The Fratellis (pictured), Manic Street Preachers, Biffy Clyro, The View and Boy Kill Boy are among the acts confirmed for Xfm's three-date Winter Wonderland season this year.
The Manics will perform at the Manchester Apollo on December 8 - it'll be the Welsh trio's first gig of 2006. Line-ups as below...
December 7 - Glasgow Carling Academy
The Fratellis
The View
Biffy Clyro
December 8 - Manchester Apollo
Manic Street Preachers
Badly Drawn Boy
The Rakes
December 9 - London Brixton Academy
The Kooks
The Feeling
Boy Kill Boy
PLUS: secret special guests!
Tickets go on sale on Friday (November 3).

balls
i;m guessing....
the secret special guests are ' the automatic - seeing as they're tagged but not mentioned, eh? cunning!
Hahahaha...
...ace.
say what you like
about the manics, JD Bradfield is still an incredible front man on the live stage.
last years
special guests were fucking chas and dave. waste of time that was. dont get excited.
Here.......
.......here......!!!
As long as they dont play anything from their last album.
I love the Manics, but Lifeblood was Dreadful - with a capital 'D'............
But what do I know.........?
i can't believe
biffy are opening for those two piles of shit ...
surely
it's the other way around? as in biffy are headlining. if not = MEGA UNFAIR LOLZ
i already
have my tickets for the manchester one, should be good :)
oh well
..
i hate xfm
... great 'new' music