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.
Taken from their 2020 album The Burning, the song’s lyrics were written by vocalist Richard Taylor who comments, “It’s about abandonment and issues from being brought up in a children’s home.”
Watch the video now:
Song written by Taylor / Harris and released by Parlophone & Explorer1 Music
Filmed and edited by Ryan Titley Footage of Richard Taylor filmed by Cameron Taylor
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.”
Listen to LIGHTNING
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.
BRITISH LION and Explorer1 Music in New York.
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”
