Tickets are available from www.livenation.co.uk and www.ticketmaster.co.uk.

JOURNEY, one America’s most popular rock bands, have gained multiple accolades including 19 Top 40 singles, 25 Gold and Platinum albums and the single Don’t Stop Believin’ holding the #1 digital catalogue song in history.

Co-headlining the tour are the legendary WHITESNAKE. Founded and formed by Deep Purple singer David Coverdale, Whitesnake have earned multi-platinum albums and multiple top 10 hits worldwide, including 2 number 1 singles with Here I Go Again and Is This Love, and more recently Still Of The Night. Click HERE to watch David Coverdale interviewed this week on BBC Breakfast News.

Very special guests are THUNDER. In 2009 the band went their separate ways, only to return in 2011 for a triumphant live performance at London’s High Voltage festival, followed by two sell-out Christmas shows. Says singer Danny Bowes about the upcoming UK tour, “It’s a great bill and a brilliant night out.”

Check out our Journey gallery from their last UK tour here and our Whitesnake gallery here

Avenged Sevenfold’s 5^th studio album, ‘Nightmare’ (certified Gold), earned the band it’s highest ever debut on the Billboard album chart when it took the No. 1 spot and spawned hit singles ‘Nightmare’,  ‘So Far Away’ and ‘Welcome To The Family’. In November oflast year the band also made an unprecedented appearance as characters in the Call of Duty Black Ops 2 video game which also included the band’s performance of a song written for the game, ‘Carry On’ which then went on to be a radio hit and top 20 in the Billboard rock chart. The album ‘Nightmare’ was supported by the band’s last UK tour here in November of 2010, which saw them play to sold out crowds up and down the country, including 2 sold out shows at London’s Hammersmith Apollo.

Nearly 3 years since their last tour and with a new album in the works, the band are making their eagerly awaited return and are set to play their biggest shows on UK soil to date. The task of unveiling the band’s upcoming UK tour dates fell to their fans who following a clue found on seventhlair.com, a recently discovered mystery site, flocked to London’s Wembley Arena where the tour poster was waiting for them.

Speaking on their upcoming arena shows, M Shadows had the following to say:
“It’s been far too long since we’ve played for our friends in the United Kingdom. We’ve been itching to get back since our last appearance at Download in 2011. We are putting the finishing touches on a new album, and can’t wait to share the new songs with you in concert.”

This tour will see Avenged Sevenfold performing songs from their eagerly anticipated new album due to hit stores soon.

November 2013
Saturday                   30                    Manchester Arena

December 2013
Sunday                     1                      Wembley Arena, London
Thursday                  5                      LG Arena, Birmingham

Avenged Sevenfold tickets go on-sale 9am on Friday 17^th May 2013 priced at £28.50 (subject to booking fee) and are available from www.livenation.co.ukor www.ticketmaster.co.uk

With the upcoming release of their brand new studio album “How I Learned To Stop Giving A Shit And Love Mindless Self Indulgence”, US musical mentalists MINDLESS SELF INDULGENCE have announced a seven date run of the UK this winter, which spookily appears to have been destined as long as 200 years ago.

The famous English bard and seer SIR JIMMY EURINE once wrote:

“HIDE YOU FISH AND HIDE YOUR CHIPS

HIDE YOUR SELF RESTRAINT

MINDLESS SELF INDULGENCE ARE COMING BACK

TO GIVE YOUR LIFE MEANING AGAIN”

“WE SHALL BRING BEATZ WE SHALL BRING HEAT

AND A LITTLE BIT OF VIOLENCE

WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL ALL SKIP SKOOL

SO WE CAN GIVE YOU A REAL FUCKING EDUCATION”

(MINDLESS SELF INDULGENCE 1813)

These two quatrains, which first appeared on Sir Jimmy’s live journal page in the winter of 1813, may have once appeared vague, but in light of the tour date revelations, one can now easily attribute the predictions to the following MSI shows:

NOVEMBER 2013

Thursday 28           Concorde 2            Brighton                    www.oneinchbadge.com

Friday   29               KOKO                    London                     www.livenation.co.uk

