Keeping the beacon of Irish rock music well and truly alight, The Answer have consistently delivered commercial, and critically acclaimed albums. The band have also spent the last eight years touring the world and proving themselves to be an incendiary live act– spending almost two years as main support to AC/DC and playing to over 2 million people, performing festivals across the globe and also supporting the likes of The Rolling Stones, Whitesnake and Wolfmother as well as countless headline tours.
Since releasing their third studio album in late 2011, the band instigated a major shake up in their circumstances and with new management, live booking agents and record label on board, late 2012 saw them enter the studio with ex Little Angels vocalist Toby Jepson at the production helm. The new record, “New Horizon” will be their fourth studio album and with mixes from rock icon Mike Fraser (AC/DC, Metallica), the new album will be released on September 30th 2013 through label Napalm Records GmbH.
The band were also honoured and privileged that the late Storm Thorgerson and his team saw fit to design the artwork for the new album and Storm was working on final ideas for the album cover just before his sad passing. The Downpatrick quartet consists of Cormac Neeson (vocals), Paul Mahon (guitar), Micky Waters (bass) and James Heatley (drums).
Cormac Neeson: “We’re back and we’re back in a big way. Our love for rock ‘n’ roll is still as fresh as a skinny dip in the Lagan (that’s the big river that runs through Belfast!) and we really believe that this is by far and away our best album to date. We can’t wait to get out and play it live!”
The band are set to play their first headline dates since March 2012, undertaking a full 40 date European tour through October and November 2013. Confirmed 2013 dates are as follows:
Fri 11th OctLimelight 2, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Sat 12th OctWhelans, Dublin, EIRE
Thurs 17th OctAcademy 3, Manchester, UK
Fri 18th OctWulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton, UK
Sat 19th OctCockpit, Leeds, UK
Sun 20th OctCorporation, Sheffield, UK
Tues 22nd OctThe Garage, Glasgow, UK
Wed 23rd OctO2 Academy, Newcastle, UK
Thurs 24th OctRescue Rooms, Nottingham, UK
Fri 25th OctElectric Ballroom, London, UK
Sat 26th OctThe Thekla, Bristol, UK
Sun 27th OctConcorde 2, Brighton, UK
Tues 29th OctPatronaat, Haarlem, Netherlands
Wed 30th OctMetropol, Hengelo, Netherlands
Thurs 31st OctTrix, Antwerp, Belgium
Fri 1st NovLuxor, Koln, Germany
Sat 2nd NovCafé Central, Weinheim, Germany
Sun 3rd NovKleiner Klub, Saarbrucken, Germany
Tues 5th NovLa Laiterie, Strasbourg, France
Wed 6th NovUniversium, Stuttgart, Germany
Thurs 7th NovPont Rouge, Monthey, Switzerland
Fri 8th NovSchuur, Luzern, Switzerland
Sat 9th NovGaswerk, Winterhur, Switzerland
Sun 10th NovConrad Sohm, Dornbirn, Austria
Tue 12th NovSzene, Vienna, Austria
Wed 13th NovStrom, Munich, Germany
Thurs 14th NovMagnet, Berlin, Germany
Fri 15th NovMetal Hammer Festival, Weissenhauser, Germany
Sat 16th NovHedon, Zwolle, Netherlands
Sun 17th NovW2, Den Bosch, Netherlands
Tues 19th NovLa Transbordeur, Lyon, France
Wed 20th NovLA2 Apollo, Barcelona, Spain
Thurs 21st NovEl Sol, Madrid, Spain
Fri 22nd NovExplosivo Club, Zaragoza, Spain
Sat 23rd NovKafe Antzokia, Bilboa, Spain
Mon 25th NovTunnels, Milan, Italy
Tues 26th NovCircolo Degli Artisti, Rome, Italy
Wed 27th NovViper Theatre, Florence, Italy
Fri 29th NovLe Trabendo, Paris, France
Sat 30th NovHard Rock Hell Festival, Pwllheli, Wales
UK shows are priced £16 London and £14 elsewhere (subject to booking fee). Tickets are available from local box offices and usual outlets – Livenation.co.uk / Ticketmaster.co.uk / Seetickets.com. Tickets go on general sale 9am GMT on Wednesday 22nd May 2013. Support from very special guests to be announced. For Hard Rock Hell Festival please see www.hardrockhell.com
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