENERATION TERRORISTS': 💿 https://pastandpresent.page.link/MSP-G ‘THE HOLY BIBLE’: 💿 https://pastandpresent.page.link/MSP-H VIDEO INFO: I was surprised to find this wasn't already on YouTube – a comparatively rare outing for an ‘Everything Must Go’ ditty, which perhaps gets overlooked in the crowd on that album, during their magnificent Reading Festival headline slot on Saturday 23 August 1997. They shared joint billing with the global juggernaut that was Metallica – unimaginable a couple of years earlier – and Nicky Wire described this gig as a personal high point, resulting as it did in them grabbing the front covers of the following week’s NME and the Melody Maker which was a big deal in the British music industry back then. It was perhaps the fourth or fifth time I saw them on the EMG tour and the only one of which I have clear memories (despite being unquestionably the worst for wear) because the whole event had a very special vibe. They were so energetic – positively ecstatic by their standards – with JDB dancing mid-chord from one side of the stage to the other and Nicky in a semi-transparent, camouflage gown looking as giddy as an emo-chick at her first prom. This lone song from the set appeared as one of the DVD extras from the 10th-anniversary release in 2006; unfortunately most of the material on that disc was compressed and badly interlaced but I have done my best to remedy it here. © COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER: I do not own the original recording or the rights to it. The material was available for public broadcast and not subject to copyright restrictions in its’s country of origin. Furthermore, under United Kingdom copyright law; ‘Fair Dealing’ is an exception which allows for the use of copyrighted works without licensing in certain circumstances. It is governed by Sections 29 and 30 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, which provide three types of situation in which fair dealing is a valid defence: (i) where the use is for the purposes of research or private study, (ii) where it is to allow for criticism or review, and (iii) where it is for the purpose of reporting current events. Sufficient acknowledgement to the original author is also necessary for all works where the fair dealing exception is applied. Under Section 30(3), however, this is not required for reporting via a sound recording, film or broadcast where it would be "impossible for reasons of practicality or otherwise". #ManicStreetPreachers #Manics #ReadingFestival

Added 13 Sept 2026