Another fine week for music book sales. Huge congrats to @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social @keithcameron2.bsky.social for your deserved Sunday Times Bestseller placing. Dan Jennings and Weller too!

This is excellent: a funny, candid depiction of illness and the reality of rock’n’roll life.

168 SONGS OF HATRED AND FAILURE is officially a Sunday Times bestseller and will be #7 in this weekend’s chart. Huge congratulations @keithcameron2.bsky.social! Thank you to everyone who has bought a copy or come to an event, the record stores and bookshops who have supported this special book…

Today’s the day… @keithcameron2.bsky.social’s 168 SONGS OF HATRED AND FAILURE is out now. A ‘completely definitive’ and ‘exhilarating’ history of Manic Street Preachers through 168 of their tracks.

🎙️| Listen again to Nicky Wire and Keith Cameron discuss '168 Songs Of Hatred And Failure: A History Of Manic Street Preachers' with Huw Stephens on BBC 6 Music #ManicStreetPreachers | @keithcameron2.bsky.social | #168SongsOfHatredAndFailure

🎫📚| Tonight Manic Street Preachers and Keith Cameron conclude their 168 Songs Of Hatred And Failure tour at Abergavenny Borough Theatre 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #ManicStreetPreachers | @keithcameron2.bsky.social | #168SongsOfHatredAndFailure

Hatred and Failure alert! I’m joining Nicky Wire to discuss my new Manics book on Huw Stephens’ BBC 6Music show today from 6pm.

Here's my review for @mojomagazine.bsky.social of @keithcameron2.bsky.social's brilliant new Manics book. Hugely recommended www.mojo4music.com/articles/sto...

And you can see @keithcameron2.bsky.social in conversation with @juderogers.bsky.social about 168 SONGS OF HATRED AND FAILURE this Thursday at Swansea's Elysium Gallery, with Cover to Cover bookshop www.ticketsource.co.uk/cover-to-cov...

Some great shots from last week's Manics + @keithcameron2.bsky.social event with @resident-music.com 📸 With thanks to Mike Burnell (iso400photoblog.wordpress.com)

Clicky clicky for 5 x essentual autumn reads feat. fiction from @andrewgallix.bsky.social, Nell Osborne, and stellar non-fic courtesy of @keithcameron2.bsky.social @badaude.bsky.social @joannapocock.bsky.social.

168 SONGS OF HATRED AND FAILURE 📍 Earth, Hackney 🗓️ 5.9.2025 James Dean Bradfield and Nicky Wire of Manic Street Preachers, performing, signing, and in conversation with author @keithcameron2.bsky.social

That was a special one. Thank you to everyone who came to Earth last night to hear @keithcameron2.bsky.social discuss 168 SONGS OF HATRED AND FAILURE with James Dean Bradfield and Nicky Wire - and biggest thanks to James and Nicky for performing and signing. An incredible band, an incredible night.

🎫📚| Tonight Manic Street Preachers are in conversation with Keith Cameron at Brighton Dome Corn Exchange, discussing and signing 168 Songs Of Hatred And Failure. Doors 5:45 Start 6:45pm End 8:15pm Signing 8:30pm #ManicStreetPreachers | @keithcameron2.bsky.social | #168SongsOfHatredAndFailure

‘This is heaven for Manics fans’ Another incredible review for @keithcameron2.bsky.social’s 168 SONGS OF HATRED AND FAILURE, this time from the Sunday Times… www.thetimes.com/magazines/cu...

FINAL CALL FOR MANICS EVENTS NEXT WEEK... James Dean Bradfield and Nicky Wire join author @keithcameron2.bsky.social to celebrate his new book 168 SONGS OF HATRED AND FAILURE, with conversation and music in Brighton (Thurs) and London (Fri) 🎟️ geni.us/168SongsEvents

📰| Manic Street Preachers - A Riot Of Cheekbones And Furious Provocation By Victoria Segal, The Times #ManicStreetPreachers | #168SongsOfHatredAndFailure | @keithcameron2.bsky.social www.thetimes.com/magazines/cu...

A look at the copies of 168 SONGS OF HATRED AND FAILURE, @keithcameron2.bsky.social's epic, definitive history of Manic Street Preachers, written with the band's full co-operation. Available 11 September geni.us/168Songs

"Prejudice burns brighter when it’s all we have to burn" Incredible prescience of our times written over 30 years ago by 2 guys in their mid 20s. Context: currently reading an early copy of the forthcoming 168 Songs of Hatred & Failure by @keithcameron2.bsky.social from Green Man '25. 1/

Happy Birthday to Robert Plant. It was an absolute treat to interview the Leo king for this new @mojomagazine.bsky.social cover story.

Reminder of this incredible prize for Manic Street Preachers fans... Pre-order 168 SONGS OF HATRED AND FAILURE from Waterstones online and you could win one of Nicky Wire's own guitars, signed by the band. Find out more here: www.waterstones.com/win/168-song...

Muchos gracias to @tomnoble.bsky.social and the gaffer @leebrackstone.bsky.social @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social for this magesterial @keithcameron2.bsky.social tome. One of NME's final cohort of great writers, on the band whose profund influence on YoungStu in the 90's continues to resonate even now.

