Saxon on Tour (with special guests Fastway & Girlschool)

SAXON are heading to MANCHESTER Nov 2 with some very special guests!

SAXON play Manchester – Ritz with special guests FASTWAY & GIRLSCHOOL onWednesday 2nd November 2016

NWOBHM icons Saxon have announced 10 dates for the UK leg of their upcomingBattering Ram World Tour. They will be joined by  special guests Fastway and Girlschool for the much awaited shows, opening in Newcastle on 28th October. (all UK dates shown further below)

"Gonna be a great tour with Fastway and Girlschool” - said frontman Biff Byford. “I think this line up is unique, you don't wanna miss it.  Looking forward to battering some halls… Welcome to the metal church!”

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 leg planned to begin on January 16th was cancelled - bar a Saxon headlining show in Brighton.

Joining Saxon and Girlschool on the new dates will be Fastway, the brainchild of ex-Motorhead guitarist Fast Eddie Clarke with UFO bassist Pete Way.  The current line up features Fast Eddie Clarke with Toby Jepson(Gun/Little Angels) on vocals, Steve Strangeon drums and Mama’s Boys’ John McManuson bass.  More info onhttp://www.fastwayofficial.com


Saxon released their self-titled debut in 1979, followed by “Wheels of Steel” the following year, which reached #5 in the UK charts and gave fans two classics in the title track and “747”. They established themselves as one of the iconsof the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal throughout the 80s. Later the band tried to attack the US market taking a more melodic direction with release of “Destiny” in 1988, before going back to their original sound with 1991’s “Solid Balls of Rock” , reaffirming their influence on the European metal scene. They continued touring and recording enjoying renewed success and released their current album Battering Ram in 2015.   They also recently released a 9 Vinyl album box set Eagles and Dragons containing the bands nine studio albums recorded between 1991 and 2009.


Saxon saw album sales topping 15 million worldwide including 8 UK Top 40 albums across their career. They are considered a seminal NWOBHM act and are known to have inspired the likes of Metallica, Megadeth, Pantera, Motley Crue and plenty more.



Wednesday 2nd November            
MANCHESTER – Ritz
Box Office No: 0161 714 4140
Tickets are available from the following website –https://www.academymusicgroup.com/o2ritzmanchester/events/845214/saxon-tickets
Tickets - £26.00 Advance
Doors – 6.30pm

On 28.10.16	UK - Newcastle	Academy
On 29.10.16	UK - Glasgow	ABC
On 30.10.16	UK - Belfast	Limelight	Buy Ticket
On 01.11.16	IE - Dublin	Academy	Buy Ticket
On 02.11.16	UK - Manchester	O2 Ritz	Buy Ticket
On 03.11.16	UK - Bristol	O2 Academy	Buy Ticket
On 05.11.16	UK - London	O2 Shepherd´s Bush Empire	Buy Ticket
On 06.11.16	UK - Wolverhampton	Wulfrun Hall	Buy Ticket
On 08.11.16	UK - Sheffield	O2 Academy	Buy Ticket
On 09.11.16	UK - Nottingham	Rock City	Buy Ticket

   
  
 




For further information on SAXON, check out the following websites / social media links:

Website – http://www.saxon747.com

Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/saxon

Twitter – https://twitter.com/SaxonOfficial
 https://twitter.com/SaxonOfficial



https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=36&v=2oLC0nOfWGc  - ‘Battering Ram’ Official Video



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