ALTER BRIDGE RETURN TO THE UK FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2011
BAND ANNOUNCE ARENA TOUR IN OCTOBER WITH SPECIAL GUESTS SHINEDOWN AND HALESTORM
ALTER
BRIDGE are thrilled to announce they will be returning to the UK for a
six-date arena tour this October. The upcoming tour marks the band’s
first time back in the UK since November 2011. In the interim, guitarist Mark Tremonti released his debut solo record All I Was,
singer/guitarist Myles Kennedy returned fronting Slash featuring Myles
Kennedy and the Conspirators, and drummer Scott Phillips teamed up with
friends in Sevendust to form Projected. ALTER BRIDGE toured extensively in support of their last album ABIII, released in 2010. That
tour was immortalized in the band’s now legendary sold-out performance
at London’s Wembley Arena in November 2011 and released as the Alter Bridge: Live At Wembley DVD. Currently,
the band - completed by bassist Brian Marshall - are hard at work
writing/recording their new album, set for release via Roadrunner
Records this September.
Frontman
Myles Kennedy exclaims, "Thrilled to be returning to the UK with
SHINEDOWN and HALESTORM later this year! I’m looking forward to
reconnecting with the part of the world that embraced ALTER BRIDGE from
the start."
Dates are as follows:
Wed 16th Oct - NOTTINGHAM Arena
Thu 17th Oct - BIRMINGHAM NIA
Fri 18th Oct - LONDON Wembley Arena
Sun 20th Oct - CARDIFF Motorpoint Arena
Mon 21st Oct - GLASGOW Hydro
Tue 22nd Oct - MANCHESTER Arena
Rounding out the bill are SHINEDOWN and recent Grammy Award winners, HALESTORM.
Hailing from Jacksonville, FL, SHINEDOWN has been touring in support of their fourth studio album, ‘Amaryllis’. Charismatic
frontman Brent Smith comments: “We are truly honoured to be playing
with Alter Bridge in the UK this year. We are such big fans of the
band, and admire them greatly. Rock n’ roll is a way of life for all of
us in SHINEDOWN, and we are so excited to be apart of such an amazing tour!”
Fresh
off their own recent UK dates, HALESTORM already can’t wait to get back
to these shores this Autumn. The are still celebrating their recent
Grammy win for ‘Best Metal/Hard Rock Performance’ for single ‘Love Bites
(And So Do I)’, taken from their current album ‘The Strange Case
Of...’. Guitar-wielding
banshee Lzzy Hale had this to say, “I'm so excited to be sharing the
stage with our friends in Shinedown and Alter Bridge! I am so lucky to
be the little sis of Rock on this tour. All of these men have been so
influential to my life, and are tremendous performers. Anyone attending
one of these shows better be prepared to leave the building barefoot,
cuz the lot of us are gonna rock your socks off!"
General tickets go on sale 9am Friday 5th April, priced at £25 regionally / £26.50 London and are available fromwww.ticketmaster.co.uk or www.livenation.co.uk.
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