Manic Street Preachers will tour ahead of summer festival appearances.

Manic Street Preachers have revealed that they will embark on a mini tour of Britain later in the year.
The group will start the roadshow on May 25th with a gig at Glasgow's Barrowlands, following the release of new record Journal For Plague Lovers on the 18th.
After playing Glasgow, the Preachers will play the Cymru Arena in Llandudno on May 26th, followed by dates at London's Roundhouse from the 28th to the 30th.
Next on the agenda is the Civil Hall in Wolverhampton on June 1st before the tour ends on the 2nd with an appearance at the Dome in Brighton.
Manic Street Preachers are set to follow their short tour of the UK with festival appearances at T in the Park 2009 on July 11th and Oxegen on the 12th.
In addition, the band has slots lined up at the Leeds and Reading festivals, Pukkelpop in Belgium and Scotland's Hydro Connect Festival later in the year, among other appearances.
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