Fast rising rockers Empyre announce tour with Mason Hill and two slots at Ramblin’ Man Fair
18th March 2021Empyre is on a roll, announcing a September tour with Mason Hill, two slots at this years’ Ramblin’ Man Fair, Steelhouse Festival, a new single, a new acoustic album and an album party to kick off the return to gigging.
Empyre will head out on tour with Mason Hill and Hollowstar for 11 dates in September across England and Wales. Before then July will see them play Steelhouse, Call Of The Wild and make two appearances at Ramblin’ Man Fair, performing on both the Prog Stage and VIP area Acoustic Stage.
Their first acoustic album The Other Side will be released on April 30th, and given a celebratory “MTV Unplugged” style performance a month later at The Waterloo, Blackpool on May 30th.
First they release Only Way Out, the latest acoustic single to be taken from The Other Side. It’s a song that defines Empyre’s haunting, dark and emotional side. Hailed by Classic Rock Magazine as “a dark graceful ballad….”, Only Way Out has long held fans emotionally invested with its plaintive cry for help. Now the band have collaborated on an orchestral arrangement of the song together with renowned musical arranger Paul Cecchetti and Grammy Award winning producer Mike Exeter, the result is a version of the track that goes even deeper into the core of the music, and produces an intense and brooding atmosphere. The orchestral version of the track is complemented by a performance video captured in an intimate studio setting centred round a 9ft Grand Piano valued at an incredible £150,000
Lead Singer Henrik Steenholdt says proudly of Only Way Out;
“The Other Side acoustic album features a lot of rearranging and re-imagining of the songs from our debut Self Aware, and this version of Only Way Out takes that to another plane. We threw the second and third guitar parts out of the window and re-built the musical core of the song around piano and orchestra. If there was one song to re-approach with the aim of heightening the emotional intensity Only Way Out was it.”
Tour Tickets: https://myticket.co.uk/artists/mason-hill
Pre-order ‘The Other Side’: https://www.empyre.co.uk
See all their recent highlights here: https://www.empyre.co.uk/epk
UK Tour Dates
Sunday 30th May – The Waterloo, Blackpool (Acoustic)
Friday 9th July – Call Of The Wild Festival, Lincoln
Saturday 17th July – Ramblin’ Man Fair
Sun 25th July – Steelhouse Festival, Wales
Sat 31st July – SavFest, Nottingham
Sat 14th Aug – Live At The Platform, Morecambe
Sat 28th Aug – Aylesbury ‘Live in the Park’
Sun 12th Sept – Rockin’ The Bowl, Sheffield
Tues 14th Sept – Junction 2, Cambridge
Weds 15th Sept – The Corporation, Sheffield
Thurs 16th Sept – Fleece, Bristol
Fri 17th Sept – Brighton, Patterns (Acoustic)
Sat 18th Sept – Leos’, Gravesend
Mon 20th Sept – The Globe, Cardiff
Wed 22nd Sept – Nightrain, Bradford
Thurs 23rd Sept – The Waterloo, Blackpool
Fri 24th Sept – Underworld, London
Sat 25th Sept – Rebellion, Manchester
Sun 26th Sept -KK’s Steel Mill, Wolverhampton
Fri 12th Nov – HRH ABC, Great Yarmouth
12-14th Nov – Planet Rockstock, Trecco Bay, Wales
26-28th Nov – WinterStorm, Troon, Scotland
Quotes:
“Everything about Empyre’s beguiling music is colossal sounding” – Planet Rock
“Empyre … sound slick, vast and like the music was written with the help of an architectural blueprint for an arena” – Kerrang!
“Empyre have become masters at taking the formula for British atmospheric rock and infusing it with their arena-ready signature sound” – Guitar World
“No stage is too big for these guys” – BBC Introducing
EMPYRE is:
Henrik Steenholdt – Vocals & rhythm guitar
Did Coles – Lead guitar
Grant Hockley – Bass
Elliot Bale – Drums
Socials & Website:
Website: www.empyre.co.uk
Facebook: www.facebook.com/EMPYRE
YouTube: www.youtube.com/empyrerock
Instagram: www.instagram.com/empyrerock
Streaming Services: https://awal.lnk.to/selfaware
