MOTÖRHEAD - THE DAMNED Added To Fall UK Tour
May 1, 2009, 15 years ago
According to Music-news.com, British punk legends THE DAMNED have been added to MOTÖRHEAD's fall UK tour which will also feature GIRLSCHOOL.
Motörhead will return to the UK for their traditional annual tour in the Autumn of 2009. The band led by legendary frontman Lemmy Kilmister featuring Phil Campbell and Mikkey Dee are supporting their critically acclaimed 2008 release Motorizer. 2009 also marks guitarist Phil Campbell’s 25th anniversary with Motorhead.
Looking forward to the forthcoming tour, Lemmy Kilmister said: 'Here we are again boys and girls, come and get your fuckin’ head blown off! - in the best possible taste’
The Damned are notable for being the first punk rock band from England to release a single ('New Rose'), an album (Damned Damned Damned), and to tour the United States. As peers of acts such as THE SEX PISTOLS and THE CLASH, they took punk's simplicity and promise as a starting point and ran with it. The end result was a series of inspired, ambitious albums and amazing live shows combining full-on rock energy, a stylish sense of performance, and humorous deadpan cool.
Girlschool were one of the first all-female outfits to emerge in the male-dominated world of heavy metal/hard rock, helping to pave the way for similar groups of the future. Since forming in South London in 1977, Girlschool have supported their pals in Motörhead on various tours and collaborated on the 1981 EP 'The St Valentine’s Day Massacre’ hit number five on the British singles charts (due in part to the irresistibly raucous track, 'Please Don't Touch').
Dates:
November
11 - Plymouth, UK - Pavilion12 - Bristol, UK - Colsten Hall
13 - Newport, UK - Centre
15 - Swindon, UK - Oasis
16 - Nottingham, UK - Royal Concert Hall
17 - Newcastle, UK - City Hall
19 - Glasgow, UK - Academy
20 - Leeds, UK - Academy
21 - Manchester, UK - Apollo
23 - Cambridge, UK - Corn Exchange
24 - Southend, UK - Cliffs Pavilion
25 - Portsmouth, UK - Guildhall
27 - Bournemonth, UK - Solent Hall
28 - London, UK - Hammersmith Apollo
29 - Wolverhampton, UK - Civic Hall
