LEGENDARY ROCK ‘N’ ROLLER CONFIRMS TOURDATES FOR OCTOBER 2015 IN SUPPORT OF NEW STUDIO ALBUM, ‘BLACKOUT STATES’, DUE OUT OCTOBER 16th VIA SPINEFARM RECORDS
MICHAEL MONROE – force of nature, multi-instrumentalist and livin’, breathin’ rock ‘n’ roll icon – will be returning to UK shores in October for a series of shows that will see this hugely influential front-man both co-headlining with Swedes Hardcore Superstar plus Special Guesting with Alice Cooper.
Monroe will be accompanied on all shows by his regular touring and recording outfit; that’s bassist Sami Yaffa (ex-Hanoi Rocks/New York Dolls), guitarist Steve Conte (ex-New York Dolls/Company Of Wolves), guitarist Rich Jones (ex-Black Halos/Amen) and drummer Karl Rockfist (ex-Chelsea Smiles/Danzig) – a crack team of musicians providing strong creative support for an artist whose reputation continues to flourish, with many of rock’s most noted performers (including Dave Grohl and Slash) citing his unwavering drive and three-decade-plus career as a genuine source of inspiration.
MICHAEL MONROE DATES OCTOBER 2015:
(CO- HEADLINING WITH HARDCORE SUPERSTAR)
Fri 09 Oct Birmingham, ENGLAND The Library
Sat 10 Oct Sheffield, ENGLAND Corporation
Sun 11 Oct Glasgow, SCOTLAND Cathouse
Mon 12 Oct Manchester, ENGLAND Club Academy
Tue 13 Oct Norwich, ENGLAND Waterfront
Thu 15 Oct London, ENGLAND Electric Ballroom
Fri 16 Oct Vaureal, FRANCE Le Forum
Sat 17 Oct Rendsburg, GERMANY Nordmarkhalle
Sun 18 Oct Kortrijk, BELGIUM De Kreun
Tue 20 Oct Frankfurt, GERMANY Zoom
Wed 21 Oct Munich, GERMANY Backstage Halle
Thu 22 Oct Ludwigsburg, GERMANY ROFA
Fri 23 Oct Pisa, ITALY Borderline
Sat 24 Oct Ravenna, ITALY Rock Planet
Sun 25 Oct Milan, ITALY Live Club
Tue 27 Oct Pratteln, SWITZERLAND Z7
Wed 28 Oct Dusseldorf, GERMANY Zakk
Thu 29 Oct Plymouth, ENGLAND Pavillions w/ Alice Cooper
Fri 30 Oct Swindon, ENGLAND Oasis w/ Alice Cooper
ON OCTOBER 16th, Monroe’s latest studio album, ‘Blackout States’, will be released via Spinefarm Records; this 13 track outing, produced by Chips Kiesbye (Hellacopters, Nomads, etc.) in Gothenburg, Sweden, and mixed by Petri Majuri in Helsinki, Finland, is the follow-up to ‘Horns And Halos’ – a Finnish chart-topper in 2013. As with ‘Horns…’, these new recordings see Monroe both toasting the future and honouring the past, occasionally giving the nod to glam punk pioneers, Hanoi Rocks, the group he forged his name with in the early-to mid-’80s.
“I’m extremely excited about our new album,” says Monroe. “It has all the ingredients of a perfect rock‘n’roll record – strong melodic songs with great meaningful lyrics that defy all cliches, delivered with a punky, ballsy attitude by a killer band. I highly recommend ‘Blackout States' to anyone who’s even a little bit interested in what real, authentic, high energy rock‘n’roll at its best sounds like today."
Source: Press Release
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