Stonedead is happy to announce the very special guests Black Star Riders, adding anothertop-class name to the already phenomenal 2023 festival line-up. Ten years, five albums andcountless tours. By anyone’s standards that’s an impressive work rate but this is the commitmentthat Black Star Riders have to their craft. Music, you …
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FUAGH A BALLAH (Clear the way), Black Star Riders (BSR) has released their fifth, tub-thumping, balls-fresh, heavy riffing new album ‘Wrong Side of Paradise’. Black Star Riders are the offshoot band of Thin Lizzy, fronted by Ricky Warwick. Warwick set out to sustain ‘Lizzy’s reputation whilst delivering a fresh …
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Following the announcement of their forthcoming studio album Wrong Side Of Paradise, masters of anthemic rock ‘n’ roll Black Star Riders return with their 10-year anniversary tour! Frontman Ricky Warwick comments: “Rock’n’Roll is my lover, friend, enemy, ally, religion and saviour. Rock’n’Roll is my life. Christian Martucci and the late Todd Youth wrote …
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BLACK STAR RIDERS ANNOUNCE NEW SINGLE PAY DIRT OUT ON 7TH SEPTEMBER 2022 LISTEN TO SINGLE HERE NEW ALBUM: WRONG SIDE OF PARADISE OUT ON 20TH JANUARY 2023 10th ANNIVERSARY TOUR IN FEBRUARYFollowing the announcement of their forthcoming studio album Wrong Side Of Paradise, masters of anthemic rock ‘n’ roll Black Star Riders are thrilled to announce the second single taken from the …
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Masters of anthemic rock ‘n’ roll Black Star Riders are proud to announce that their New Album, entitled “Wrong Side Of Paradise” will be released by Earache records Worldwide on Friday, January 20th 2023. The Album, featuring 11 tracks, was recorded in the Autumn of 2021 at Studio 606 in …
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When Life Was Hard And Fast (WLWHAF) is the stunning second solo album from Ricky Warwick. Put together with a group of killer guests ranging from Joe Elliot, Luke Morley, to Andy Taylor, Dizzy Reed and Keith Nelson. The album showcases Ricky’s musical prowess, with a slight lean towards Americana …
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Damon Johnson and The Get Ready are pleased to announce his forthcoming new album, ‘Battle Lessons’, on the 19th February 2021. The album sees Damon cementing his band line-up as Damon Johnson & The Get Ready and is the follow up to the 2019 album “Memoirs Of An Uprising”. The band just released …
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RICKY WARWICK – ‘When Life Was Hard And Fast’ announces new album due for release February 19th 2021 RICKY WARWICK (BLACK STAR RIDERS, THIN LIZZY, THE ALMIGHTY) announced a new studio album, the first since 2015. The album is titled ‘When Life Was Hard And Fast’ and will be released …
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New Single Candidate For Heartbreak Out Now Watch Lyric Video Here New Album: Another State Of Grace Out Now “This is Black Star Riders best work yet.” – Mojo “Another State Of Grace shows there is still life beyond Lizzy.” – Classic Rock “Courage and empathy, allied to superior song-writing, makes BSR a band …
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STONEDEAF PRODUCTIONS LTD PROUDLY ANNOUNCES THAT ENERGETIC SWEDISH MELODIC HARD ROCKERS H.E.A.T WILL BE COMING TO STONEDEAD FESTIVAL 2020 Stonedead is really pleased to announce our new line up in view of Tyketto not being able to undertake their plans due to COVID19. We are delighted that H.E.A.T will be …
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LATEST NEWS FROM STONEDEAD FESTIVAL 2020 Now in its third year, Stonedead 2020 is an outdoor, one day, one stage, one monster of a festival where rock music reigns eternal. Stonedead is firmly placed on the rock festival map and places the rock fan experience at its core. Come and …