Saturday 30           Waterfront              Norwich                    www.ueaticketbookings.co.uk

DECEMBER 2013

Sunday 1               Liquid Rooms              Edinburgh                   www.dfconcertsandevents.com

Tuesday 3              Wulfrun Hall                 Wolverhampton             www.livenation.co.uk

Weds 4                  Ritz                              Manchester               www.livenation.co.uk

Thursday 5             Anson Rooms              Bristol                       www.thefleece.co.uk

Sir Jimmy further predicts that tickets will go on sale at 10am Friday 17th May and will be priced at £15.00 for the regional shows and £16.50 on London and are subject to booking fee.

“How I Learned To Stop Giving A Shit And Love Mindless Self Indulgence” is released via Metropolis Records June 3rd and is available to pre-order now from Amazon

www.mindlessselfindulgence.com

Tuesday 14^th May – Always relied upon to deliver a stellar line up of genre pushing, ground breaking bands at the forefront of the hard-hitting music heavy-weights of this world and now in its 7^th year, Avocado Booking are excited to present the line-up for the Impericon Never Say Die Tour! Tour 2013 and continue to bring audiences an un-miss-able tour. Tickets go on-sale 9am on Thursday 16^th May and are available from www.livenation.co.uk or www.ticketmaster.co.uk

Featuring:
Emmure - http://www.facebook.com/emmure
Miss May I - http://www.facebook.com/MissMayIMusic
I Killed The Prom Queen - http://www.facebook.com/iktpq
Betraying The Martys - http://www.facebook.com/WeAreBetrayingTheMartyrs
Hundrdedth - http://www.facebook.com/HUNDREDTH
Northlane - http://www.facebook.com/northlane
Rise Of The North Star - http://www.facebook.com/rotnsofficial

“Now in it’s 7th year we are proud to bring you yet again another killer INSD tour. We’re also thrilled to announce one of our most exciting line-ups yet. Never Say Die! always sets the benchmark for alternative package tours in Europe” – Avocado Booking’s Ivonne Davies Kreye
Returning to the Impericon Never Say Die! Tour and this time headlining, Connecticut based mosh-core merchants Emmure are one of the genre’s most exciting modern bands.  Formed in 2003, the Never Say Die! Veterans will be showcasing music from their most recent Victory Records release ‘Slave To The Game’.  Emmure embrace the ideology that you either have to kill or be killed and have grown stronger as a result, channeling their collective angst to create a propulsive blend of unabashed aggression and intensity that the youth across the world embrace.

Frank Palmeri: “Myself , Jesse , Mike , Mark C and Mark D are all pleased to tell you that we are going to be headlining this years NEVER SAY DIE TOUR! The line up is superb so do not miss one of the biggest and best tours happening this year! We can’t wait to see all our incredible European fans again as we bring down the house in pure EMMURE fashion.”

Jesse: “Once again we have the honor to rock out and hang with some of the best fans in the world, and come back to Europe for the 10th time to headline the Never Say Die fest! Couldn’t be more ready for it!”

Hailing from Troy, Ohio Miss May I will be bringing their brand of metal-core to Europe with full force. Having already released three studio albums on Rise Records and toured here with Parkway Drive, The Ghost Inside, Confession and more recently Bullet For My Valentine, you can rest assured Miss May I will tear the mainland up into shreds.

Levi Benton: “We’re unbelievably excited to be coming back for the Impericon Never Say Die Tour. The tour has such a great track record, so to be a part of it as special guest to our friends in Emmure is a huge honour! We will see you all in the pit!”

Representing Australian melodic metal-core, I Killed The Prom Queen will make their Impericon Never Say Die! debut and after a brief hiatus, reformation and their first new material in over 6 years, they’re ready to show us what they got.

Jona Weinhofen: “We are absolutely ecstatic to be able to join the Impericon Never Say Die tour 2013, to say the least. To be a part of such a renowned tour and be sharing the stage with some of our favourite bands playing some places we’ve never been before is going to be a blast. We have friends such as Deez Nuts and Parkway Drive who have taken part in the NSD tour and now its finally IKTPQ’s turn to show Europe what we’ve got!”

