London, England-based rock legends, Thunder, have announced a UK tour in March, 2017.

Says the band: “As promised, below are the details for our next UK tour. Tickets go on sale officially on Friday (September 23rd), but a limited number of VIP ticket packages for every show will go on sale via our ticket shop tomorrow morning (Tuesday, September 20th) at 9 AM. Details will be posted here at that time. Please note: VIP tickets will not be sold anywhere else.

“Pre-sales for regular tickets will begin in various places on Wednesday and Thursday, and the rest will go on sale on Friday. Details for these pre-sales will be posted here each morning this week at 9 AM. Details on all remaining tickets will be posted here as well as our website on Friday.”

Tour dates:

March
17 - Manchester, England - Apollo
18 - Sheffield, England - City Hall
19 - Newcastle, England - City Hall
21 - Leicester, England - De Montfort Hall
22 - Glasgow, Scotland - Clyde Auditorium
24 - Cardiff, Wales - Motorpoint Arena
25 - Southampton, England - Guildhall
26 - Ipswich, England - Regent
28 - London, England - Eventim Apollo
30 - Dublin, Ireland - Vicar Street
31 - Belfast, Ireland - Mandela Hall

The band continues: “This is going to be our longest UK tour for many years. If we’re not playing the city/town/village hall/wedding/shed in the garden where you live that’s because we tried, but it wasn’t available in the time frame. We did not do it on purpose..

“Other non UK shows will be added as and when they’re confirmed. The new album is amazing (we know, we’ve heard it) and you’re going to love it, so this tour is going to be a cracker.”

Thunder recently revealed some details for their first-ever book, coming later this year. A message from the band follows:

“We’re pleased to announce that our first ever book will be called Giving The Game Away, and it's the definitive Thunder story in all its glorious detail. We’ll be launching it at the Louder Than Words literary festival in Manchester (England) on November 12th. We’ll be “in conversation” with Joel McIver, our long suffering author (he who interviewed us 1,000 times for the book).

“As and when it feels appropriate, we’ll burst into acoustic performances, and Joel will do his best to exercise some control over the proceedings. Once we’re done, we’ll mingle for a short while with the assembled throng, chat and sign the book (which can be pre-ordered along with tickets).

Tickets and pre-sales for the book will go on sale at 9 AM on Friday morning, and this is fair warning so you all have an equal chance to get your hands on one or two. It’s an intimate event, so those who want to attend will need to be quick.”

Updates will be revealed via the Thunder Facebook page.

Thunder previously announced dates for an Australian tour in 2017.

Since forming in 1989, the Londoners have established themselves among the UK’s most consistent attractions, notching up some twenty Top 50 singles in their homeland and cultivating a well-deserved reputation as consummate live performers with the likes of Axl Rose (Guns N’ Roses), Aerosmith and David Coverdale (Whitesnake) amongst their fans.

With a lineage dating back to the cream of British hard rock - Led Zeppelin, Bad Company, The Who and Deep Purple - and songwriting greats such as The Kinks, The Beatles and The Faces, the band’s sound is a timeless marriage of unforgettable melodies and sheer rock power. With their first two albums Back Street Symphony (1990) and Laughing On Judgement Day (1992) reaching gold in the UK, Thunder cemented a rock reputation that has lasted decades.

Australian tour dates:

March
7 - Factory - Sydney NSW
8 - Corner - Melbourne VIC
10 - Triffid - Brisbane QLD
11 - Capitol - Perth WA