Keith Cameron

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Throwback to July, when we welcomed @plasmatron.bsky.social from @mogwai.scot & @keithcameron2.bsky.social to The Long Play Sessions for a brilliant evening discussing Stuart’s memoir, Spaceships Over Glasgow: Mogwai, Mayhem and Misspent Youth, published by @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social.

Looking forward to discussing all things #Manics this Sunday at Neath Arts Festival with @neilcollins1986.bsky.social. www.neathartsfestival.cymru#sun7

Delighted to be returning to Neath Arts Festival to chat with Keith Cameron about his definitive history of Manic Street Preachers, 168 Songs of Hatred and Failure at the Town Hall on Sunday 18 October at 6.30pm. Entry is FREE! www.neathartsfestival.cymru/#sun7

The new album by The Tubs is out tomorrow and it’s all-killer. Here’s my 5⭐review in @mojomagazine.bsky.social www.mojo4music.com/articles/new...

Fantastic record by The Tubs. Fantastic writing about it by @keithcameron2.bsky.social www.mojo4music.com/articles/new...

New @mojomagazine.bsky.social out today. Amid much fab Fabness, I write at length on The Afghan Whigs and rave about the new Tubs album.

MOJO’s New Siouxsie And The Banshees Special Is Out Now! A brand-new deluxe magazine featuring exclusive interviews, in-depth features and a guide to every album and solo project, MOJO The Collectors’ Series: Siouxsie And The Banshees is in shops and available to order for delivery now!

Thirteen Michael Shannon/Jason Narducy & Friends shows coming up! Big thanks to MOJO and Keith Cameron for their new feature about our touring work.

No point trying to play it cool - I was thrilled beyond all measure to interview the wonderful Robyn Hitchcock for this month's @mojomagazine.bsky.social. Also: don't miss Ian Harrison's Durutti Column piece, @steviechick.bsky.social on The Damned and @keithcameron2.bsky.social on REM's afterlife.

Last week we welcomed @plasmatron.bsky.social from @mogwai.scot for the final Long Play Session of the Summer. It was a privilege to host Stuart as he discussed with @keithcameron2.bsky.social his youth in Scotland his remarkable musical career & how The Matrix & drugs are not natural bedfellows...

A week today! Very much looking forward to discussing 168 Songs Of Hatred And Failure at @montylitfest.bsky.social with @rhysmwyn.bsky.social. montylitfest.com?page_id=9008

This amazing footage of The Clash playing The Magnificent Seven on Tom Snyder’s NBC show almost exactly 45 years ago exudes strong best-band-in-the-world vibes. youtu.be/kLWU6Ozex0M?...

Playing the ace new Coral album reminds me that I review the ace new Coral album in the ace new @mojomagazine.bsky.social.

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Incredible evening of Manics music and conversation @hayfestival.bsky.social last night with James Dean Bradfield, Nicky Wire and @keithcameron2.bsky.social, author of 168 SONGS OF HATRED FAILURE. 📸 by Sam Hardwick/Hay Festival

🎫📚| Today Manic Street Preachers are in conversation with Keith Cameron for 168 Songs Of Hatred & Failure (8:45pm) and record a live episode of BBC Radio 4's Loose Ends (4pm) at Hay Festival. Tickets are available at www.hayfestival.com #ManicStreetPreachers | @keithcameron2.bsky.social

📆[20/05/1996]| On This Day 30 years ago Manic Street Preachers released their fourth studio album Everything Must Go. Chart Position: #2 #ManicStreetPreachers | #EMG30

This Thursday! I’ll be talking 168 Songs and all things #Manics with James Dean Bradfield and Nicky Wire at Hay Festival. www.hayfestival.com/p-25123-jame...

🎙️| Manic Street Preachers' James Dean Bradfield & Nicky Wire and 168 Songs Of Hatred & Failure author Keith Cameron will be on BBC Radio 4's Loose Ends from Hay Festival on Saturday 23rd May 2026 #ManicStreetPreachers | @keithcameron2.bsky.social

Very much looking forward to this!

Lovely evening. Windows open. "Late Day Peaks" playing in the living room A reminder to get tickets for the Lit Fest Late Lounge. The definitive look at the story of the Manics. @keithcameron2.bsky.social with @rhysmwyn.bsky.social montylitfest.com?page_id=9008 @whiterabbitbooks.bsky.social

Lovely tribute to Andy Perry from @stokesie.bsky.social. AP was a brilliant journalist, an original rocker and the most wonderful chap. www.musicweek.com/talent/read/...

