BLACKBERRY SMOKE’s frontman/guitarist Charlie Starr is looking forward to the Ireland / UK tour, telling us: “We always love to bring new music to crowds who really appreciate it! Some of our favourite moments on stage have come from touring all over Europe and we can’t wait to share Like An Arrow with our friends and fans over there. It is a great mix of what we love to do best.”
Like an Arrow follows BLACKBERRY SMOKE’s hugely successful 2015 album, Holding All the Roses, which took the top spot on both the UK Rock Chart and the US Country Chart. The release features 12 new tracks and includes a guest appearance from THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND’s very own Gregg Allman. Check out the album’s lead track, ‘Waiting for the Thunder’, below:
UK \ IRELAND dates rack up as follows:
Mon 27th Mar – OXFORD O2 Academy
Tue 28th Mar – LONDON Roundhouse
Wed 29th Mar – NORWICH UEA
Fri 31st Mar – MANCHESTER Academy
Sat 1st Apr – DUBLIN Olympia Theatre
Mon 3rd Apr – GLASGOW Barrowlands
Tue 4th Apr – NEWCASTLE O2 Academy
Thu 6th Apr – BRISTOL O2 Academy
Fri 7th Apr – BIRMINGHAM O2 Academy
Sat 8th Apr – PORTSMOUTH Pyramids Centre
Tickets go on general sale at 9am for Dublin’s Olympia Theatre, Friday 7th October from here.
You can pre-order ‘Like an Arrow’ now on a limited edition signed CD and coloured vinyl, as well as regular CD, vinyl, and various merch bundles at http://www.earache.com/ likeanarrow.
You can pre-order ‘Like an Arrow’ now on a limited edition signed CD and coloured vinyl, as well as regular CD, vinyl, and various merch bundles here.
Catch the band’s appearance on ‘Later… with Jools Holland’ here.
Oran O’Beirne
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