British Lion announces new tour dates including first-ever tour stops in Australia and New Zealand starting in Perth on August 31st with dates in Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney and a stop in Auckland, NZ on September 15th. The band will then return to Japan for the first time in six years with shows in Osaka and Tokyo before returning to the U.S. for their long-awaited live debut on the West Coast with shows at San Diego’s Brick By Brick on October 3rd, the world-famous Whisky A Go Go in Los Angeles on October 7th, and an appearance at Aftershock Festival in Sacramento on October 10th. Tony Moore’s Awake will be the special guest on all dates with the exception of British Lion’s performance at Aftershock.
“We’re really excited to be able to play our first ever shows in Australia and New Zealand” says Steve Harris. “We’ve been to the U.S. before, but this is our first time to the West Coast! And to top it off,” continues Harris, “we’ll also be returning to Japan to complete what I’m sure will be a fantastic tour! We look forward to seeing you all on the road!”
Tickets go on sale on Thursday, July 18th at 10am local time and can be purchased, HERE.
Tickets for Aftershock Festival are on sale now and can be purchased, HERE.
2024 Tour
AUG 31 Perth, AUS Magnet House SEP 3 Adelaide, AUS Lion Arts Factory SEP 5 Melbourne, AUS Croxton Bandroom SEP 9 Brisbane, AUS The Triffid SEP 11 Sydney, AUS Manning SEP 15 Auckland, NZ Paraoa Brewing Co SEP 23 Osaka, JAP Big Cat SEP 25 Tokyo, JAP O-East OCT 3 San Diego, CA Brick By Brick OCT 7 Los Angeles, CA Whisky A Go Go OCT 11 Sacramento, CA Aftershock Festival
British Lion have announced a very special show at The Booking Hall in Dover, on Tuesday 21st May. Their appearance will be part of a campaign to keep one of Britain’s small music venues still operating. The owner of the Old Harbour Station which houses The Booking Hall Dover is putting the property up for sale. This puts the future of The Booking Hall music venue at immediate threat as there is no guarantee the venue could keep operating under new ownership. The likeliest outcome would be that the building would be purchased by developers, meaning no more music venue.
Stuart Cameron, of The Booking Hall, comments: “It’s fantastic to welcome back to the venue British Lion for a fundraiser show to help us purchase the Old Harbour Station. The amount of support the venue has received since announcing our (The Booking Hall and Music Venue Trust) plans to purchase the building, and securing the presence of a live music venue forever in Dover, has been overwhelming at times. None more so than when Steve Harris and his team reached out to offer their services free of charge, so that all funds can go straight into making the purchase a reality! Also performing on the same evening is Tony Moore, another Iron Maiden legend. We can’t thank British Lion, Steve and his team, and Tony Moore enough. It’s incredible to see that our little venue in Dover can get such amazing support from such industry veterans.”
To coincide with this very special show, British Lion will also return to London’s legendary Cart & Horses venue in Stratford where Iron Maiden played their first-ever gigs. British Lion played three packed out shows there in January and are thrilled to add a fourth show there in what is fast-becoming a home from home. The band will also play summer shows in Faro, Portugal and Seville, Spain in June.
Steve says, “We were very concerned when we heard that The Booking Hall was at risk of closing, it is a fantastic venue and we just wanted to get involved and be a part in keeping this brilliant music venue alive! We’re looking forward to playing a few other shows including a return to the Cart & Horses as well as shows in Faro & Seville in July.”
20th May – Cart & Horses, London – UK SOLD OUT 21st May – The Booking Hall – Dover, – UK 20th July – Moto Clube Festival, Faro – PORTUGAL 21st July – Sala Custom, Seville – SPAIN
British Lion return to the UK for a 16-date winter tour to kick off the new year, starting on January 4th at London’s famed Cart & Horses venue in Stratford, where Steve played his very first gigs. Tony Moore’s Awake (one man show) will be our very special guest on the tour.
We will also be performing on the 2024 Monsters Of Rock Cruise, which sets sail from Miami on March 2nd for six nights.
BRITISH LION 2019 Photo copyright by JOHN McMURTRIE
Photo Credit – John McMurtrie
Harris comments, “We’re all excited to announce an extensive tour of the UK in January, kicking off with a special warm up show at the Cart and Horses in London. Tony Moore’s Awake (one man show) will be our very special guest for the tour. Tony was, of course, in Iron Maiden back in 1977 so it is great to have him on the bill. 2024 will also see us make our third appearance on The Monsters Of Rock Cruise in March. We can’t wait to see you all out on the road!”
