{"id":1388,"date":"2013-04-29T14:23:13","date_gmt":"2013-04-29T12:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hotbuzzmag.com\/?p=1388"},"modified":"2020-04-02T15:20:46","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T15:20:46","slug":"black-star-riders-announce-massive-uk-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotbuzzmag.com\/en\/black-star-riders-announce-massive-uk-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Star Riders announce massive UK tour"},"content":{"rendered":"

Classic rock heavyweights Black Star Riders<\/span><\/a><\/span> are coming to town with their first ever UK headline tour.<\/p>\n

The band, featuring Thin Lizzy members Ricky Warwick, Damon Johnson, Scott Gorham and Marco Mendoza together with ex Alice Cooper and Megadeath\u2019s drummer Jimmy DeGrasso will take the chance to perform for the first time their debut album \u201cAll Hell Breaks Loose\u201d as well as playing some Lizzy\u2019s old favourites.<\/p>\n

The tour is set to kick off on Friday 22 November at O2 Academy, Bournemouth, and will take place at different venues across the UK and Eire, including gigs and festival appearances in London\u2019s O2 Shepherd\u2019s Bush Empire, O2 Academy in Newcastle and Hard Rock Hell 6 Festival, Wales.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll Hell Breaks Loose\u201d (Nuclear Blast Entertainment) will be out on May 27, and will be released as a standard CD and also as a special edition digipak, featuring a bonus track, Right To Be Wrong<\/em>, and a \u201cMaking of\u201d DVD.<\/p>\n

The first single, Bound For Glor<\/em>y, was premiered on BBC Radio 2 and is available to hear here<\/span><\/a><\/span>, and to view a 24-minute compilation of behind-the-scenes video reports from the band\u2019s studio time in LA, click here<\/span><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

Tickets go on sale on Thursday 2 May, and VIP Packages, including meet and greet<\/em> and special acoustic performances will be available from April 29 via Black Star Rider\u2019s official page.<\/p>\n

Tour dates, with more gigs to be announced, include:<\/p>\n

November 2013<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Friday 22 – O2 Academy, Bournemouth
\nSaturday 23 – O2 Shepherd\u2019s Bush Empire, London
\nMonday 25 – O2 Academy, Bristol
\nTuesday 26 –\u00a0Junction, Cambridge
\nWednesday 27 – UEA, Norwich
\nFriday 29 – Hard Rock Hell 6, Wales \u2013 FESTIVAL CO-HEADLINE
\nSaturday 30 – Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton<\/p>\n

December 2013<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Sunday 1 – Solus\/University, Cardiff
\nMonday 2 – O2 Academy, Oxford
\nThursday 5 – Ironworks, Inverness
\nFriday 6 – Picturehouse, Edinburgh
\nSaturday 7 – O2 Academy, Newcastle
\nSunday 8 Dec – O2 Academy, Leeds
\nTuesday 10 – The Assembly Rooms, Leamington Spa
\nThursday 12 – Rock City, Nottingham
\nFriday 13 – Ritz, Manchester
\nSaturday 14 – Academy, Dublin, EIRE<\/p>\n

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