BLACK STAR RIDERS, the band featuring THIN LIZZY members Ricky Warwick, Damon Johnson, Scott Gorham and Marco Mendoza together with drummer Jimmy DeGrasso (ALICE COOPER, MEGADETH), have announced their first UK / Ireland tour for November / December. They have checked in with the following update:

"Remember folks, the pre-sale for all Black Star Riders UK tour tickets starts Monday, April 29th at 9:00am here . Everyone that buys a ticket via Planet Rock has the opportunity to go to the May 30th Milton Keynes album launch party with the first appearance of BSR anywhere in the world. Don't miss this opportunity!

The band's UK tour schedule is as follows:

November

22 - Bournemouth, England - O2 Academy
23 - London, England - Shepherds Bush Empire
24 - Bristol, England - O2 Academy
26 - Cambridge, England - Junction
27 - Norwich, England - UEA
30 - Wolverhampton, England - Wulfrun Hall

December

1 - Cardiff, England - University / Solus
2 - Oxford, England - O2 Academy
5 - Inverness, UK - Ironworks
6 - Edinburgh, UK - Picturehouse
7 - Newcastle, England - O2 Academy
8 - Leeds, England - O2 Academy
10 - Leamington Spa, England - The Assembly Rooms
12 - Nottingham, England - Rock City
13 - Manchester, England - Ritz
14 - Dublin, Ireland - Academy

General tickets go on sale on Thursday, May 2nd through all normal outlets and agents. Tickets are priced at 22.50 GBP (25.00 GBP London) - subject to booking fees. Dublin is 25.00 Euro inc Booking Fee. Special guests to be announced.

Black Star Riders released a lyric video for their single, 'Bound For Glory' on March 24th. Frontman Ricky Warwick states: “'Bound For Glory' - a song for the lost but never lonely, walking tall in the face of everyday adversary, everyone has a story to tell, revolution begins in the mirror!!!"

Guitarist Scott Gorham adds: “When it came time to pick one of these songs as a single, we had a really hard time. There are so many really great tracks here and everyone had their favourites. But in the end, we all agreed that 'Bound For Glory' is the perfect choice and represents what Black Star Riders is all about.”

Watch the lyric video below:

'Bound For Glory' is featured on Black Star Riders debut album, All Hell Breaks Loose, out via Nuclear Blast Entertainment worldwide on the following dates:

May

21st – Japan

22nd - Sweden

24th – Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Finland, Norway, Australia

27th – UK, France, BeNeLux, Poland, Czech Republic, Denmark, Spain, Portugal, Hungary, Greece, Ireland

28th – US, Canada, Italy, South America

The album will be released as a standard CD and also as a special edition digi-pak featuring a bonus track 'Right To Be Wrong' and a Making of DVD.

The album artwork features a painting by Gil Elvgren (March 15, 1914 – February 29, 1980), the legendary US painter best known for his work on pin-up girls, advertising and illustration. The artworks ties directly to the origins of the album title. Ricky Warwick explains “I was watching a documentary about World War II bombers and saw the name painted on the side of one of the aircraft. The name just resonated with me and it seemed to encapsulate the turmoil that we, as a society, are currently experiencing. The past few years have been such a wild ride and now with the release of the album, it sounded like a bad-ass album title that summed up what Black Star Riders is all about.”

Produced and mixed by the legendary Kevin Shirley (LED ZEPPELIN, IRON MAIDEN, AEROSMITH, RUSH), the tracklisting for All Hell Breaks Loose is:

'All Hell Breaks Loose'

'Bound For Glory'

'Kingdom Of The Lost'

'Bloodshot'

'Kissin’ The Ground'

'Hey Judas'

'Hoodoo Voodoo'

'Valley Of The Stones'

'Someday Salvation'

'Before The War'

'Blues Ain't So Bad'

About the origin of the album title, Ricky goes on to say: “I was watching a documentary about World War II bombers and saw the name painted on the side of one of the aircraft. The name just resonated with me and it seem to encapsulate the turmoil that we, as a society, are currently experiencing. The past few years have been such a wild ride and now with the release of the album, it sounded like a bad-ass album title that summed up what Black Star Riders is all about.”

A 24-minute compilation of behind-the-scenes video reports from the band’s studio time in Los Angeles can be viewed below:

For more details and tour dates visit BlackStarRiders.com.