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Manic Street Preachers and Flaming Lips are coming to Spain: Iconic groups lead impressive festival line-up

The Manic Street Preachers (James Dean Bradfield) perform on stage during the Q Awards 2017 in association with Absolute Radio at the Camden Roundhouse, London.

ICONIC bands are set to play a Spanish festival next year, including the Manic Street Preachers and The Flaming Lips.

The Azkena Rock Festival in Vitoria, will play host rock royalty next summer as Johnny Rotten, Manic Street Preachers and The Flaming Lips are added to the lineup. 

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From June 19 to 21, the Basque Country capital is the only Spanish city part of the Manics ‘Critical Thinking’ tour. 

Their 15th album, it will come out next January meanwhile The Flaming Lips will celebrate the 20th anniversary of their album ‘Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots.’ 

Johnny Rotten, for his part, will be appearing as part of his new outfit, P.i.L (Public Image Limited) after previously attending Azkena with the Sex Pistols. 

They are joined by Lucinda Williams, a multi-Grammy winning artist with over 30 years of experience in the folk, rock and country scene.

Yzabelle Bostyn

Yzabelle Bostyn is an NCTJ trained journalist who started her journalistic career at the Olive Press in 2023.
Before moving to Spain, she studied for a BA in English Literature and Hispanic Studies at the University of Sheffield.
After graduating she moved to the university’s journalism department, one of the best in the UK.
Throughout the past few years, she has taken on many roles including social media marketing, copywriting and radio presenting.
She then took a year out to travel Latin America, scaling volcanoes in Guatemala and swimming with sharks in Belize.
Then, she came to the Olive Press last year where she has honed her travel writing skills and reported on many fantastic experiences such as the Al Andalus luxury train.
She has also undertaken many investigations, looking into complex issues like Spain’s rental crisis and rising cancer rates.
Always willing to help, she has exposed many frauds and scams, working alongside victims to achieve justice.
She is most proud of her work on Nolotil, a drug linked to the deaths of many Brits in Spain.
A campaign launched by Yzabelle has received considerable support and her coverage has been by the UK and Spanish media alike.
Her writing has featured on many UK news outlets from the Sun to the Mail Online, who contracted her to report for them in Tenerife on growing tourism issues.
Recently, she has appeared on Times Radio covering deadly flooding in Valencia.

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