Editing Nicky Wire (section)

===Solo career===
On Christmas Day 2005, the Manics posted a solo track by Wire called "[[I Killed the Zeitgeist]]", available to download free for one day.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/nicky-wire|title=Nicky Wire |publisher=guardian.co.uk |date=5 October 2011 |access-date=1 January 2012}}</ref> In early May, the rumoured first single entitled "[[Break My Heart Slowly]]" from his début solo album premièred on [[BBC Radio 6 Music]] with [[Phill Jupitus]].

Wire played an intimate solo gig at the [[Hay Festival]] on 5 June 2006.<ref>{{cite web |title=Manics star makes solo debut |work=NME |date=6 June 2006 |url=http://www.nme.com/news/manic-street-preachers/23251 |access-date=17 February 2008}}</ref> The setlist consisted of material from his forthcoming album. Also included was a short acoustic rendition of "Condemned to Rock 'N' Roll" from Manic Street Preachers' début album ''[[Generation Terrorists]]''. Speaking to NME.COM before the gig, Wire confirmed that he was currently working on a solo album and he'd already written 25 songs.
On the following day, Wire released the free track "Daydreamer Eyes" on his new website. He released the single "The Shining Path" as an exclusive [[iTunes]] only download on 17 July. His solo album, titled ''[[I Killed the Zeitgeist]]'' was released on 25 September, with the single "Break My Heart Slowly" released on 18 September.

In an interview with ''[[NME]]'' in March 2020, that also confirmed work on a 2021 Manic Street Preachers album and a solo album by bandmate James Dean Bradfield, Wire announced that he was working on more solo content, joking that he would not have to put in much work to meet fan demand.<ref>{{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=7 July 2020 |date=12 March 2020}}</ref> Bradfield later reconfirmed this, likening their simultaneous solo work to when they did the same in 2006.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Trendell |first1=Andrew |title=James Dean Bradfield on his new solo album, "Tory Vandals" and the Manics' next move |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/james-dean-bradfield-on-his-new-solo-album-even-in-exile-labour-politics-manic-street-preachers-new-album-2700260 |website=NME |access-date=7 July 2020 |date=2 July 2020}}</ref>