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STONEDEAF PRODUCTIONS LTD is delighted to announce GUN will appear as special guests at Stonedead Festival 2020! NEWARK SHOWGROUND, SATURDAY, 29 AUGUST 2020 Legendary Scottish rockers GUN will bring an arsenal of hooky riffs and catchy songs to the Stonedead 2020 Tommy Vance stage. Celebrating 30 years since the …
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The first wave of bands announced for Stonedead 2020 STONEDEAF PRODUCTIONS LTD PROUDLY PRESENTS Black Star Riders plus special guests (TBA) and Tyketto, Kris Barras Band, Blaze Bayley, Tygers of Pan Tang, Myke Gray featuring Kim Jennett and the Opening Poll winner (TBA) NEWARK SHOWGROUND SATURDAY, 29 AUGUST 2020 Stonedead …
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BLACK STAR RIDERS/ THIN LIZZY’S RICKY WARWICK ANNOUNCES AUCTION TO SUPPORT CANCER FUND FOR CHILDREN TO START ON 1STOCTOBER 2019 Guitarist and front-man of iconic rock bands Black Star Riders and Thin Lizzy is set to auction his denim cut off jacket to the highest bidder to support the excellent …
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BRITISH HEAVY METAL ICONS DIAMOND HEAD UNLEASH VIDEO FOR: “THE SLEEPER” EUROPEAN DATES ADDED TO “THE SLEEPER MUST AWAKEN” TOUR DIAMOND HEAD LATEST ALBUM, THE COFFIN TRAIN AVAILABLE HERE Diamond Head return to the world stage with their globally critically acclaimed album, The Coffin Train, which was released earlier this year …
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Studio Album “Another State Of Grace” Release date: 6th September 2019 Single “Another State Of Grace” Release date: 17th May 2019 UK & Ireland Tour in October 2019 Nuclear Blast are delighted to announce the release of Black Star Riders new studio album “Another State Of Grace” on the 6th September 2019. …
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STONE BROKEN ANNOUNCE MULTIPLE SUMMER SHOWS IN GERMANY & HOLLAND AS SPECIAL GUESTS TOBLACK STONE CHERRY OCTOBER TOUR OF UK / IRELAND IN SUPPORT OF BLACK STAR RIDERS – tickets on sale now CURRENT STUDIO ALBUM, AIN’T ALWAYS EASY, OUT NOW VIA SPINEFARM RECORDS Following the recent success of their biggest UK headline tour to date, with many of the shows selling out and Kerrang! remarking in …
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Announce New Album Title And full UK & Ireland Tour in October 2019! Black Star Riders will release their fourth studio album in September 2019. Entitled ‘Another State of Grace’ the album was produced & mixed by Jay Ruston (Stone Sour, Anthrax, Uriah Heep). The band will support the record with a full UK …
Read More ». BLACK STAR RIDERS PART COMPANY WITH DAMON JOHNSON AND WELCOME CHRISTIAN MARTUCCI Black Star Riders are proud to announce that their new lead guitar player from January 1st 2019 will be Christian Martucci, from Stone Sour. Christian will replace founding BSR member Damon Johnson, who has decided to part …
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Black Star Riders (BSR) turned up the heat, bringing their Heavy Fire tour to the city of Wakefield at venue, Warehouse23. Approximately 900 rock fans sold out the show, as they travelled far and wide to support one of the best British/American rock bands. Black Star Riders feature former members …
Read More »Black Star Riders (Thin Lizzy, Alice Cooper and Brother Cane) guitarist Damon Johnson New Solo Album: “Memoirs Of An Uprising” Release Date: 9thNovember 2018 Warwick Johnson Tour Dates Announced For The UK In Sept/Oct 2018 Photo credit Stephen Jensen Damon Johnson is pleased to announce his forthcoming new solo album …
Read More »WARWICK JOHNSON ANNOUNCE UK AND EUROPE ACOUSTIC TOUR IN AUTUMN 2018 RICKY WARWICK (Black Star Riders / Thin Lizzy / The Almighty) DAMON JOHNSON (Black Star Riders / Thin Lizzy / Alice Cooper) Rock veterans Ricky Warwick and Damon Johnson are pleased to announce a “Sonic Acoustic Attack Tour” in Autumn …
Read More »Black Star Riders (Thin Lizzy, Alice Cooper and Brother Cane) guitarist Damon Johnson Announces Pledge Campaign For New Solo Album “Memoirs Of An Uprising” Album Release in Late 2018 Warwick Johnson Tour Dates Announced For The UK In Sept/Oct 2018 Photo Credit Stephen Jensen Damon Johnson has announced a Pledge …