Jan 03 – London, Cart & Horses (New Date Added – Warm up for the Warm up) SOLD OUT Jan 04 – London, Cart & Horses (SOLD OUT) Jan 05 – Milton Keynes, Craufurd Arms (SOLD OUT) Jan 06 – Bradford, Nightrain Jan 07 – Liverpool, Furnace Jan 09 – Aberdeen, Lemon Tree Jan 10 – Edinburgh, Liquid Rooms Jan 12 – Carlisle, Brickyard Jan 13 – Colchester, Arts Centre (SOLD OUT) Jan 14 – Margate, Ballroom Jan 16 – Merthyr Tydfil, Redhouse Cymru (SOLD OUT) Jan 17 – Frome, Cheese & Grain Jan 18 – Bournemouth, Old Fire Station Jan 20 – Isle Of Wight, Strings Bar & Venue (SOLD OUT) Jan 21 – Gravesend, Leo’s Red Lion (SOLD OUT) Jan 22 – Southend, Chinnerys Jan 23 – Hastings, Black Box Jan 24 – London, Cart & Horses (New Date Added – Warm down or worn out) SOLD OUT Mar 02-07 – Monsters of Rock Cruise 2024
Catch the live video for ‘Legend’ below, which was released earlier in 2023.
Song written by Taylor/Hawkins/Harris and released by Parlophone & Explorer1 Music Filmed and edited by Ryan Titley. Engineered and mixed by Tony Newton.
British Lion are thrilled to announce a 14-date tour throughout the UK & Europe between May and July 2023. It includes 12 new headline tour dates, as well as festival appearances at Hellfest and Sweden Rock, which have been previously announced.
Photo Credit – John McMurtrie
Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased here. The full list of dates are as follows:
May 27 – Cvetlicarna, Ljubljana – Slovenia *** Jun 02 – Pakkahuone, Tampere – Finland *** Jun 06 – Ole Bull Scene, Bergen – Norway *** Jun 08 – Sweden Rock, Solvesborg – Sweden Jun 12 – Kamienna 12, Krakow – Poland *** Jun 16 – Hellfest, Clisson – France Jun 23 – Opium, Dublin – Ireland * Jun 29 – Rebellion, Manchester – England ** Jul 02 – Rescue Rooms, Nottingham – England ** Jul 10 – Q Factory, Amsterdam – Netherlands * Jul 14 – Legend, Milan – Italy * Jul 19 – Garaje Beat Club, Murcia – Spain * Jul 24 – FZW, Dortmund – Germany *** Jul 30 – Backstage Halle, Munich – Germany ***
Support will come from Airforce *, Stray ** & DarkTribe ***
Steve comments, “We just had a brilliant time on the January UK tour and it’s great to be heading out again in 2023. I’m really looking forward to BOTH Summer tours this year!”
British Lion are delighted to announce an 11 date tour of the UK in January 2023.
Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased here. The full list of dates are as follows:
Jan 06 – Queens Hall, Nuneaton (SOLD OUT) Jan 07 – Leadmill, Sheffield Jan 08 – The Garage, Glasgow Jan 10 – Brickyard, Carlisle (SOLD OUT) Jan 11 – Parish, Huddersfield Jan 13 – Sin City, Swansea Jan 14 – Chinnerys, Southend (SOLD OUT) Jan 15 – Concorde 2, Brighton Jan 17 – The Booking Hall, Dover Jan 18 – Islington Assembly Hall, London Jan 19 – Epic Studios, Norwich
Voodoo Six will be special guests on the tour with support coming from Airforce.
Steve Harris comments,
“We’re excited to be touring the UK again especially as we’ll be visiting many places we’ve not had a chance to play before. We’re happy to have our old mates Voodoo Six & Airforce back out on the road with us too. Everyone is really looking forward to this tour and we can’t wait to see everyone.”
Song written by Taylor/Hawkins/Harris and released by Parlophone & Explorer1 Music Filmed and edited by Ryan Titley. Engineered and mixed by Tony Newton.
British Lion last played live in the UK at this year’s Download Festival to a packed Dogtooth Stage* following a headline pub & club tour of late 2021. Their second album The Burning was released by Warner Music (Explorer1 Music in the US) in January 2020.