European natives Betraying The Martyrs have toured with the likes of Asking Alexandria, Atilla, Motionless in White and While She Sleeps to name a few. Punishingly heavy and frighteningly tight, these Sumerian Records signings promise a highly energetic and unforgettable live show.

Victor Guillet : “We couldn’t be happier to be playing the famous INSD Tour this year, this has been the European tour that sets the standard in the modern metal scene for years now, and it’s an honor to be on the bill! We’re gonna bring a no-holds barred show to the stage, so come out and party hard with us and have as much fun as we’ll be having! See you in the pit!”

Hundredth will be bringing their mix of melody and hardcore to the Impericon Never Say Die! crowds having already graced our shores once before supporting Stick To Your Guns.  The latest EP ‘Revolt’ is out now.

Hundredth: “We’re pumped to be on Never Say Die this year. We are excited to play to some new folks and we hope to see those who already know of Hundredth pile on top of each other and jump over the barricade.”

Making their Never Say Die! debut, Australian metalcore band Northlane will be showcasing their recent release, the album ‘Singularity’.
Northlane’s Adrian Fitipaldes: “We’ve been waiting for the right moment to reach Europe and we can’t believe how perfectly it has worked out with Never Say Die being our first trip there. It’s a huge honor.”

Last but not least and opening this years Impericon Never Say Die! Tour is Rise Of The Northstar, a young thrash band whose spirit was born in the back alleys of 1980’s Shibuya.  Mixing contemporary metal-core, Shonen manga and 90’s New York Hardcore, ROTNS are not to be missed.

ROTNS: “Yosh! ROTNS is back on the old continent for the Never Say Die Tour 2013! We’re really stocked to play in countries we never hit before. Especially with a great organization on our back and quality bands to share stage with! Show up to the gigs fellaz and come demonstrate your Saiya style in the pit! Big up!”

“Avocado Booking has done it again this year and set up a stellar billing for the Impericon Never Say Die! Tour, that is comparable to no other. With a line up comprised of bands from Europe, the USA and Australia cementing the tour as the figurehead of the scene. We are proud in 2013 to be part of the team and look forward to a powerful 23 Days of party!” – Impericon’s Martin Böttcher

OFFICIAL WEBSITES:
http://www.neversaydietour.com
http://www.facebook.com/NeverSayDieTour
http://www.myspace.com/neversaydiefestivals
www.impericon.com
www.avocado-booking.com

THE UK DATES ARE AS FOLLOWS:

October 6^th O2 Academy 2 Birmingham

7^th Glasgow Garage

8^th London The Electric Ballroom

9^th Manchester Club Academy

10^th Cardiff Solus (University)

Five Finger Death Punch Announce Worldwide Release of Two New Studio Albums

First Release on July 23

Las Vegas, NV — Five Finger Death Punch has announced the band will release their fourth AND fifth studio albums this year. Vol. 1 hits the stores on July 23 and Vol. 2 is scheduled for later this year via Eleven Seven Music.  Five Finger Death Punch guitarist Zoltan Bathory reveals, “We came off the road after a couple of great years of touring and were really amped up to write the 4th record. Everybody was in the right headspace and the band tighter than ever so it was a perfect storm. We jumped in head first and found ourselves 12-13 songs deep fairly quick but were still coming up with better and better material so we looked at each other and said…. ok why stop there ?… let’s keep going. Once we passed the 24th song we knew we’re going to have to do a double album. We had this massive amount of music that’s very dear to us, possibly the best material this band has ever created. At that point there was no way to decide which songs to leave off the album. So we made the decision to release them all.”

The band kicked off the new album cycle by introducing the first single, “Lift Me Up”, with a live performance featuring a very special surprise guest at Revolver Magazine’s Golden Gods Awards ceremony in Los Angeles this past Thursday where the band appeared live alongside Metallica, Stone Sour and Halestorm amongst others.