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Damon Johnson has announced a Pledge Campaign for his forthcoming new solo album “Memoirs Of An Uprising”. The album will receive a full release later in 2018. Damon has an illustrious career as a guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for Brother Cane, Alice Cooper and currently Black Star Riders and Thin Lizzy. …
Read More »RE-SIGNS NEW WORLDWIDE DEAL WITH NUCLEAR BLAST ENTERTAINMENT Off the back of the extremely successful album “Heavy Fire” and UK/European tour, Black Star Riders are pleased to announce a new worldwide deal with Nuclear Blast Entertainment. Formed in 2012, Black Star Riders signed their first contract with Nuclear Blast …
Read More »BLACK STAR RIDERS WELCOME CHAD SZELIGA Black Star Riders are proud to announce that their new drummer is Chad Szeliga. Chad, formerly with Breaking Benjamin and Black Label Society amongst others, first came to Ricky, Scott & Damon’s attention in 2012 when Thin Lizzy were touring North America with Judas …
Read More »Black Star Riders Premiere New Video For ‘Dancing With The Wrong Girl’ U.S./Irish hard rockers BLACK STAR RIDERS released their hotly-anticipated third album Heavy Fire on the 3rd of February via Nuclear Blast Entertainment. Fresh off their extensive run of the UK and Ireland, the band return with a music video for new single, ‘Dancing …
Read More »BACKYARD BABIES NEW DVD: “LIVE AT CIRKUS” RELEASE DATE: 24th FEBRUARY 2017 UK TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED IN MARCH 2017 SUPPORTING BLACK STAR RIDERS “returning after a five year hiatus … doing what they do best – kick ass, straight-up rock ‘n’ roll songs, flecked with punk attitude and sleaze rock …
Read More »Ramblin’ Man Fair have announced more acts…. Black Star Riders (Special Guests / UK Festival Exclusive) Danny Worsnop Aaron Keylock Tyler Bryant and the Shakedown Lionize Announced acts to date are: Friday 28th July Planet Rock Main Stage Saxon (Main Stage Headliner) Y&T Last in Line Graham Bonnet Band …
Read More »Black Star Riders Release Fifth Trailer for ‘Heavy Fire’ BLACK STAR RIDERS are set to release their forthcoming album Heavy Fire on the 3rd of February via Nuclear Blast Entertainment. Today, the band unveil the fifth video trailer in which Damon Johnson, Ricky Warwick and Scott Gorham discuss some of their early influences and favourite bands and …
Read More »I spoke to Jimmy DeGrasso late last year to talk about Black Star Riders with a new album, Heavy Fire, due out on 3rd February followed by a UK tour. We finished recording, I think it was the third week in September, but there’s so much else that goes on …
Read More »Black Star Riders Release Fourth Trailer for ‘Heavy Fire’ BLACK STAR RIDERS are set to release their forthcoming album Heavy Fire on the 3rd of February 2017 via Nuclear Blast Entertainment. In anticipation of this release, the band have unveiled a fourth video in which Damon Johnson, Ricky Warwick and Scott Gorham discuss how the album’s title track …
Read More »Black Star Riders Premiere New Video ‘Testify Or Say Goodbye’ BLACK STAR RIDERS are set to release their forthcoming album Heavy Fire on the 3rd of February 2017 via Nuclear Blast Entertainment. Today, the band premiere the new video for second single, ‘Testify Or Say Goodbye‘. Frontman Ricky Warwick comments on the track: “Power, glory, rock n …
Read More »BLACK STAR RIDERS BAND RELEASE FIRST TRAILER FOR THIRD ALBUM ‘HEAVY FIRE‘ A week ago, Black Star Riders announced their third studio album, “Heavy Fire“, set for release via Nuclear Blast Entertainment in February 2017. Today, the band have revealed the first video trailer in which frontman Ricky Warwick explains the writing process behind …
Read More »New Album: Heavy Fire Released: 3rd February 2017 UK & Eire Tour – March 2017 New single “When The Night Comes In” lyric video available here https://youtu.be/aR-w6_IH7hE Nuclear Blast are pleased to announce the release of Black Star Riders third studio album, “Heavy Fire”, in February 2017. The band will …
