Saxon - Call To Arms

Saxon are an English heavy metal band, formed in 1976 in Barnsley, Yorkshire. The band has recently released their 19th studio album.

The new album is actually really good, there is a real force in songwriting, songs that attracts, engages and entertains. Call To Arms, is one clarion call that generations of denim and leather-clad supporters have been waiting to hear. It's pretty fascinating that on the 19th studio album can hold such high class. Biff Byfords song is completely brilliant, Paul Quinn and Doug Scarratt is really "The Power Of Steel Riffs", also Nibs Carter on bass and Nigel Glöckler on drums doing a great job on this album, Call to Arms is bang on-the-money brilliant Saxon music.

Current Deep Purple keyboardist Don Airey made a guest appearance on "When Doomsday Comes". Two of the tracks on the album were written by the band for the movie Hybrid Theory

The album artwork is derived from Lord Kitchener Wants You, a World War I-era British Army recruitment poster. The US digipack version of the album is featuring a seven track bonus disc containing Saxon's performance at Castle Donington in 1980.

A music video was made for the title track, and was released on 5 August 2011 Which may also be today's Tune Of The Day. The "Call to Arms" album was released the 3 June, 2011 in Europe.

Todays tune "Call To Arms" is a typically British rock ballad, that follow the traditional recipe, enjoy!



Tour Dates:

Canadian trio Anvil will be Saxon's special guests on the continental European dates. Completing the tour package is Crimes Of Passion, who will be opening the shows.

November
11 - Santander, Spain - Proyecto Escenario
12 - Pamplona, Spain - Sala Totem
13 - Madrid, Spain - Sala Heineken
15 - Romagnano Sesia, Italy - Rock'n'Roll Arena
17 - Prattein, Switzerland - Z7
19 - Kundl, Austria - Gemeindesaal
20 - Salzburg, Austria - Rockhouse
21 - Vienna, Austria - Arena
23 - Halle, Germany - Schorre
24 - Bremen, Germany - Aladin
25 - Lichtenfels, Germany - Christmas Metal Festival
26 - Hengelo, Netherlands - Metropool
27 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Amager Bio
29 - Malmo, Sweden - Kulturbolaget
30 - Gothenburg, Sweden - Trädgårn

December
2 - Stockholm, Sweden - Munchenbryggeriet
4 - Helsinki, Finland - Nosturi
7 - Krakow, Poland - Studio
8 - Warsaw, Poland - Stodola
10 - Karlsruhe, Germany - Knock Out Festival
11 - Bochum, Germany - Zeche

For the grand finale, Saxon will rock The UK once again where Hammerfall will serve as special guest.

December
13 - Oxford, UK - O2 Academy
14 - Leicester, UK - O2 Academy
16 - Edinburgh, UK - Picturehouse
17 - Belfast, UK - Mandela Hall
18 - Sheffield, UK - O2 Academy
20 - London, UK - Koko

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Ben Howard - Keep Your Head Up

 

There are probably about three thousand singer/songwriters to the dozen and the part of the dozen who have something worthwhile to say can start being counted in decimals. But in the tenths can you find actually gold nuggets that one would be a fool not to take advantage of. One of them is Ben Howard, a twenty-something guy from the southwest corner of the British Isles that has everything one could wish of a lonely man with a guitar. He possesses an expression and a sense that few others today and together with an unparalleled sense of how to build melodies, Howard has created something that is so bloody good.

Ben was raised by musical parents who exposed him to lots of their favourite records from singer-songwriter artists from the 1960s and 1970s, such as Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan, which were a big influence on him. It is obvious that he lands in the middle of the two. "Every Kingdom" is the name of the upcoming debut album, will be released through on the 3rd October and the new single "Keep Your Head Up" sticks with everything you'd associate with beauty and deadly jump. The ten-track album was produced by his band’s bassist and drummer Chris Bond in their converted barn studio in Devon. It follows the release of his 'Old Pine' EP in the Spring and Ben’s debut single, 'The Wolves'.

Ben Howard has chosen to visit Sweden for a gig at Kägelbanan in Stockholm 25 November. Make sure you are there and nowhere else.

Todays tune "Keep Your Head Up", was released as a single on 28 August 2011. The tune was written by Ben Howard and produced by Chris Bond.
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Keep your head up, keep your heart strong.
Keep your mind set, keep your hair long.
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Tour Dates:

Sun 9 Oct, 20:00, Exeter Phoenix, Exeter, SOLD OUT
Mon 10 Oct, 19:30, Princess Pavilion, Falmouth, SOLD OUT
Tue 11 Oct, 19:30, Komedia, Brighton, SOLD OUT
Wed 12 Oct, 19:00, Old Fire Station, Bournemouth
Fri 14 Oct, 19:00, Thekla, Bristol, SOLD OUT
Sat 15 Oct, 19:00, HMV Institute, Birmingham
Mon 17 Oct, 19:00, The Plug, Sheffield
Tue 18 Oct, 19:00, Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
Wed 19 Oct, 19:00, Stanley Theatre, Liverpool
Thu 20 Oct, 19:00, The Ruby Lounge, Manchester, SOLD OUT
Sat 22 Oct, 20:00, Jericho Tavern, Oxford, SOLD OUT
Mon 24 Oct, 19:00, Bodega Social Club, Nottingham
Wed 26 Oct, 19:30, Scala, London, SOLD OUT
Thu 27 Oct, 19:30, Scala, London, SOLD OUT
Sat 29 Oct, 19:30, The Riverside, Newcastle
Sun 30 Oct, 19:30, Tunnels, Aberdeen
Mon 31 Oct, 20:30, King Tuts, Glasgow, SOLD OUT
Tue 1 Nov, 19:30, Sugar Club, Dublin
Wed 2 Nov, 21:00, The Stiff Kitten, Belfast
Fri 4 Nov, 19:45, The Queens Hall, Narberth
Fri 25 Nov, 19:30, Kagelbanan/Café Theatre, Stockholm
Sun 27 Nov, 19:30, Pumpehuset, Copenhagen

More info @
Official Ben Howard Web
Official Ben Howard Facebook

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