In June, Five Finger Death Punch will return to Europe for a tour of major festivals including Download Festival at Donington Park on Sunday June 16thconcluding the run with a performance at the Metal Hammer Golden Gods Ceremony in London.

Upon the band’s return to the U.S., the band will co-headline the 2013 Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival alongside Rob Zombie kicking off in San Bernadino,CA at the San Manuel Amphitheatre on June 29.  The travelling festival will stage appearances in 26 markets, and the full itinerary can be viewed here: www.fivefingerdeathpunch.com/tour/

Five Finger Death Punch has released three consecutive RIAA gold certified albums for sales exceeding 500,000 copies. The success of The Way of The Fist (2007), War Is The Answer (2009) and American Capitalist (2011), which debuted at number 3 on the Billboard charts in October, 2011. The band’s ten consecutive Top 10 radio hits – including 2012′s #1 hit “Coming Down – have spawned cumulative single sales of over 4.2 million.

Extra standing and good seat tickets have just been released for all Kings of Leon UK arena tour dates this summer.

These extra Kings of Leon tickets go on-sale 9am on Friday 26th April and are available from www.ticketmaster.co.uk and www.seetickets.com.

Kings of Leon have just finished recording their 6th studio album, the follow up to 2010′s ‘Come Around Sundown’. Their UK dates are part of a full European tour.

KINGS OF LEON 2013 UK DATES:

Wednesday 12th June London O2 Arena – 0844 856 0202
Thursday 13th June London O2 Arena – 0844 856 0202
Monday 24th June Manchester Arena – 0844 847 8000
Tuesday 25th June Manchester Arena – 0844 847 8000
Tuesday 9th July Birmingham LG Arena – 0844 338 8000
Wednesday 10th July Birmingham LG Arena – 0844 338 8000

Kings of Leon tickets go on-sale Friday 26th April at 9am priced at £29.50 / £45 / £55 / £65 regionally and £50 / £57.50 / £65 in London (subject to booking fee) and are available from www.ticketmaster.co.uk and www.seetickets.com

http://www.kingsofleon.com

TNA IMPACT WRESTLING today announces that tickets for the 2014 MAXIMUM IMPACT VI Tour go on sale from Friday May 3 at 9am.

TNA returns to Britain in January/February 2014 with shows in Glasgow (Jan 30),Manchester (Jan 31), London (Feb 1) and Birmingham (Feb 2).

The Glasgow event will see TNA IMPACT WRESTLING become the first ever company to put on a wrestling show at the gorgeous new Hydro arena.

Fans can be part of the action, and experience the UK’s most popular wrestling company live, from just £22.50, plus booking fee. Tickets are available via the TNA UK Facebook page at www.facebook.com/tnawrestlinguk, www.gigsandtours.com/tour/tna-wrestling, www.ticketmaster.co.uk or direct from the tour venues. Full details of the UK events are:

Thursday 30 January 2014, Glasgow Hydro, 0844 811 0051
Friday 31 January 2014, Manchester Arena, 0844 847 8000
Saturday 01 February 2014, London Wembley Arena, 0844 815 0815
Sunday 02 February 2014, Birmingham NIA, 0844 338 8000

TNA IMPACT WRESTLING is broadcast on Challenge in the UK and Ireland every Sunday night at 9pm, as well as on Spike TV in the USA and more than 120 other countries.

TNA President Dixie Carter will be coming to Britain from April 30 – May 2 to host huge fan events in London and Glasgow to launch the MAXIMUM IMPACT VI Tour.

Dixie said: “TNA live is something everyone must experience and we’re working hard to make our 2014 Tour extra special for both our amazing long-term fans in the UK and those who will be coming to the arenas to experience a TNA live event for the very first time.”

The TNA UK Tour launch also includes an exclusive competition with Challenge, whereone lucky fan can win a trip for two to Boston to experience TNA Slammiversary live.

More details on the fan events and competition can be found at www.challenge.co.uk/wrestling

The events will showcase the very best in heavyweight, tag team, Knockouts and X-Division wrestling. They will feature the biggest names from the past, present and future of TNA IMPACT WRESTLING competing with the top free agents from around the world. Fans tuning in will see global wrestling stars including James Storm, Bobby Roode, Samoa Joe, Bully Ray and Austin Aries in action, as well as UK standouts Magnus, Doug Williams,Rob Terry, Hannah Blossom and TNA Wrestling: British Boot Camp winner Rockstar Spud.