The first reviews for 168 SONGS OF HATRED AND FAILURE are starting to land, including a ★★★★★ rave in the latest issue of Mojo... @keithcameron2.bsky.social's history of Manic Street Preachers, out next month: geni.us/168Songs

The new @mojomagazine.bsky.social is really great... includes Robert Plant, Joni Mitchell, Baxter Dury & much more, but also my review of @keithcameron2.bsky.social's application of the Revolution In The Head approach to the Manics, which is unputdownable & totally definitive

📰| Keith Cameron's forthcoming book '168 Songs Of Hatred And Failure: A History Of Manic Street Preachers' receives a ★★★★★ review in this month’s MOJO (October 2025), out now. #ManicStreetPreachers | @keithcameron2.bsky.social | #168SongsOfHatredAndFailure | @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social

Our friends @waterstones.bsky.social are running 25% off online pre-orders for some of our upcoming gems... Use code SUMMER25 for money off the Manics, Elvis, Curepedia and more: www.waterstones.com/campaign/jul... @danielrachel.bsky.social @simonprice.bsky.social @keithcameron2.bsky.social

Have you got good taste? MOJO’s next How To Buy guide is on The Cramps. Comment below to let us know what your favourite albums by Lux and Ivy’s psychobilly outliers are and why and we’ll print the best responses in a future issue.

I interviewed Ozzy Osbourne almost 10 years ago and his parting words were: “I’m blessed with the life I’ve led. I ain’t got no complaints.” He knew how lucky he was, and we’re all lucky we had him. RIP Ozzy

This is a genuinely incredible prize for Manic Street Preachers fans... Pre-order 168 SONGS OF HATRED AND FAILURE from @waterstones.bsky.social and you could win one of Nicky Wire's own guitars, signed by the band. Find out more here: www.waterstones.com/win/168-song...

RIP Keith Dobson of World Domination Enterprises - probably the most exciting live band I ever saw + creators of the immortal "Asbestos Lead Asbestos". Keith, aka Kif Kif, was a lovely guy, a great interview, a genius noise guitarist, and a counterculture lifer blissout.blogspot.com/2025/07/rip-...

Very happy to have written the Suede cover feature for the new @mojomagazine.bsky.social. Such a great band, such lovely people. *Also available in the Brian Wilson front cover edition*

Sad news indeed. WDE we’re phenomenal and piece is well worth reading.

Truly one of the greats.

What’s this? The front cover of an actual, physical magazine, full of great writing and smart photos? What a time to be alive….

In anticipation of their upcoming album Antidepressants, Suede feature on the cover of the September issue of @mojomagazine.bsky.social, available in shops from Monday. www.greatmagazines.co.uk/mojo-septemb...

📚| Pre-order '168 Songs Of Hatred And Failure: A History Of Manic Street Preachers' by Keith Cameron with Waterstones to enter into a prize draw to win one of Nicky Wire’s acoustic guitars, signed by the band. www.waterstones.com/win/168-song... #ManicStreetPreachers | @keithcameron2.bsky.social

I love a) this cover and b) how Suede now look like the cast of a gritty ITV crime procedural. (l-r) Mat - Beleaguered boss Richard - Life-hardened sidekick Brett - Detective who plays by his own rules. Neil - Undercover drugs operative Simon - Forensic pathologist 1/2

We're thrilled to be hosting a conversation with Manics' James Dean Bradfield (with guitar), Nicky Wire & author of 168 Songs of Hatred & Failure, Keith Cameron at Brighton Dome, Corn Exchange. Followed by a signing with James, Nicky & Keith. BOOK + ENTRY ON SALE: link.dice.fm/Qad0e30ac604

Celebrating the launch of 168 Songs of Hatred and Failure: A History of Manic Street Preachers, as author @keithcameron2.bsky.social is joined by James Dean Bradfield and Nicky Wire for these in conversation in Brighton, London and Abergavenny this September. Tickets from geni.us/168SongsEvents

My review of Springsteen’s Tracks II.

I’m in the new @mojomagazine.bsky.social writing about Black Sabbath and Bruce Springsteen. Plus yet another ace piece of Fab-ology by @johnharris1969.bsky.social.

Gang of Four released To Hell With Poverty on this day in 1981 (HT to @whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social ) youtu.be/I_QJwR6D9d4

Now I’ve finished writing a book, it’s time to catch up on reading. Loved this – @willsergeant.com is the perfect guide through his own (mis)adventures. Here’s to the next part.

“No mere album but a cultural avatar - ⭐⭐⭐⭐” One of the first albums recorded, mixed and mastered digitally, Dire Straits’ all-conquering Brothers In Arms returns this week for a 40th anniversary edition. There’s soul beneath the sheen, discovers MOJO’s Keith Cameron...

Bruce Springsteen Live In Manchester Reviewed! “Springsteen’s anger is as palpable as his pain tonight, with songs frequently darting between rage and mournfulness.” Anti-Trump broadsides fire up the most political set of The Boss’s career. Read MOJO’s live report and the setlist in full…

Morning glory to all! I write about the greatest Oasis song of the 21st century in the new @mojomagazine.bsky.social.

Is there anybody alive out there? Astro-fun Sunday at the Observatory Science Centre in East Sussex.

A reminder that the White Rabbit edition of 168 Songs of Hatred and Failure will be available from 10am tomorrow. Just 168 copies, only from our website. The record store edition is nearly sold out; extra copies have been allocated to shops but this will be the only print run. geni.us/168Songs

Excited to share news that my new book comes out in September. Thanks to @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social and #ManicStreetPreachers geni.us/168Songs

MOJO’s next How To Buy is on Gregory Isaacs. Reply below to tell us what your favourite albums by the Cool Ruler are and why and we’ll print the best responses in a future issue of the magazine... 📸: Getty