Black Star Riders Announce Debut UK Tour & Tickets

Black Star Riders, the new band featuring Thin Lizzy members Ricky Warwick, Damon Johnson, Scott Gorham and Marco Mendoza together with drummer Jimmy DeGrasso (Alice Cooper/Megadeth), have announced dates for their debut UK tour. Special guests are to be confirmed in the coming weeks.

The new tour, which will take place in December, follows the announcement of 'All Hell Breaks Loose' as the title of their debut album on Nuclear Blast Entertainment, which will be released in the UK on the 27th May 2013.

The album is preceded by lead single 'Bound For Glory', released last month. Black Star Riders frontman Ricky Warwick states:

“Bound For Glory - a song for the lost but never lonely, walking tall in the face of everyday adversary, everyone has a story to tell, revolution begins in the mirror!!!”. Guitarist Scott Gorham adds: “When it came time to pick one of these songs as a single, we had a really hard time. There are so many really great tracks here and everyone had their favourites. But in the end, we all agreed that Bound for Glory is the perfect choice and represents what Black Star Riders is all about.”
 

About the origin of the album title, Ricky goes on to say:

“I was watching a documentary about World War II bombers and saw the name painted on the side of one of the aircraft. The name just resonated with me and it seem to encapsulate the turmoil that we, as a society, are currently experiencing. The past few years have been such a wild ride and now with the release of the album, it sounded like a bad-ass album title that summed up what Black Star Riders is all about.”

The single and album were produced and mixed by the legendary Kevin Shirley (Led Zeppelin, Iron Maiden, Aerosmith, Rush). The album will be released as a standard CD and also as a special edition digi-pak featuring a bonus track 'Right To Be Wrong' and a “Making of” DVD.

Black Star Riders UK Tour Dates are as follows

Fri November 22nd 2013 - Bournemouth O2 Academy 
Sat November 23rd 2013 - London Shepherds Bush Empire 
Sun November 24th 2013 - Bristol O2 Academy 
Tue November 26th 2013 - Cambridge Junction 
Wed November 27th 2013 - Norwich UEA 
Sat November 30th 2013 - Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall 
Sun December 1st 2013 - Cardiff University / Solus
Mon December 2nd 2013 - Oxford O2 Academy 
Thu December 5th 2013 - Inverness Ironworks
Fri December 6th 2013 - Edinburgh Picturehouse
Sat December 7th 2013 - Newcastle O2 Academy 
Sun December 8th 2013 - Leeds O2 Academy 
Tue December 10th 2013 - Leamington Spa The Assembly Rooms 
Thu December 12th 2013 - Nottingham Rock City 
Fri December 13th 2013 - Manchester Ritz 
Sat December 14th 2013 - Dublin Academy 

Black Star Riders Tickets are on general sale from 9am on Thursday 2nd May, priced from £22.50/£25.00 + fees. Click Here to Compare & Buy Black Star Riders Tickets at Stereoboard.com.

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