BLAZE

BLAZE - New Live Dates Announced, Setlist For Metalmania Festival Performance Revealed



BLAZE - featuring former IRON MAIDEN vocalist Blaze Bayley - have announced two new live dates; one for Germany and one for the UK. Their schedule is now as follows:

March
24 - Katowice, Poland at Metalmania Festival

April
13 - Barcelona, Spain at Razzmatazz 2
27 - Reichenbach, Germany at Die Halle H2O (NEW DATE)

May
12 - Tamworth, UK at The Palace (NEW DATE)

December
15 - Dudley, UK at JB's (Big Bash)

BLAZE Announce "Back In School" Tour Contest, Confirm Live Date For Bradford

According to Blazefans.com, BLAZE - featuring former IRON MAIDEN vocalist Blaze Bayley - have launched a new contest giving fans a chance to bring the band to their school or university. In each city where the band is scheduled to play they will pick one winner from the entries received and will visit your school for two hours during a music lesson, at which time they will sign autographs and take pictures.

Go to this location for further details.

In other news, Blaze have been confirmed to play Bradford, UK at Rio on May 11th. The band's tour schedule is now as follows:

March
24 - Katowice, Poland at Metalmania Festival

April
13 - Barcelona, Spain at Razzmatazz 2 **
27 - Reichenbach, Germany at Die Halle H2O **

May
6 - Bristol, UK at Bierkeller **
11 - Bradford, UK at Rio (NEW DATE)
12 - Tamworth, UK at The Palace **

June
6 - Athens, Greece at Underworld

December
8 - Dudley, UK at JB's (Big Bash) **
** Area 54 as support

As previously reported, Blaze's Metalmania Festival performance in Katowice, Poland on March 24th will be filmed for a future DVD release. The band's setlist will be as follows:
'Speed Of Light',
'The Brave',
'Futureal',
'Alive',
'Tough As Steel',
'Man On The Edge',
'Virus',
'Ten Seconds',
'Two Worlds Collide',
'Kill And Destroy',
'Look For The Truth',
'Silicom Messiah',
'Tenth Dimension',
'Born As A Stranger',
'Virus'.

This will be the first Blaze show featuring Bayley and the new as-yet-unrevealed band line-up following the spilt with Oliver Palotai (guitar), Luca Princiotta (guitar), Daniel Schild (drums) and Christian Ammann (bass).

Bayley's forthcoming tour schedule is as follows:

September
14 - The Twist - Colchester, UK
15 - Little Civic - Wolverhampton, England (acoustic date)
16 - Toms Bar - Pontypridd, Wales (acoustic date)
17 - Wrexham Station - Wrexham, England (acoustic date)
18 - CC Club - London, England (acoustic date)
22 - Sawyers - Kettering, UK
28 - The Junktion7 - Nottingham, UK
29 - Night Owl - Cheltenham, UK (acoustic date)
30 - TBA - Cardiff, UK (acoustic date)

October
18 - Heavy Metal Cruise - Sweden

November
23 - Rio - Leeds, England
24 - TBA
25 - Bierkeller - Bristol, England

December
8 - Z7 - Pratteln, Switzerland (Big Bash 2007)
15 - JBs - Dudley, England (Big Bash 2007)
27 - TBA - Swindon, UK (acoustic date)
30 - Madhouse - Birmingham, UK (acoustic date)

BLAZE BAYLEY - Rehearsals Underway For Full Metal Tour


BLAZE BAYLEY (ex-IRON MAIDEN) has issued the following update:

"We would like to welcome David and Nico Bermudez, our bass and guitar player who have flew and moved to UK and are rehearsing with Blaze for the full metal shows. For those of you that have seen Alive In Poland (DVD out now via Metal Mind) you will already know the skill these guys hold, for those who haven't seen it yet, your in for a gig never to forget as they join Rich Newport on lead guitar and of course Blaze Bayley."

Upcoming tour dates are as follows:

October
27 - Bar Monsta - London, England

November
23 - Rio - Leeds, England
24 - TBA
25 - Bierkeller - Bristol, England

December
8 - Z7 - Pratteln, Switzerland (Big Bash 2007)
15 - JBs - Dudley, England (Big Bash 2007)
27 - TBA - Swindon, UK (acoustic date)
28 - Club Ifor - Bach, Wales
30 - Madhouse - Birmingham, UK (acoustic date)