Cian Ciarán: Last News

Super Furry Animals have called on the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) to revoke the licence granted to EDF – which they claim has resulted in nuclear mud dumping in the Severn Estuary.In 2018, a group of activists took EDF to court to stop 300,000 tonnes of alleged nuclear mud from a Somerset power station being disposed of just outside Cardiff. Now, the Welsh indie veterans have picked up the cause again.“We call on @The_MMO to stop EDF’s nuclear mud dumping,” the band tweeted on February 12.

Super Furry Animals have shared an isolated audio track of Paul McCartney chewing celery after they collaborated with him on a 2001 track.The Beatles legend’s unique cameo came on the song ‘Receptacle For The Respectable’, which is being reissued as part of a series of 20th anniversary celebrations for the Welsh band’s 2001 album ‘Rings Around The World’.After meeting the band at the NME Awards in 2000, McCartney agreed to provide ‘carrot and celery’ percussion to ‘Receptacle For The Respectable’, and the recording is now available in its fully glory and on its own.The band’s keyboardist Cian Ciarán recalled: “He was going to come to the studio and then decided not to for some reason.