SCARED TO DANCE

We are thrilled to announce that Manic Street Preachers are our guests at our film night on Thursday 24th September at Picturehouse Central.

Ahead of the release of Manic Street Preachers’ The Holy Bible Live, Scared To Dance present a special screening of Be Pure – Be Vigilant – Behave – the acclaimed concert film that captured the extraordinary live performances of The Holy Bible the band played on a ten date tour in December 2014.

The evening screening will take place on Thursday 24th September 2026, and will be followed by an incredibly rare appearance by Manic Street Preachers’ Sean Moore and the film’s director Kieran Evans, who will talk to each other about the record, the film and the mindset that saw the band play it live twenty years after its release. It goes without saying that this event will probably never be repeated.

Be Pure – Be Vigilant – Behave was pieced together from footage shot by Evans alone on each of the tour’s ten dates, culminating in three nights at London’s iconic Roundhouse. Arriving in each new venue, Evans would choose a different vantage point to capture James Dean Bradfield, Nicky Wire and Sean Moore’s performances from in as intimate yet unobtrusive a way as possible.

The result is a stunning testament to the band, their history and the bond they share with their fanbase. During performances where the album was performed in full for the first and only time, the band dragged every inch of emotion and anger possible from their most painful, intense and blistered record, enthralling fans for whom that collection of songs is everything.

Propelled along by an astonishing live mix by long time Manics collaborator Dave Eringa, Be Pure – Be Vigilant – Behave has been described as “the Sex Pistols directed by Gaspar Noé” – an all out assault on the senses and a visceral, brutal yet transcendent document of a series of incredible shows by one of the country’s most vital rock’n’roll bands. The film will form part of The Holy Bible Live, being available on BluRay for the first time ever.

Nicky Wire on Be Pure – Be Vigilant – Behave: “It’s an incredible film – intimate, oppressive and weirdly joyous at points. That said, as much as it’s a film, it’s also Kieran occupying the same state of mind that we were in.”

Tickets are now on sale.