British Lion, the ‘up close and personal’ side project band of Iron Maiden bassist & founder Steve Harris, have announced a European club tour for summer 2022.

Says the band: "We're thrilled to announce a nine date European headline club tour in summer 2022, in addition to the three festival shows already announced for Finland, England and Belgium, working in conjunction with the routing for Maiden’s 2022 Legacy Of The Beast tour. Five of the cities are there to make up for the shows that were cancelled back in 2020."

Tickets are on-sale now, here.

Dates:

June
3 - Hyvinkaa, Finland - Rockfest Festival
10 - Donington, England - Download Festival
17 - Dessel, Belgium - Graspop Festival
19 - Prague, Czech Republic - Lucerna Theatre
25 - Paris, France - Trabendo

July
1 - Cologne, Germany - Kantine
3 - Berlin, Germany - Hole 44
8 - Stuttgart, Germany - LKA Longhorn
19 - Bremen, Germany - Aladin
23 - Warsaw, Poland - Progresja
25 - Frankfurt, Germany - Batschkapp
30 - Lisbon, Portugal - LAV Lisboa ao Vivo

The support for each show will be advised shortly.

In other news, British Lion have released an official video for "Bible Black", the fifth single from their 2020 album, The Burning. Watch below:

British Lion will be on tour in the UK with The Darkness in November and December. Dates below.

UK tour dates:

November
17 - Brighton Dome - Brighton, UK
19 - Winter Gardens - Margate, UK
20 - O2 Academy - Bournemouth, UK
21 - Cliffs Pavillion - Southend, UK
23 - UEA - Norwich, UK
24 - Corn Exchange - Cambridge, UK
26 - The Hexagon - Reading, UK
27 - The Great Hall - Cardiff, UK
29 - The Great Hall - Exeter, UK
30 -  G Live - Guilford, UK

December
2 - O2 Academy - Liverpool, UK
3 - Academy - Manchester, UK
4 - Bonus Arena - Hull, UK
6 - The Victoria - Stoke-on-Trent, UK
7 - O2 Academy - Bristol, UK
9 - Barrowlands - Glasgow, UK
10 - O2 Academy - Newcastle, UK
11 - O2 Academy - Leeds, UK
13 - Rock City - Nottingham, UK
14 - O2 Academy - Birmingham, UK
16 - O2 Shepherds Bush Empire - London, UK
17 - O2 Shepherds Bush Empire - London, UK