Explorer1 Music (USA) & Warner Music (ROW) announce the release of the second album by British Lion, 2 new tracks and details of their first-ever US Tour!

The Burning features 11 new songs and will be released worldwide on January 17 2020 in Digipak CD, double gatefold Vinyl and Digital Download formats.

Recorded, engineered and mixed at Barnyard Studios by Tony Newton and produced by Steve Harris, The Burning is crammed with powerful hard rock melodies, with two songs Lightning and Spit Fire being made available for immediate download from tomorrow with all album pre-orders.

The full track listing is:
1. City of Fallen Angels
2. The Burning
3. Father Lucifer
4. Elysium
5. Lightning
6. Last Chance
7. Legend
8. Spit Fire
9. Land of the Perfect People
10. Bible Black
11. Native Son

Richard Taylor says, “We’ve been working on ‘The Burning’ for the past couple of years and everyone is really pleased with the results. We started playing some of the songs live on recent tours and got a fantastic reaction from our fans so we are really excited to be sharing this album with the world. We’re also looking forward to heading out on the road again in the UK and US and seeing everyone at the shows.”

The Burning is a follow-up to BRITISH LION’s 2012’s eponymous debut album, Steve’s first ever musical venture outside of Iron Maiden which was pronounced both “brilliant” and “a big hearted ferocious triumph” by the music press. The band have since been tirelessly honing their live show performances with club tours every year and festival dates whenever time allows, building and establishing a firm and dedicated fan-base, reaching 24 countries across the globe so far, and now with their first ever Stateside tour on the following dates:

US Tour Dates – 2020

January
Sat 18 – Orlando, FL, Ace Café – Tickets
Sun 19 – Tampa, FL, Brass Mug – Tickets
Mon 20 – Pensacola, FL, Vinyl Music Hall – Tickets
Wed 22 – Houston, TX, Scout Bar – Tickets
Fri 24 – San Antonio, TX, The Rock Box – Tickets
Sat 25 – Dallas, TX, Trees – Tickets
Sun 26 – Memphis, TN, Growlers – Tickets
Tue 28 – Nashville, TN, The Cowan – Tickets
Wed 29 – Joilet, IL, The Forge – Tickets
Fri 31 – Cleveland, OH, The Odeon – Tickets

February
Sat 01 – Lexington, KY, Manchester Music Hall – Tickets
Tue 04 – Atlanta, GA, The Masquerade – Tickets
Wed 05 – Jacksonville, FL, Jack Rabbits – Tickets
Sat 08- Thur 13 –  Monsters Of Rock Cruise – Tickets
Sat 15 – Fort Lauderdale, Revolution Live – Tickets
Mon 17 – Savannah, GA – Victory North  – Tickets
Tue 18 – Greensboro, NC, The Cone Denim – Tickets
Wed 19 – Lancaster, PA, Chameleon Club – Tickets
Thu 20 – New York NY, Gramercy Theatre – Tickets

Tickets are on sale now!
Every US ticket includes a digital download of the new album.
Support at all shows will be The PICTUREBOOKS.

UK Tour Dates – December 2019

Sun 15- Norwich – Waterfront – Tickets
Mon 16- Manchester – Club Academy – Tickets
Tues 17- Chester – The Live Music Rooms – Tickets
Weds 18- Nottingham – Rescue Rooms – Tickets
Thurs 19- Colchester – Arts Centre – Tickets
Fri 20- London – O2 Islington Academy –Tickets

Tickets are on sale now! 
Support at all shows will be Voodoo Six And Nine Miles Down.

As part of the album release, British Lion have partnered with Explorer1 Music exclusively in the US.

Steve says, “It’s great for us to finally come to America to play some shows around the release of the new album there through Explorer1 Music. The E1 team have been extremely pro-active and we’re delighted to be working with them on both the record and the tour.”

Paul Woolnough, CEO and Co-Founder of Explorer1 Music says, “Explorer1 offers a completely new turn-key solution for touring and recording artists such as BRITISH LION in today’s fast-changing industry. After watching them evolve over the last couple of years and after recently launching E1, it seemed the perfect time to partner and collaborate on the U.S release of The Burning and BRITISH LION’s touring activities. I am proud to welcome Steve and the rest of BRITISH LION into the E1 family and look forward to collaborating and working together for many years to come”

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British Lion will be doing a short UK club tour in December on the following dates,

Sun 15 – Norwich – Waterfront – tickets
Mon 16 – Manchester – Club Academy – tickets
Tues 17 – Chester – The Live Music Rooms – tickets
Weds 18 – Nottingham – Rescue Rooms – tickets
Thurs 19 – Colchester – Arts Centre – tickets
Fri 20 – London – O2 Islington Academy – tickets

Tickets are on sale now. Support at all shows will be Voodoo Six And Nine Miles Down.

Steve Harris says,  “I’m in the UK in December and thought it would be great to take British Lion out on the road for a few shows while I’m here. We haven’t played any in England since 2017 and as most people know, I love getting out and playing live whenever I can, so this seemed a good opportunity to fit some dates in. The set-list will be a mixture of songs from the first British Lion album and new songs from our upcoming second album which is due to be released early next year. We’ll be announcing full details of that very shortly.”