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=== Wales national team song and ''Resistance Is Futile'' (2015–2018) ===
In November 2015, the Manic Street Preachers announced that they were going to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their 1996 album ''[[Everything Must Go (Manic Street Preachers album)|Everything Must Go]]'', with their biggest headline show since 1999, in the [[Liberty Stadium]], in [[Swansea]] on 28 May 2016, featuring special guests like [[Super Furry Animals]]. The album was performed in full, with Nicky Wire teasing "B-sides, rarities and curios, greatest hits and a few brand-new songs".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/manic-street-preachers/89605 |title=Manic Street Preachers announce 'Everything Must Go' 20th anniversary stadium gig in Swansea |work=[[NME]] |date=9 November 2015 |access-date=29 April 2017}}</ref> Before the final show in Swansea the band played: [[Liverpool]], [[Echo Arena]] (13 May), [[Birmingham]], [[Genting Arena]] (14 May), [[London]], [[Royal Albert Hall]] (16–17 May), [[Leeds]], [[First Direct Arena]] (20 May) and [[Glasgow]], the [[SSE Hydro]] (21 May).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/manic-street-preachers/90204 |title=Manic Street Preachers add extra 'Everything Must Go' 20th anniversary tour dates |work=[[NME]] |date=7 December 2015 |access-date=29 April 2017}}</ref> In early 2016 the band announced the European tour of ''Everything Must Go'', they played across Europe, in Finland, Denmark, the Netherlands and Germany.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.manicstreetpreachers.com/tour/ |title=Tour |publisher=Manic Street Preachers |access-date=29 April 2017}}</ref>

The band announced in March 2016 that they would be releasing a theme song for the Wales national team ahead of the [[UEFA Euro 2016]] tournament in the summer, entitled "[[Together Stronger (C'mon Wales)]]", it was released on 20 May, featuring also a video with the band and the Welsh team, the Manics tweeted: "It's with great pride we can announce the Manics are providing the official Wales Euro 2016 song – 'Together Stronger (C'mon Wales)'". All profits from the song went to the Princes Gate Trust and Tenovus Cancer Care.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/manic-street-preachers/92459 |title=Manic Street Preachers record Euro 2016 theme song for Wales football team |work=[[NME]] |date=22 March 2016 |access-date=29 April 2017}}</ref> On 8 July the band was at the [[Cardiff City Stadium]] to give a home welcome to the Wales football national team after they were knocked out of the [[UEFA Euro 2016]] by Portugal in the semi-finals, the band played a few songs in the stadium including the official theme song "Together Stronger (C'mon Wales)".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-36747699 |title=Euro 2016: Welcome home – Wales' Manic day |work=[[BBC News]] |access-date=29 April 2017}}</ref> On the next night, 9 July, the Manics headlined a night at the Cornwall's [[Eden Project]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.efestivals.co.uk/news/16/160315i.shtml |title=Manic Street Preachers to headline a night at Eden Sessions |website=eFestivals.co.uk |date=10 June 2016 |access-date=29 April 2017}}</ref> and later the band managed to secure a new recording studio near [[Newport, Wales]]. The city's council ensured that only the band can use the studio, there would be an increase on-site parking and a series of soundproofing measures to ensure nearby properties aren't disturbed by noise.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/manic-street-preachers/94960 |title=Manic Street Preachers building new studio |website=Nme.com |date=11 July 2016 |access-date=29 April 2017}}</ref> To end the summer, the Manics went on to headline another two festivals, Wasa Open Air in Finland in mid-August<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wasaopenair.fi |title=Wasa Open Air 13.8.2016 Vaasa, Kaarlen kenttÃ¤ – Manic Street Preachers, The Cardigans, Weeping Willows |website=Wasaopenair.fi |access-date=29 April 2017}}</ref> and in late August the [[Victorious Festival]] in Portsmouth.<ref>{{cite web|author=Caroline Ranson |url=http://www.neverenoughnotes.co.uk/2016/04/portsmouths-victorious-festival-2016-announces-vibrant-line-up/ |title=Portsmouth's Victorious Festival 2016 announces vibrant line-up – Never Enough Notes |website=Neverenoughnotes.co.uk |date=16 April 2016 |access-date=29 April 2017}}</ref> The band also received a nomination in the 25th British Academy Cymru Awards for the best live outside broadcast after their 2015 gig in the Cardiff Castle, celebrating the 20th anniversary of ''The Holy Bible''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bafta.org/wales/nominations-announced-for-25th-british-academy-cymru-awards |title=Nominations announced for 25th British Academy Cymru Awards |publisher=BAFTA |date=30 August 2016 |access-date=29 April 2017}}</ref>