The ONE NIGHT ONLY events will air monthly on Challenge, on those months without a regular TNA PPV. Challenge is available on Sky channel 125, Freeview 46, Virgin Media 139 and Freesat 145. The full list of broadcast dates is below:

Wednesday April 10: ONE NIGHT ONLY: X-TRAVAGANZA
Wednesday May 8: ONE NIGHT ONLY: JOKER’S WILD TAG TEAM SPECIAL
Wednesday June 5: TNA SLAMMIVERSARY XI
Wednesday July 10: ONE NIGHT ONLY: HARDCORE JUSTICE 2
Wednesday August 7: ONE NIGHT ONLY: TNA 10 REUNION
Wednesday September 11: ONE NIGHT ONLY: KNOCKOUTS KNOCKDOWN
Wednesday October 23: TNA BOUND FOR GLORY
Wednesday November 6: ONE NIGHT ONLY: INTERNATIONAL INCIDENT
Wednesday December 25: ONE NIGHT ONLY: WORLD CUP OF WRESTLING

Stephen Ladlow, Director of Challenge, said: “We are really excited to be bringing the TNA ONE NIGHT ONLY specials to Challenge across 2013. These new and unique events will give British TNA fans even more of the entertainment they love.”

The first two events coming to Challenge TV are ONE NIGHT ONLY: X-TRAVAGANZA and ONE NIGHT ONLY: JOKER’S WILD TAG TEAM SPECIAL.

ONE NIGHT ONLY: X-TRAVAGANZA is a night of X-treme action featuring fan favourite X-Division matches and superstars. Star names on the show include Austin Aries, Samoa Joe, Christopher Daniels, Kazarian, Sonjay Dutt, Zema Ion, Petey Williams, Doug Williams,Puma, Kenny King and the last ever meeting of Rob Van Dam vs. Jerry Lynn.

ONE NIGHT ONLY: JOKER’S WILD TAG TEAM SPECIAL sees old partners reunite and bitter enemies work together in order to advance to a winner-take-all gauntlet battle royal, where it’s every man for himself with a prize of $100,000 on the line.

You’re guaranteed a damn good rock show for any of their individual shows, let alone when they are co-headlining and you get the best of both. Check out our photos from when we featured Journey here and from when we featured Whitesnake here.

All this and we haven’t even mentioned Thunder being on the bill too!

Below is the full press release, including ticket details.  See you at the show!

Journey and Whitesnake, with special guests Thunder, will appear onstage together for the first time ever taking in eight dates across the UK throughout May 2013. Tickets are available to book online from www.livenation.co.uk or www.ticketmaster.co.uk

Journey, one of the most popular American rock bands of all time, are responsible for creating some of the best-known songs in modern music. Over the years they have gained multiple accolades – including 19 Top 40 singles, 25 Gold and Platinum albums and single Don’t Stop Believin’ holding the #1 digital
catalogue song in history.

In 2011, Journey drew nearly a million fans to their 2011 Eclipse World Tour which included a sold out UK leg and ranked in the Top 15 Tours of the year. In the same year the band were awarded the prestigious “Legend of Live Award” at the Billboard Touring Awards in honour of the band’s significant and
lasting contributions to live music and the touring business, and in acknowledgement of their commitment to the fans and the art of performing live. Journey’s line-up features Neal Schon (guitars, backing vocals), Jonathan Cain (keyboards, backing vocals), Ross Valory (bass, backing vocals), Deen Castronovo
(drums, percussion, backing vocals) and Arnel Pineda (lead vocals).

Journey’s Neal Schon said of the tour: “We’re looking forward to getting back to the UK and playing our best for you all. You guys are the very best, cheers and see you soon. We will be rocking!”

