BLAZE BAYLEY has issued the following update:

"Northern Ireland and Eire dates have been forced to be postponed yet again due to circumstances beyond our control. It transpires that these dates have been booked over the Easter weekend which has caused major problems and so the Agency and Irish promoters have agreed that they would be best moved to October.

We will announce the new dates as soon as possible.

Northern Ireland and Eire have always been a proper metal bastion in this part of the world and we are gutted that these shows have been reschduled once more, as we have all been really looking forward to getting over there and blasting away a few evenings with you Irish metalheads.

Keep the faith... we're not ignoring you and we'll get there soon."

Blaze Bayley's updated 2009 tour schedule is as follows:

February

25 - Borderline - Pisa, Italy
26 - Il Peocio - Torino, Italy
27 - Legend 54 - Milano
28 - Corallo - Scandiano, Italy

March

1 - Teatro Cinema Italia - Macerata, Italy
4 - Marmeids - Salerno, Italy
5 - Go West - Roccaforzata, Italy
6 - Stazione Birra - Rome, Italy
7 - Midian - Cremona, Italy
8 - La Brasserie du Mont Blanc - Chambery, France
11 - Spirit 66 - Verviers, Belgium
12 - Paradox - Ingolstadt, Germany
13 - Schuetzenhaus - Oelsnitz, Germany
14 - Metropol - Hengelo, Holland
15 - O13 - Tilburg, Holland
17 - Alibi - Wroclaw, Poland
18 - Eskulap - Poznan, Poland
19 - The Rock - Copenhagen, Denmark
20 - Ballroom - Hamburg, Germany
21 - Regenbogen - Hameln, Germany
22 - Rock City - Uster, Germany
24 - Uhlenspiegel - Leonberg, Germany
26 - venue tba - Moscow, Russia
27 - venue tba - Ufa, Russia
28 - venue tba - Ekaterinenburg, Russia

April

3 - Arcade (Notre Dame de Gravenchon) - Le Havre, France
5 - tbc - Athens, Greece
13 - tbc - Budapestm Hungary
14 - Exit Chmelnice Music Hall - Prague, Czech Republic
15 - Faval Music Circus - Brno, Czech Republic
16 - Progesja - Warsaw, Poland
17 - Forum Palace - Vilnius, Lithuania
18 - Melna Piektdiena - Riga, Latvia
19 - Tapper - Tallinn, Estonia
22 - Iltatähti - Lappeenranta, Finland
23 - Dante's Highlight - Helsinki, Finland
24 - Hellä - Tampere, Finland
25 - Henry's Pub - Kuopio, Finland
26 - Klubi - Turku, Finland
28 - Hornstullstrand Etablissement - Stockholm, Sweden
29 - Sigurdsgatan 25 - Vasteras, Sweden

May

1 - Yardbirds Club - Grimsby, UK
2 - Hark To Towler - Bury, UK
6 - Joiner's - Southampton, UK
7 - The 12 Bar - Swindon, UK
8 - The Cellar - Blackburn, UK
9 - Intake - Mansfield, UK
14 - TJ's - Newport, Wales
15 - Sin City - Swansea, Wales
16 - Hobbit's - Weston, UK
20 - Joseph's Well - Leeds, UK
21 - Trillians - Newcastle, UK
22 - The Venue - Dumfries, Scotland
23 - The Moorings Bar - Aberdeen, Scotland
24 - Ivory Black's - Glasgow, Scotland
28 - The Queen Charlotte - Norwich, UK
29 - The Park - Peterborough, UK
30 - The Underworld - London, UK

June

3 - The Rigger - Stoke, UK
4 - The Leopard - Doncaster, UK
5 - The Yorkshire House - Lancaster, UK
6 - Victoria Biker's Pub - Coalville, UK
18 - Jilly's Rockworld - Manchester, UK
20 - The Roadhouse - Birmingham, UK
24 - Riga Bar - Southend, UK
25 - Bullingdon Arms - Oxford, UK
26 - White Rabbit - Plymouth, UK
27 - The Palladium Club - Bideford, UK

September

25 - JB's - Dudley, UK (Metalfest)