[[File:Manic Street Preachers at First Direct Arena, Leeds (2nd May 2018) 004.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Manic Street Preachers at the [[First Direct Arena]], [[Leeds]] in May 2018]]
In February 2017 the band revealed a teaser trailer for a documentary entitled ''Escape from History'', charting the band's journey from ''The Holy Bible'', through to the disappearance of lyricist and guitarist Richey Edwards, to the huge success of ''Everything Must Go''. The documentary aired on [[Sky Arts]] on 15 April.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wearesonylegacy.com/news/manic-street-preachers-escape-history |title=Manic Street Preachers: Escape From History – Sony Legacy We Are Sony Legacy |website=Wearesonylegacy.com |date=10 April 2017 |access-date=29 April 2017}}</ref> The band also stated that they would release an album later in that year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/see-teaser-trailer-new-manic-street-preachers-film-escape-history-1973627 |title=See teaser trailer for new Manic Street Preachers film 'Escape from History' |work=[[NME]] |date=13 February 2017 |access-date=29 April 2017}}</ref>

The band released a special edition of their album ''[[Send Away the Tigers]]'' on 12 May. 2017 marks the 10th anniversary of the record and the Manics said that "this is a very important album" in their career. The special edition featured a remastered album as well as [[A-side and B-side|B-sides]] and rarities spread over two discs, plus a DVD which features the band's 2007 Glastonbury performance, rehearsal footage, an album track-by-track, and promo videos.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thequietus.com/articles/21998-manic-street-preachers-send-away-the-tigers|title=The Quietus &#124; News &#124; Manics To Reissue Send Away The Tigers|website=The Quietus|date=15 March 2017 }}</ref>

On 17 November 2017, the band announced that their thirteenth album, ''[[Resistance Is Futile (album)|Resistance Is Futile]]'', would be released on 13 April 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Manics/status/931446855854063616|title=ManicStreetPreachers on Twitter|website=Twitter|access-date=16 April 2018}}</ref> After much delay, the band wrote "The main themes of 'Resistance Is Futile' are memory and loss; forgotten history; confused reality and art as a hiding place and inspiration", the band say in a statement. "It's obsessively melodic—in many ways referencing both the naive energy of 'Generation Terrorists' and the orchestral sweep of 'Everything Must Go'. After delay and difficulties getting started, the record has come together really quickly over the last few months through a surge of creativity and some old school hard work." It is the first album to be recorded at the "Door to the River" studio.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://diymag.com/2017/11/17/manic-street-preachers-announce-new-album-resistance-is-futile|title=Manic Street Preachers announce new album 'Resistance Is Futile'|website=DIY|date=17 November 2017 }}</ref>

In January 2018, Manic Street Preachers signed a publishing contract with [[Warner/Chappell Music]], leaving their longtime home [[Sony/ATV Music Publishing]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicweek.com/publishing/read/hot-wire-warner-chappell-sign-manic-street-preachers/071266|title=Hot wire: Warner/Chappell sign Manic Street Preachers – Publishing – Music Week|website=Musicweek.com|access-date=16 April 2018}}</ref>

On the album, the Manics launched their first single "[[International Blue]]" as a download on 8 December 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Manics/status/939043189180076034/|title=ManicStreetPreachers on Twitter|publisher=[[Twitter]]|access-date=16 April 2018}}</ref> The second single "[[Distant Colours]]" was released, also as a download, on 16 February 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/manic-street-preachers-distant-colours-single-2243463|title=Manic Street Preachers share new 'Distant Colours' single|website=Nme.com|date=16 February 2018|access-date=16 April 2018}}</ref> About the first single the band said that there was certain naive energy and widescreen melancholia on the song that is reflected through the whole album, comparing it to "[[Motorcycle Emptiness]]". Furthermore, the album focused on "(...)things that make your life feel a little bit better. Rather than my internalised misery, I tried to put a sense of optimism into the lyrics by writing about things that we find really inspiring." Said Wire, taking inspiration from [[David Bowie]] and seen as almost an escape and a wave of optimism, just like the previous album was described.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/manic-street-preachers-tell-us-new-single-international-blue-sister-song-motorcycle-emptiness-2169503|title=Manics: 'New single 'International Blue' is the new 'Motorcycle Emptiness|website=Nme.com|date=8 December 2017|access-date=16 April 2018}}</ref>

