SAXON ANNOUNCE UK & IRISH DATES FOR THEIR BATTERING RAM TOUR
Saxon have announced 10 dates for the UK leg of their upcoming Battering Ram World Tour. They will be joined by special guests Fastway and Girlschool for the much awaited shows, opening in Newcastle on 28 October 2016.
Battering Ram, Saxon’s 21st studio album, was released in October 2015
reaching the UK Top 50 and #12 in Germany. It was described by frontman Biff
Byford as “a natural progression from Sacrifice” with “a bit less
rock’n’roll and a bit more ‘heavy’ on it”. Following its release Saxon hit
Europe with Motorhead for their 40th Anniversary tour, accompanied by
Girlschool. Sadly, the tragic passing of Lemmy in December put an early end to
the tour, and the UK shows were cancelled - bar Saxon headlining shows in Wakefield and Brighton.
Dates as follows:
DATE CITY VENUE
October
28 Newcastle
O2 Academy
29 Glasgow
O2 ABC
30 Belfast Limelight
November
1 Dublin Academy
2 Manchester
O2 Ritz
3 Bristol
O2 Academy
5 London
O2 Shepherd's Bush
Empire
6 Wolverhampton
Wulfrun Hall
8 Sheffield
O2 Academy
9 Nottingham
Rock City
Saxon have also recently
released a 9 Vinyl album box set Eagles and Dragons containing the bands
nine studio albums recorded between 1991 and 2009.
Rockgig.co.uk are looking forward to catch this tour! NH