WHITE LION/FREAK OF NATURE frontman MIKE TRAMP has announced his return to the U. set for the spring of 2014 – His 2013 summer tour of the states was met with rave reviews from both fans and promoters alike – He will be performing White Lion classics as well and new material off of his brand new record Cobblestone Street.

The tour will kick-off on March 19th in Hollywood CA. at the legendary Whisky A Go Go.

Mike Tramp’s Cobblestone Street is a departure from the sound that most people would expect from a singer that has been around since White Lion crashed on to the hard rock scene in the 80’s. Rock fans have gotten to know Mike Tramp as a legit rock singer and frontman that looked like he was born to be just that. Therefore many might find it surprising that Tramp’s roots and musical upbringing, lie deeply buried in folk music.

Heavily influenced by fellow Danish artists with acoustic guitars and international stars like BOB DYLAN, NEIL YOUNG and BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, Tramp says that all of his songs through 35 years on the music stage, have always come from sitting with the old faithful acoustic guitar playing and singing. That White Lion songs like ‘When the Children Cry’, ‘Broken Heart’ and ‘Wait’, and Freak Of Nature’s ‘Rescue Me’ later have ended up as epic rock classics is just a question of arranging them in that way with the band in the rehearsal room, but all songs have always been fit to play around the campfire or in the back of a shady bar.

“This is the most rewarding and fulfilling tour I have ever done”, says Mike “and that coincides with an album that represents all of that, and is just real completion to what I have worked so hard to accomplish.”

Initial 2014 dates are as follows with more to be announced soon:

March

14 – Sydney, Australia – The Vanguard
15 – Melbourne, Australia – The Toff
19 – Hollywood, CA – Whisky A Go Go
20 – San Diego, CA - Brick By Brick
21 – Las Vegas, NV – Count’s Vampd
27 – New Port Richey, FL – Bourbon Street
28 – Coconut Creek, FL – Coconut Creek Casino, Nectar Lounge

29-April 2 – Monsters of Rock Cruise

April

4 – Largo, FL – TBA
7 – Nashville, TN – The Rutledge
11 – Oklahoma City, OK – Leon’s Lounge
12 – Dallas, TX – The Boiler Room

In other news, Tramp recently premiered a new Christmas single, 'The Way It Was Before'.

“'The Way It Was Before' is actually a song that I have kept for many years", says Mike. "The song would never have been written if it hadn’t been for the events in New York City on September 11th 2001, although it doesn’t mention what happened that day. I experienced the tragedy from my home in Tasmania at the time and remember the emptiness and feeling of helplessness that I got. New York City had meant everything to me. It was where I went to live out my dream and where my American history began. New York City was the place that I had called my home for many, many years. I even won a New York City Music Award as best rock singer. September 11th changed everything. Suddenly we all had to give up part of our freedom and learn to live with the chaos and the restrictions that came with it. At Christmas time that year I sat with my guitar, and it was there that the song came to me. A longing to return to the way that things used to be.”

The Way It Was Before was released in Europe via Target Records, and on iTunes internationally on November 11th. Listen below: