SAXON: U.S. Tour Dates Announced

British heavy metal legendsSAXONhave scheduled the following U.S. tour dates: Sep. 28 ' West Hollywood, […]

By Steinmetal

• July 2, 2011

British heavy metal legendsSAXONhave scheduled the following U.S. tour dates:

Sep. 28 ' West Hollywood, CA - The Key Club
Sep. 29 - Santa Rosa, CA - The Last Day Saloon
Sep. 30 - Sacramento, CA - The Boardwalk
Oct. 01 - Santa Clara, CA - The Avalon
Oct. 02 - Santa Ana, CA - The Galaxy
Oct. 07 - San Antonio, TX - Sunken Garden
Oct. 08 - Saint Charles (Chicago), IL - The Arcada Theatre
Oct. 13 - New York, NY - B. B. King Blues Club & Grill
Oct. 14 - Springfield, VA - Jaxx
Oct. 15 - Baltimore, MD - Bourbon Street

More shows will be announced soon.

SAXON's enw album,"Call To Arms", will be released in North America on September 27, with distribution fromEMI. More details will be made available soon.

"Call To Arms"was issued in Europe viaMilitia Guard Music,UDRandEMI. Recorded atChapel Studiosin Lincolnshire, U.K. andBrighton Electric Studiosin Brighton, U.K., the 11-track album was co-produced by singer/songwriterBiff ByfordandToby Jepson(LITTLE ANGELS). FeaturingByfordon lead vocals,Paul QuinnandDoug Scarratton guitars,Nibs Carteron bass andNigel Glockleron drums,"Call To Arms"is bang on-the-money brilliantSAXONmusic, a confident embrace of the aura and writing values from their early years married perfectly to a modernSAXONcrunch.

"Call To Arms"track listing:

01.Hammer Of The Gods
02.Back In '79
03.Surviving Against The Odds
04.Mists Of Avalon
05.Call To Arms
06.Chasing The Bullet
07.Afterburner
08.When Doomsday Comes (Hybrid Theory)
09.No Rest For The Wicked
10.Ballad Of The Working Man
11.Call To Arms(orchestral version)