Black Star Riders Reveal UK Tour Dates

The Thin Lizzy offshoot will hit the road in support of debut album All Hell Breaks Loose, which is released on May 27 via Nuclear Blast.

The 11-track disc features Lizzy men Ricky Warwick, Scott Gorham, Damon Johson and Marco Mendoza with drummer Jimmy DeGrasso, and was produced by Kevin Shirley.

Further dates and special guests are to be announced.

Frontman Ricky Warwick – who recently said he was reuniting with former band The Almighty for a new album – admits he’s still learning from late Lizzy frontman Phil Lynott.

He tells Metal Shrine: “When we were still writing under the guise that it was gonna come out as Thin Lizzy, there were certain rhymes and certain words that I wanted to get a bit of Phil on.

“When we wrote four or five songs after we changed to Black Star Riders, I found myself doing that because I couldn’t get it out of my system.

“I’ve never learned so much from a dead man in my life – Phil, I think about him, I sing his songs every day and he’s in my thoughts all the time. He might as well be here.

“He’s teaching me about his phrasing, about his poetry, about his writing; so some of that got into me, and it’s a great thing. I certainly had a certain mindset about how I wanted to write and I wanted the Lizzy fans to feel comfortable.”

Black Star Riders UK tour

Nov 22: Bournemouth O2 Academy

Nov 23: London Shepherds Bush Empire

Nov 24: Bristol O2 Academy

Nov 26: Cambridge Junction

Nov 27: Norwich UEA

Nov 30: Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall

Dec 01: Cardiff University / Solus

Dec 02: Oxford O2 Academy

Dec 5: Inverness Ironworks

Dec 6: Edinburgh Picturehouse

Dec 07: Newcastle O2 Academy

Dec 08: Leeds O2 Academy

Dec 10: Leamington Spa The Assembly Rooms

Dec 12: Nottingham Rock City

Dec 13: Manchester Ritz

Dec 14: Dublin Academy