SAXON manager Thomas Jensen has issued the following update:

"After a hectic week, I would like to keep you posted on the latest activities of the band. It might be too much information but I´ll try to keep it short.

Thursday: Biff and Charlie finished the mix of the new album The Inner Sanctum. I must say Mr. (Charlie) Bauerfeind and Mr. (Biff) Byford did an amazing job. You will hear the result at the beginning of March. Rest of the band and management tried to make it to London. The biggest storm for ages nearly stopped us but as you all know we are always flying on the edge. The most difficult job had been done by Nibbs (Carter). Nearly stranded in the Western part, on several airports, of Germany. Unbelievable this boy, arriving in time in London for the big press album launch party on Friday. All the English and European rock press joined us. Fantastic location in London, used to be a court house with the original prison cells where we put Biff and the band to do the interviews (.Biff said he felt quit at home in there).

The court house has a cinema in the building, this is where we played the album to the press and bits and pieces of the bonus DVD which features the Night Out With The Boys Tour. I had the impression they all loved it.

Harvey Goldsmith and his team supported us on the presentation of the new single. There was so much interest that the band was doing endless interviews. Especially Britta, my ICS PR girl couldn´t believe how Biff got through this interview marathon finishing at midnight.

Result: our time schedule was totally fucked up!! We arrived at 4:30 a.m. in Sheffield on Saturday.

8:00 I had to be at BBC Sheffield with Biff again then rush back to the hotel 8:45 interview with Radio Hallam, and 9:15 interview with Eamon Holmes on 5Live. We were promoting the big Sheffield gig on 26th of January, of cause the new single ('If I Was You') and our Guinness World Record with Sheffield Wednesday and Amanda Griffith.

This did bring some decent guitar music on radio. In the two days of promotion the single was played on daytime radio including 5Live, Mojo, Xfm and tons more, maybe two million heard the single and don´t forget this is one of the big reasons we are doing this to bring heavy metal on mainstream radio again.

At 3:45 half time Amanda, Sheffield Wednesday Football Club, Saxon, Sheffield Wednesday fans and Sunderland fans broke the world record for the biggest air guitar ensemble. The band were having some fun with it and taking it all not too serious, which is good.

Official info will follow from the Guinness world record people. A big thank you to all the fans joining us in shitty weather and bad half time result.

The band was also supporting the Hallam Kids charity. We gave Sheffield Wednesday the original master of the single which is unique to put in their fund raising auction and signed lots of shirts and programs also.

News on the DVD release of to Hallam back again is because we have been filming a lot of The Inner Sanctum stuff ourselves plus the upcoming Sheffield show. We are going to add some of this to the DVD, SPV decided to release it in July."

As reported earlier today, Saxon's new single 'If I Was You' is now available for download internationally. Go to this location for an extensive list of online shops where the single is currently available.

Saxon are scheduled to release The Inner Sanctum on March 2nd in Germany March 5th in Europe and April 3rd in North America.

The Inner Sanctum will be available in a digipak with Bonus DVD or in a jewel case, including one bonus track. The tracklisting for the Limited Editon of The Inner Sanctum is as follows: 'State Of Grace', 'Need For Speed', 'Let Me Feel Your Power', 'Red Star Falling', 'I've Got To Rock (To Stay Alive)', 'Going Nowhere Fast', 'Ashes To Ashes', 'Empire Rising', 'Atila The Hun'.

Content on Bonus DVD:

A Night Out With The Boys: 'To Hell And Back Again', 'A Night Out With The Boys – The Idea', 'A Night Out With The Boys – Not Really', 'See The Light Shining', 'A Night Out With The Boys – Now It Started', 'Redline', 'Suzie Hold On', 'Stand Up And Be Counted', 'Frozen Rainbow', 'Never Surrender',

More details: DVD 5; 2.0 Dolby Digital and 5.1 Audio; Duration approx. 50 min; Code free; Subtitles: German.