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.
The band will be undertaking a nine date European headline club tour in Summer 2022, in addition to the three festival shows already announced for Finland, England and Belgium, working in conjunction with the routing for Maiden’s 2022 Legacy Of The Beast tour. Five of the cities are there to make up for the shows that were cancelled back in 2020. Support comes from Airforce & DarkTribe.
Due to unforeseen circumstances outside of the bands control, the show on June 19 at the Lucerna Theatre in Prague will be cancelled. Ticket refunds can be requested at point of purchase. We would like to offer fans the opportunity to attend another show on the tour at no additional ticket cost. To do this, please send proof of purchase and proof of refund to contactus(at)britishlionuk.com with the subject line ‘British Lion – Prague’.
Photo credit: John McMurtrie Song written by Taylor / Hawkins / Harris and released by Parlophone & Explorer1 Music Filmed and edited by Ryan Titley Footage of Richard Taylor filmed by Cameron Taylor
November 17 Peterborough, The Met Lounge – NEW DATE JUST ADDED! 18 Hornchurch, The Crown – SOLD OUT! 19 Dover, Booking Hall * – SOLD OUT! 21 Gravesend, Leo’s Red Lion – SOLD OUT! 22 Bristol, The Fleece 23 Southampton, Engine Rooms 25 Leeds, Warehouse 26 Buckley, Tivoli 28 Nuneaton, Queens Hall 29 Manchester, Rebellion 30 Newcastle, Riverside
December 02 Grimsby, Yardbirds 03 Wolverhampton, KK’s Steel Mill 04 London, Underworld ** 06 Reading, Sub 89 07 Milton Keynes, The Craufurd Arms SOLD OUT! 08 Colchester, Arts Centre
Support act for the tour is Airforce, except for Dover where it will be Wicked Stone*. There will be no support in London**
Tickets for Hornchurch – There is no online facility to purchase tickets for the show in Hornchurch, so these will be available for purchase at the venue from Saturday 23rd October.
BRITISH LION would like to thank their agent for the exceptional work in putting together this tour at such short notice and are delighted that they will be able to play some shows this year. As the band hasn’t performed a headline tour in the UK since 2019, these dates will be the first opportunity for fans to see them playing tracks from their second album The Burning released by Warner Music (and by Explorer1 Music in the US) in January 2020, including Bible Black for which a new video was released in 2021.