Co-headlining the 2013 UK tour are the legendary Whitesnake who carry a reputation as one of the world’s leading rock’n’roll bands. Founded and formed by Deep Purple singer David Coverdale, the band have earned multi-platinum albums and multiple top 10 hits worldwide, including 2 number 1 singles with Here I Go Again and Is This Love, and more recently with Still Of The Night. Bombast, bravado, talent and passion have helped establish Whitesnake as the perennial platinum favourite they have become and they’re back with a vengeance in 2013, with plans to release a live DVD ahead of the tour as well as a double album. “Unfinished business,” as Coverdale says slyly. “We all wanted the last tour to continue as we got closer to the end. After a year in the studio we’re ready to rock on stage again. We’re coming back for more.”

Harnessing Coverdale’s blues and soul roots and fuelled by incendiary guitarists Doug Aldrich and Reb Beach you have all the elements needed to shape the ‘Snake’s hard rock identity. The band will also feature the legendary Tommy Aldridge on drums and percussion.

Special guests Thunder will also be joining the UK dates. In 2009 the band went their separate ways, only to return in 2011 for a triumphant live performance at the High Voltage festival in London, followed by 2 sell out Christmas shows. Thunder returned for another two sell-out Christmas shows in 2012, with the date first selling out in just six hours. Now, the band has been lured back on to the stage as special guests on the Journey and Whitesnake UK arena tour in May. Singer Danny Bowes says: “We’d already discussed possibly doing some shows in 2013, so this is perfect. It’s a great bill like they used to be back in the day. It’ll be a brilliant night out”.

GLASGOW SECC
SATURDAY 18th MAY
Tickets: £50.75, Doors: 18:30
Box Office: 0844 395 4000
Book Online: www.ticketmaster.co.uk - www.livenation.co.uk
Doors: 18:30
Exhibition Way, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, G3 8YW
www.secc.co.uk

SHEFFIELD MOTORPOINT ARENA
MONDAY 20th MAY
Tickets £50.75
Box Office: 0114 256 2002
Book Online: www.ticketmaster.co.uk - www.livenation.co.uk
Doors: 18:30
Broughton Lane, Sheffield, Yorkshire, S9 2DF
www.motorpointarenasheffield.co.uk

NEWCASTLE METRO RADIO ARENA
WEDNESDAY 22nd MAY
Tickets £50.75
Box office: 0844 493 6666
Doors: 18:30
Book Online: www.ticketmaster.co.uk - www.livenation.co.uk
Arena Way Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE4 7NA
www.metroradioarena.co.uk

MANCHESTER ARENA
THURSDAY 23rd MAY
Tickets £50.75
Box Office: 0844 847 8000
Book Online: www.ticketmaster.co.uk - www.livenation.co.uk
Doors: 18:30
21 Hunts Bank Victoria Station, Manchester, M3 1AR
www.men-arena.com

NOTTINGHAM CAPITAL FM ARENA
SATURDAY 25th MAY
Tickets £50.75
Sales hotline: 0844 888 9991
Book Online: www.ticketmaster.co.uk - www.livenation.co.uk
Doors: 18:30
Bolero Square, Lace Market, Nottingham, NG1 1LA
www.capitalfmarena.com

CARDIFF MOTORPOINT ARENA
SUNDAY 26th MAY
Tickets £50.74
Box Office: 029 2022 4488
Book Online: www.ticketmaster.co.uk - www.livenation.co.uk
Doors: 18:30
Mary Ann St, Cardiff, CF10 2EQ
www.motorpointarenacardiff.co.uk

BIRMINGHAM LG ARENA
TUESDAY 28th MAY
Tickets £50.75
Box office: 0844 338 8000
Doors: 18:30
Book Online: www.ticketmaster.co.uk - www.livenation.co.uk
National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, B40 1N
www.lgarena.co.uk

LONDON WEMBLEY ARENA
WEDNESDAY 29th MAY
Tickets £53.85
Box Office: 0844 815 0815
Book Online: www.ticketmaster.co.uk - www.livenation.co.uk
Doors: 18:30
Arena Square Engineers Way, London, HA9 OAA
www.wembleyarena.co.uk