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Fri 08 Aug 2007Down to the wireElectric Picnic:Some time ago, the Manic Street Preachers ceased to be one of those bands that could move and change people - but new album Send Away the Tigers will do just that, lyricist Nicky Wire tells Tony Clayton-Lea"THERE is nothing better than when the plan comes together." Nicky Wire is in a happy place at the moment. Just when you thought that the rug was finally going to be pulled out from under them, along comes Send Away the Tigers, the Manic Street Preachers' eighth studio album and the one to bring back a raised level of everything that's important to a band of their vintage: profile, credibility, chart hits, kudos and fans.