Read More »BACKYARD BABIES UK TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED IN MARCH 2017 SUPPORTING BLACK STAR RIDERS “returning after a five year hiatus … doing what they do best – kick ass, straight-up rock ‘n’ roll songs, flecked with punk attitude and sleaze rock swagger” (Vive Le Rock). Backyard Babies returned to the …
Read More »Damon Johnson – Announces Solo EP “Echo” Out On 27th May 2016 Damon Johnson (Black Star Riders, Thin Lizzy, Alice Cooper, Brother Cane) is pleased to announce his first solo electric project with the ‘Echo’ EP, to be released in May 2016. Recorded throughout 2015, the 5 track EP sees …
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Lemmy Sings Summertime Blues with Ricky In 2014, Black Star Riders/Thin Lizzy vocalist Ricky Warwick decided to record two new solo records, funded through the popular Pledgemusic crowd funding system. The results are two fan and critically acclaimed releases, ‘Hearts on Tree’ and ‘When Patsy Cline Was Crazy (And Guy …
Read More »I’ve been very lucky recently, in that last month a friend won tickets to see Thunder play an acoustic show at PMT (which stands for Professional Musical Technology) store in Manchester and then only last week another friend, Arwel, won tickets for the Black Star Riders acoustic show at the …
Read More »The Amorettes had the job of opening the bill on this tour. It must be a fairly daunting task opening for two bands of this calibre, but these Scottish ladies showed no sign of nerves as they took to the stage. It’s a good sign that the venue was already …
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I spoke to Black Star Riders frontman Ricky Warwick ahead of their album release and upcoming tour which kicks off in Dublin on 2nd March. The new Black Star Riders album, “The Killer Instinct” comes out on Monday. How do you think the album compares to the first one (All …
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I spoke to Joey Tempest, lead singer of Europe ahead of the release of their new album, “War of Kings” and their tour with Black Star Riders that will see Europe play Ireland for the first time in twenty-five years. Your new album, War of Kings is due to be …
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Black Star Riders – Ricky Warwick Discusses the First Five Tracks on ‘The Killer Instinct’ BLACK STAR RIDERS are set to release their forthcoming album The Killer Instinct on the 23rd of February and in anticipation of the release, frontman Ricky Warwick sat down to discuss each of the new tracks. The first part …
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Ricky Warwick recently played the Underworld in Camden as part of his Unplugged and Dangerous solo tour. I spoke to him backstage shortly before the gig started to talk to him about the tour, Black Star Riders, and the forthcoming re-releases of the early albums by The Almighty. You can …
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Tonight at the Underworld was to be an all-acoustic gig, with Thin Lizzy/Black Star Riders frontman Ricky Warwick headlining. First up was American singer Mark Curran. I caught his band doing a full electric set a few weeks ago supporting Vega at the Barfly and enjoyed their set, so was …
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Tonight’s gig was to be a very special one. Firstly it’s being held at a site that is very special to rock and heavy metal – the headquarters of Marshall amplification , in a theatre they have just behind the factory that makes the iconic amps. Secondly tonight is the …
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Black Star Riders are the new evolution of Thin Lizzy with almost the same lineup, but releasing new material rather than just touring the classic Thin Lizzy material. On 30th May they played their first ever gig. It was held at the headquarters of Marshall Amplification and just a few …
Read More »I spoke to Scott Gorham, long-term member of Thin Lizzy, and now Black Star Riders, to talk about why they decided to change their name to record a new album, to talk about the album itself, tour plans and more. Black star riders interview …
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