On the other hand, "Distant Colours" was written by James Dean Bradfield, rather than Nicky Wire, and inspired by disenchantment and Nye Bevan's old Labour. He said: "Musically, the verse is downcast and melancholic and the chorus is an explosion of disillusionment and tears."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thequietus.com/articles/24048-manic-street-preachers-distant-colours|title=LISTEN: New Manic Street Preachers|website=Thequietus.com|date=16 February 2018 |access-date=16 April 2018}}</ref> The third single "[[Dylan & Caitlin]]" was released as a download on 9 March 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/manic-street-preachers-release-emotional-new-single-dylan-caitlin-2258854|title= Manic Street Preachers release emotional new single 'Dylan & Caitlin|website=Nme.com|date= 9 March 2018|access-date=16 April 2018}}</ref> The fourth single "[[Liverpool Revisited]]" is about a magical day in the city, Nicky added that: "It was on the Everything Must Go (anniversary) tour and I got up really early at sunrise to walk around Liverpool, polaroid camera in hand on a balmy day. It sounds clichéd I know, but Liverpool in the sun does take on a hypnotic quality, with the Mersey and the stone."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4151681-people-can-tell-if-you-don-t-mean-it---dis-meets-manic-street-preachers|title=People Can Tell It If You Don't Mean It|website=Drownedinsound.com|access-date=16 April 2018|archive-date=8 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180408004227/http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4151681-people-can-tell-if-you-don-t-mean-it---dis-meets-manic-street-preachers|url-status=dead}}</ref> The band also revealed that they were to support [[Guns N' Roses]] during their summer tour.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/manic-street-preachers-guns-n-roses-european-tour-2261146|title=Manic Street Preachers to support Guns N' Roses on European tour|website=Nme.com|date=12 March 2018|access-date=16 April 2018}}</ref> The fifth and final single, "[[Hold Me Like a Heaven]]", was released as a download on 4 May 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.readdork.com/news/manic-street-preachers-have-debuted-a-video-for-hold-me-like-a-heaven/|title=Manic Street Preachers have debuted a video for 'Hold Me Like A Heaven'|date=6 May 2018|access-date=22 May 2018}}</ref> Wire said that the song was inspired musically by [[David Bowie]]'s "[[Ashes to Ashes (David Bowie song)|Ashes to Ashes]]", something that the band wanted to write about, and Nicky thinks that this the closest that the band is going to get, sharing also that lyrics were informed by the work of [[Philip Larkin]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/news/manic-street-preachers-share-striking-video-for-new-single-hold-me-like-a-heaven|title= Manic Street Preachers share striking video for new single Hold Me Like A Heaven|date= 4 May 2018|access-date=22 May 2018}}</ref>

The album sold around 24,000 copies in the first week, entering the [[UK Albums Chart]] at number 2,<ref name= ukalbums>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/|title= Official Albums Chart Top 100|website= [[Official Charts Company|Official Charts]]|access-date=21 April 2018}}</ref> despite being number 1 during the week.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://clashmusic.com/news/could-manic-street-preachers-grab-number-one|title=Could Manic Street Preachers Grab Number One?|date=19 April 2018 |access-date= 21 April 2018}}</ref> It was the highest new entry on the chart, and on physical sales the album peaked at number 1, both on [[Compact disc|CD]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/record-store-chart/|title=Official Record Store Chart Top 40|website=[[Official Charts Company|Official Charts]]|access-date=21 April 2018}}</ref> and [[Phonograph record|vinyl]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/vinyl-albums-chart/|title= Official Vinyl Albums Chart Top 40 |website= [[Official Charts Company|Official Charts]] |access-date= 21 April 2018}}</ref>

In October 2018, the band announced a twentieth-anniversary collector's edition re-release of ''This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours''. It was made available on digital, CD, and vinyl, with the CD edition featuring bonus demos, live rehearsal recordings, remixes, and B-sides. The album was launched on 7 December 2018 and to promote it, the band went on tour in Spring and Summer 2019, performing the album in full alongside other content.<ref>{{cite web |title=This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours 20 Year Collector's Editions |url=https://www.manicstreetpreachers.com/cat-news/this-is-my-truth-tell-me-yours-20-year-collectors-editions/ |website=Manic Street Preachers |access-date=27 June 2020 |date=22 October 2018}}</ref>

In March 2020, the Manics announced a deluxe reissue of their ''Gold Against the Soul'' album for release on 12 June 2020. Bonus content included previously unreleased demos, B-sides from the era, remixes, and a live recording, while the CD was released alongside a book of unseen photographs from the era with handwritten annotations and lyrics from the band.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gold Against the Soul Deluxe Re-Issue |url=https://www.manicstreetpreachers.com/cat-news/gold-against-the-soul-deluxe-re-issue/ |website=Manic Street Preachers |access-date=27 June 2020 |date=11 March 2020}}</ref> The next day, the unnamed follow-up album to ''Resistance Is Futile'', their fourteenth overall, was confirmed to ''[[NME]]'' alongside Bradfield's second solo album. The group's album, including a track called "Orwellian", was described as "expansive" and is due for release in Summer 2021.<ref name="2021 album">{{cite web |last1=Trendell |first1=Andrew |title=Manic Street Preachers on their "expansive" new album and James Dean Bradfield's "electric" new solo record |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/manic-street-preachers-on-their-expansive-new-album-and-james-dean-bradfields-electric-new-solo-record-2624306 |website=NME |access-date=26 June 2020 |date=12 March 2020}}</ref>