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Nicky Wire

Welsh musician and songwriter
Person human Q2446658

Facts

21 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[13]
Date of birth
January 20, 1969
Place of birth
Blackwood
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[8]
Occupation
singer, songwriter, pianist, musician, composer
Educated at
Swansea University, Oakdale Comprehensive School[9][10]
Religion or worldview
atheism[12]
Sibling
Patrick Jones[26]
Genre
alternative rock[14]
Official website
www.nickyssecretsociety.com[20]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[24]
Family name
Wire[18]
Given name
Nicky[19]
Instrument
bass guitar, guitar, voice[21][22][23]
Member of
Manic Street Preachers[11]
P14750
14B3-5CB5-71BA-6184-7723[27]
Record label
Columbia Records[15]
Residence
Newport[17]
Start of work period
1989[25]
Voice type
baritone[16]
🏷️ Also known as
en Nicky Jones en Nicky Wire en Nicholas Jones en Nicholas Allen Jones cs Nicky Jones cs Nicholas Allen Jones cs Nicholas Jones da Nicholas Allen Jones da Nicholas Jones da Nicky Jones de Nicholas Allen Jones de Nicholas Jones de Nicky Jones en-gb Nicholas Jones en-gb Nicky Jones en-gb Nicholas Allen Jones es Nicholas Allen Jones es Nicholas Jones es Nicky Jones fi Nicky Jones
🔖 Identifiers · 42
ISNI
0000000078819391
VIAF cluster ID
268975275
GND ID
135387000
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Nicky Wire in Budapest in 2011.jpg ↗
Acharts.co artist ID
nicky_wire
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000868214
BBC Things ID
2e0e757e-d27d-4709-a551-6d29bfec8fca
BIBSYS ID
5068658
Billboard artist ID
nicky-wire
CineMagia person ID
1275241
Companies House officer ID
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Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
135387000
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Discogs artist ID
262734
Europeana entity
agent/base/65407
Film.ru person ID
nicky-wire
Freebase ID
/m/01w6vrh
Genius artist ID
Nicky-wire
Genius artist numeric ID
376337
IMDb ID
nm1013299
Jaxsta profile ID
63d83b49-4efd-423a-835f-ac7bc5584601
Kinobox person ID
1196872
Last.fm ID
Nicky+Wire
MuseScore artist ID
144415
MusicBrainz artist ID
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Muziekweb performer ID
M00000233987
NL CR AUT ID
ola2002152813
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX956630
National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID
mp65644
Obálky knih ID
ola2002152813
Official Charts artist ID
1931
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803124221462
Podchaser creator ID
107a4a0OVF
Rate Your Music artist ID
nicky_wire
SNARC ID
4276 Clifford
SVKKL authority ID
0383033-Wire-Nicky-1969
Songkick artist ID
20497
Tabakalera ID
100813
The Guardian topic ID
music/nicky-wire
Tidal artist ID
29093
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJvmJdMH67BV6BpXcFRqcP
Yandex Music artist ID
185876
ČSFD person ID
440567

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🔗 Connections
Mb:lyricist 50
If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next, If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next, Motorcycle Emptiness, Motorcycle Emptiness, A Design for Life, A Design for Life, Your Love Alone Is Not Enough, Your Love Alone Is Not Enough +42 more
Occupation 4
singer, musician, pianist, songwriter
Instrument 3
guitar, bass guitar, voice
Mb:composer 2
Kevin Carter, Kevin Carter
Mb:performer of 2
Break My Heart Slowly, I Killed the Zeitgeist
Belongs to 1
Manic Street Preachers
Compositions 1
Motorcycle Emptiness
Country of citizenship 1
United Kingdom
Educated at 1
Swansea University
Genre 1
alternative rock
Given name 1
Nicky
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Mb:member of band 1
Manic Street Preachers
Mb:sibling 1
Patrick Jones
Member of 1
Manic Street Preachers
Place of birth 1
Blackwood
Record label 1
Columbia Records
Religion or worldview 1
atheism
Residence 1
Newport
Sex or gender 1
male
Sibling 1
Patrick Jones
Siblings 1
Patrick Jones
Voice type 1
baritone
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Summary

Nicky Wire was born on January 20, 1969[1], in Blackwood[2]. He has worked as a singer[3], songwriter[4], pianist[5], musician[6], and composer[7].

FAQs

Where was Nicky Wire born?

Nicky Wire was born in Blackwood[2].

What did Nicky Wire do for work?

Nicky Wire worked as a singer[3], songwriter[4], pianist[5], musician[6], and composer[7].

Where did Nicky Wire go to school?

Nicky Wire was educated at Swansea University[9] and Oakdale Comprehensive School[10].

Related Entities

Columbia Records Manic Street Preachers Newport United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [6] ↑ . Companies House. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . heraldscotland.com. heraldscotland.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Tidal artist ID → 29093
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/63221|batch #63221]]: Import Tidal artist ID from MusicBrainz, also matching on name. Part2.: import Tidal artist ID (P4576) f"
  2. 12w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → 14B3-5CB5-71BA-6184-7723
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46469|batch #46469]]: HAND ID (8)"
  3. 21w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → 0383033-Wire-Nicky-1969
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ SVKKL authority ID: 0383033-Wire-Nicky-1969, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  4. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instrument → bass guitar, guitar, voice
    Genre → —
    Member of → —
    Citizenship → —
    + 25 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32082|batch #32082]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (24)"
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