SAXON frontman Biff Byford has issued the following update:

"Just got back from Japan. The shows in Spain with (JUDAS) PRIEST were fantastic. Great audience and good to meet them again, and MOTÖRHEAD. Shows in Tokyo were special. First band there after earthquake so they said great atmosphere and we spent some time at the meet and greet. We are announcing further shows soon which will make this tour the longest for many years I think. It will be around 150 days since March all around the world. I am working on setting more charity meet and greets will be talking to the promoters when dates get confirmed. So off for a well earned rest and a curry, next show Poland and then holidays.

Keep the faith.

P.S.: Some people are talking of reunions. I can tell you all now, while ever ex-members are living in the past and pretending to be in Saxon at every opportunity, there will be no reunion. As I have said before: we allowed them to use OLIVER DAWSON SAXON so they could earn money but they are not allowed to do anything else. I know all of you do not like the fact that they can use this name, but if they cross the line too far we will enforce our high court injunction. After all we did allow them to appear on the Heavy Metal Thunder live DVD, which was done for the fans as it should be. Saxon are on a fantastic journey at the moment and we have a great legacy of music but that includes all our music not just parts of it."

Saxon's new video, for 'Call To Arms', can be seen below, courtesy of Noisecreep:

Call To Arms (out now in Europe and Japan), will be released in Brazil and Argentina on August 25th. Call To Arms will be released in the US and Canada on September 27th, distributed by EMI.

Call To Arms features the following tracklisting

'Hammer Of The Gods'

'Back In 79'

'Surviving Against The Odds'

'Mists Of Avalon'

'Call To Arms'

'Chasing The Bullet'

'Afterburner'

'When Doomsday Comes (Hybrid Theory)'

'No Rest For The Wicked'

'Ballad Of The Working Man'

'Call To Arms' (Orchestral version)

Saxon fans will surely be interested in tracking down the North American digipack version of Call To Arms, as it includes a glorious bonus – a free seven-track CD, Live At Donington 1980, which features the following tracklisting:

'Motorcycle Man'

'Still Fit To Boogie'

'Freeway Mad'

'Backs To The Wall'

'Wheels Of Steel'

'Bap Shu Ap'

'747 (Strangers In The Night)'

Saxon have the following live dates scheduled:

September

28 - Los Angeles, CA - The Key Club
29 - Santa Rosa, CA - The Last Day Saloon
30 - Santa Clara, CA - The Avalon

October

1 - Orangvale, CA - The Boardwalk
2 - Santa Ana, CA - The Galaxy
5 - Tempe, AZ - Club Red
7 - San Antonio, TX - Sunkin Gardens
8 - Saint Charles (Chicago), IL - The Arcada Theatre
13 - New York, NY - B. B. King
14 - Springfield, VA - Jaxx
15 - Baltimore, MD - Bourbon Street
18 - Santiago, Chile - New Rockola
20 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Ilha dos Pescadores
22 - Sao Paulo, Brazil - HSBC Brasil
23 - Curitiba, Brazil - MasterHall
25 - Buenos Aires, Argentina - El Teatro Flores

As previously reported, Saxon performed their new song 'Hammer Of The Gods' at Sweden Rock Festival 2011, which took place in Sölvesborg from June 8th - 11th, and a camera crew was on hand to capture the action: