Def Leppard, Whitesnake and Black Star Riders team up for UK tour

Def Leppard, Whitesnake and Black Star Riders have confirmed that they will team up for a UK tour later this year.

The three bands will play 10 arena dates in the UK and Ireland in December.

Tickets for the shows will go on sale on the 1st of April via Live Nation.

Def Leppard are likely to have released their new self-titled album by then, with frontman Joe Elliot saying recently of the new material: “It sounds like Def Leppard, but it sounds like Def Leppard stretching their wings a little bit.”

Whitesnake’s David Coverdale recently confirmed details of their new album. Titled The Purple Album, it features covers of songs that Coverdale performed during his time fronting Deep Purple and is scheduled for release on the 18th of May.

Black Star Riders released their second album, The Killer Instinct, last month, an album that Def Leppard’s Joe Elliot was set to produce but had to pull out of owing to increasing commitments with his own band.

The three bands will play:

Dec 06th: Dublin 3 Arena
Dec 07th: Belfast Odyssey Arena
Dec 09th: Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
Dec 10th: Glasgow SSE Hydro
Dec 12th: Birmingham Genting Arena
Dec 13th: Nottingham Capital FM Arena
Dec 15th: Manchester Arena
Dec 16th: Cardiff Motorpoint Arena
Dec 18th: Wembley SSE Arena
Dec 19th: Sheffield Motorpoint Arena

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Black Star Riders unleash video for The Killer Instinct

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Black Star Riders have released an official video for their track “The Killer Instinct.”

The song is the title cut from their new album, released via Nuclear Blast this week.

In a post on the ‘Riders Facebook page the band say: “In celebration of our new album being released this week and to thank all of you for your support, we have surprise for you guys! Ladies and gents, may we present the official video for our new album’s title track, ‘The Killer Instinct’ – enjoy!”

Check out the video below and be sure to let us know what you think!

Parent album The Killer Instinct is out now.

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New music releases, 23rd February 2015

Here are this week’s new and notable music releases, 23rd February 2015:

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Physical Graffiti (Deluxe Edition), Led Zeppelin
Return To Forever, Scorpions
One Man Army, Ensiferum
The Race For Space, Public Service Broadcasting
Restoring Force: Full Circle, Of Mice & Men
Eye Of Providence, The Agonist
A Conspiracy Of Stars, UFO
Revolution Saints, Revolution Saints
Frantic, Gun
Lost Isles, Oceans Ate Alaska
Of Beauty & Rage, Red
Monument, Angels & Agony
This Is No Fairytale, Carach Angren
Armageddonize, Eclipse
Please Come Home, Lonely Robot
Just Like You, Falling In Reverse
Spookshow International Live, Rob Zombie
The Order Of Things, All That Remains
Tormenting The Innocent, Bio-Cancer
Valley Of The Snake, Ruby The Hatchet
The Tracks We Leave, Tempest
Immortal Randy Rhoads – The Ultimate Tribute, Various Artists

All of the above, and many more, are available via the Skin Back Alley Music Store.

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Watch Black Star Riders’ “Finest Hour”

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Black Star Riders have released a video for their new track “Finest Hour”.

The song features on the band’s forthcoming new album, The Killer Instinct, scheduled for release next Monday 23rd of February via Nuclear Blast.

You can find all the details of The Killer Instinct here. The album was produced by Nick Raskulinecz who has previously worked with the likes of Foo Fighters, Rush, Alice In Chains, Mastodon and Deftones.

Check out the video for “Finest Hour” below and be sure to let us know what you think:

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Black Star Riders unleash video for “The Killer Instinct”

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Black Star Riders have released a lyric video for the title track of their new album, The Killer Instinct.

The new LP will be released on the 23rd of February via Nuclear Blast and is the band’s follow up to their 2013 debut, All Hell Breaks Loose.

“The video is about strength, endurance and overcoming adversity”, says frontman Ricky Warwick. “It’s about belief, love and compassion in a world of doubt.”

You can watch the video for “The Killer Instinct” below:

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