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Fansite for the much-missed Manic Street Preacher, Richey Edwards. “You’ve done an impressive thing. You’re building up an impressive archive of rare material.” - Simon Price.

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Painfully Beautiful @painfullybeautiful.bsky.social · 14d

🚨 (Repost) The lovely talented broadcaster and actor Elis James from @distantpod.bsky.social was
kind enough to do a Q&A especially for Painfully Beautiful, for the 30th anniversary of Richey's disappearance.
Read it below!👇
#ElisJames #RicheyEdwards #ManicStreetPreachers #Manics #QAndA

Painfully Beautiful @painfullybeautiful.bsky.social · 4d

Painfully Beautiful @painfullybeautiful.bsky.social · 11d

On this day in 1994, Manic Street Preachers travelled to Dublin from Wales on the Holyhead ferry for the start of the Irish stint of The Holy Bible tour.
📸 Mitch Ikeda.
#RicheyEdwards #Manics #OnThisDay

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Forever Delayed @foreverdelayed.bsky.social · 12d

📺| Photographer Harry Borden on shooting Manic Street Preachers at Brompton Cemetery, London, 30th April 1993 for Select Magazine.

#ManicStreetPreachers

I Photographed Manic Street Preachers and Things Got Scary Fast

YouTube video by Fred and Harry Borden

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Forever Delayed @foreverdelayed.bsky.social · 12d

📷| Manic Street Preachers - Brompton Cemetery, London 30/04/1993 by Harry Borden

#ManicStreetPreachers

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Painfully Beautiful @painfullybeautiful.bsky.social · 12d

On this day in 1994, Manic Street Preachers played the Astoria, in Cardiff, Wales.
It would be Richey Edwards’ final homecoming gig.
📸 Owen Davies/Cardiff Music History.
Watch the gig here, courtesy of @foreverdelayed.bsky.social - youtu.be/OY4WHw_dU-U?...
#Manics #OTD

Painfully Beautiful @painfullybeautiful.bsky.social · 13d

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Painfully Beautiful @painfullybeautiful.bsky.social · 14d

Painfully Beautiful @painfullybeautiful.bsky.social · 16d

On this day in 1994, Manic Street Preachers played Nottingham Rock City, on The Holy Bible tour.
Here are a couple of rare photos of Richey Edwards, taken during the soundcheck, by Mitch Ikeda.
#Manics #OTD

Painfully Beautiful @painfullybeautiful.bsky.social · 27d

31 years ago today, Manic Street Preachers embarked on the UK leg of The Holy Bible tour, with Sleeper and Dub War.
This would be the last UK tour that Richey Edwards would ever do, playing his last three concerts just two months later, at the Astoria in London.
#OTD #Manics

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Painfully Beautiful @painfullybeautiful.bsky.social · Sep 27

🚨Lori Fidler Speaks Out After 30 Years!
The lovely Lori Fidler has recently opened up to Painfully Beautiful on Facebook, and wanted to do an exclusive Q&A, just for us!
Ask her your Richey Edwards questions through here, or join our FB group (see Pinned Post!) #Manics

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Painfully Beautiful @painfullybeautiful.bsky.social · Sep 25

Great description of the sun - I don’t like summer, either!

Painfully Beautiful @painfullybeautiful.bsky.social · Sep 25

On this day in 1993, Nicky Wire from Manic Street Preachers got married!
Here is Richey Edwards at his wedding.
📸 Nicky Wire.

Painfully Beautiful @painfullybeautiful.bsky.social · Sep 23

Not My Idea is one of my favourites!

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Painfully Beautiful @painfullybeautiful.bsky.social · Sep 23

On this day in 1992, Kevin Cummins photographed Richey Edwards for the cover of NME.
It was later voted the best NME cover of all time.

Painfully Beautiful @painfullybeautiful.bsky.social · Sep 22

Setlist:

01. New Art Riot
02. Soul Contamination
03. Dead Yankee Drawl
04. Anti-Love
05. Strip It Down
06. Destroy The Dancefloor
07. Sorrow 16
08. Faceless Sense Of Void
09. Suicide Alley

Painfully Beautiful @painfullybeautiful.bsky.social · Sep 22

On this day in 1989, “Manic Street Preachers played their debut London gig, thanks to fanzine editor Kevin Pearce, a recipient of impassioned missives from Richey Edwards, inviting them to open for his band The Claim, upstairs at The Horse & Groom.” - @keithcameron2.bsky.social
📸 Mark Hambridge.

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Painfully Beautiful @painfullybeautiful.bsky.social · Sep 20

Painfully Beautiful @painfullybeautiful.bsky.social · Sep 18

Richey James Edwards from Manic Street Preachers, onstage at The National Bowl in Milton Keynes, on this day in 1993.
📸 Martyn Goodacre/Hanging Around Books.

Painfully Beautiful @painfullybeautiful.bsky.social · Sep 18

Richey Edwards, backstage at The National Bowl, Milton Keynes with Benjie from Columbia Records.
On this day, in 1993.

We’ve always thought that it looks like Richard Madeley on the left! 😆

Painfully Beautiful @painfullybeautiful.bsky.social · Sep 18

On this day in 1993, Manic Street Preachers played the first of two shows at The National Bowl in Milton Keynes, supporting Bon Jovi.
“We got to know each other well.
The only thing I didn’t like was that they brought us girls backstage.” -
Richey Edwards.
📸 Martyn Goodacre, 60ft_Doll.

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Painfully Beautiful @painfullybeautiful.bsky.social · Sep 13

Very lucky to receive one of only 1,500 copies of this limited edition of 168 Songs of Hatred and Failure - a true Manic Street Preachers treasure.
Thank you, @keithcameron2.bsky.social!

Painfully Beautiful @painfullybeautiful.bsky.social · Sep 13

Thrilled to receive this Manics beauty today!
Looking forward to the deep dive, @keithcameron2.bsky.social!
I particularly like the photo of Richey Edwards’ Sega Mega Drive console and rucksack, used during the Generation Terrorists sessions! ♥️
#ManicStreetPreachers

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Painfully Beautiful @painfullybeautiful.bsky.social · Sep 6

One of their best. Such a fantastic track.

Painfully Beautiful @painfullybeautiful.bsky.social · Sep 6

Spectators of Suicide, Sleepflower, Faster, Donkeys and ifwhiteamerica….
Nice!

Painfully Beautiful @painfullybeautiful.bsky.social · Aug 30

Richey’s masterpiece.
Fully signed cassette, from my personal collection. 💫