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On this day, 31 December 1999, Manic Street Preachers played Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium with support provided by a Welsh lineup of Super Furry Animals, Feeder plus Shack.
For the Manic Street Preachers it was the biggest gig of their career when they heralded in a new century at the Millennium Stadium in front of a sellout crowd.
Bassist Nicky Wire said of the importance of the gig: “Ten years ago we did a gig in Cardiff to two people. Today we’re playing in front of 60,000 people. I think that shows how far we’ve come, how far we have grown and how much Wales has grown.”
Setlist
Part 1: 1999
You Stole the Sun From My Heart
Faster
Everything Must Go
Tsunami
The Masses Against the Classes
The Everlasting
Kevin Carter
La tristesse durera (Scream to a Sigh)
Rock and Roll Music
(Chuck Berry cover)
Ready for Drowning
Of Walking Abortion
No Surface All Feeling
Motown Junk
(Baby Love Intro)
Motorcycle Emptiness
Part 2: 2000
Can't Take My Eyes Off You
(Frankie Valli cover) (Acoustic)
Small Black Flowers That Grow in the Sky
(Acoustic)
Australia
Elvis Impersonator: Blackpool Pier
You Love Us
Stay Beautiful
If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next
A Design for Life
