Manic Street Preachers Bible". In February 2017 the band revealed a teaser trailer for a new 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. The band also stated that they would release a new album later in that year. 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
Send Away the Tigers in a rut with no way out." Retrospectively, "NME" cited the record as when the band "rediscovered their sense of purpose and ushered in their third great phase" with the critically acclaimed "Journal for Plague Lovers" and "Postcards from a Young Man" following. Bassist Nicky Wire remains fond of the album, saying of the pre-"Send Away the Tigers" period: "It didn't feel like we were a band just before that. We were on the verge of nothingness and to dig that out of ourselves made us fall in love with music again." The album helped earn the band the following