If you’re in or near London on 7 May, why not come and see Richard Jobson and me talk about Stuart Adamson, the Skids and rock’n’roll books with Keith Cameron?

This Saturday! Looking forward to discussing my #Manics book in Redditch, birthplace of John Bonham and home to the former Workshop Studios where New Art Riot was recorded 36 years ago. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/keith-came...

I reviewed the new U2 EP for @mojomagazine.bsky.social. www.mojo4music.com/articles/new...

I reviewed Manic Street Preachers' outstanding Royal Albert Hall @teenagecancertrust.bsky.social show for @mojomagazine.bsky.social. www.mojo4music.com/articles/sto...

I had a great time last weekend discussing my Manics book at Newport Festival of Words. Thanks to BuzzMag for this very cool write-up. All power to the ’Port! www.buzzmag.co.uk/keith-camero...

My @mojomagazine.bsky.social review of the superb new Stuart Adamson biography by @scottrowley.bsky.social. www.mojo4music.com/articles/sto...

49 years ago today, The Stooges and Funhouse were re-released and the Wishaw Press, far ahead of most of the other regional papers reviewed them. Along with the recently released Television album.

Loved hearing the stories behind what is a magnificent book. Big thanks to @keithcameron2.bsky.social, and to #NewportFestivalOfWords for putting it on. More music book chats in South Wales please!

This Saturday at 11am I'm discussing 168 Songs Of Hatred And Failure at the Corn Exchange in Newport, as part of the Newport Festival Of Words. Looking forward to being back in the ’Port! #Manics #NewportFestivalOfWords #WhiteRabbitBooks www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/168-songs-...

A magnificent ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ lead in @mojomagazine.bsky.social for ‘Stay Alive’ by @scottrowley.bsky.social. With huge thanks to @keithcameron2.bsky.social “This superb book rues his absence while celebrating his music’s still audibly beating heart” Out next week

Strong Caledonian quotient in the new @mojomagazine.bsky.social including @jamesmcnairwrites.bsky.social on Alex Harvey, @martinaston.bsky.social on Cocteau Twins, and me on the superb @scottrowley.bsky.social biography of Stuart Adamson.

📚🎫| Tickets are now on sale for James Dean Bradfield and Nicky Wire in conversation with Keith Cameron at Hay Festival. #ManicStreetPreachers | @keithcameron2.bsky.social | #168SongsOfHatredAndFailure

#nowplaying Tom Verlaine’s first solo album. Yes, I had forgotten how good it is. RIP Fred Smith.

Just two weeks until I discuss my Manic Street Preachers book with the brilliant @willhodgkinson.bsky.social at London’s Institute of Contemporary Music Performance. www.tickettailor.com/events/insti...

#nowplaying the final McCarthy album. Yes, I had forgotten how good it is.

Had fun chatting to Dan Jennings @wellerfanpod.bsky.social. Featuring the time I saw the Modfather wearing a British Gas sweatshirt. paulwellerfanpodcast.com/keith-cameron/

What's happening to you, Milton? It's a big old Guardian feature, that's what. With a film about Ted, made by his own family, coming soon, I chatted with him about his poetry, puppetry and wayward life and times, with Roger Law of Spitting Image spitting facts www.theguardian.com/music/2026/f...

Always an honour to see our books on the Penderyn Prize longlist, celebrating the very best in music writing. Another stellar year, and congratulations to all authors and publishers on there - and especially to our own @danielrachel.bsky.social, @keithcameron2.bsky.social, Budgie & Peter Guralnick!

Very grateful to @rhysmwyn.bsky.social and @mariellisdunning.bsky.social for discussing 168 Songs on BBC Radio Cymru yesterday. Cracking show too. Diolch! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Ahoy! @mojomagazine.bsky.social out now! Includes my Eyewitness piece on the Skids!

Thanks to @clashmusic.com for picking 168 Songs Of Hatred And Failure in their Books Of 2025 list. www.clashmusic.com/features/mus...

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My @bigissue.com review of '168 Songs of Hatred and Failure: A History of Manic Street Preachers' by @keithcameron2.bsky.social. www.bigissue.com/culture/musi... .

168 Songs Of Hatred And Failure is a Times Book Of The Year. Many thanks to @victoriasegal.bsky.social

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