Manic Street Preachers‘ first official live engagement for 2013 has been confirmed.
The Welsh band have been on a break since the end of 2011, but recently wrote on Twitter of their desire to get back onstage very soon and were also revealed to have been in Hansa studios at the start of this year working on new material.
And along with the likes of James Blake, I Am Kloot and Everything Everything, the Manics have now been added to the line-up for Festival Number 6, which takes place in the town of Portmeirion, Wales from September 13th-15th.
It is reported to be their only UK festival appearance of the year though, with a new album seemingly on the horizon, additional headline shows could well eventually precede this first gig.
Festival Number 6 line-up:
Manic Street Preachers
James Blake
Everything Everything
I Am Kloot
Laura Mvula
AlunaGeorge
Dutch Uncles
Jagwar Ma
Charlie Boyer and The Voyeurs
Clinic
Mount Kimbie
The Staves
Caitlin Rose
Chapel Club
Sweet Baboo
Temples
Indians
Hookworms
Frankie Knuckles
Carl Craig
Andrew Weatherall
Giles Peterson