BLACKBERRY SMOKE Announce 2022 UK tour Tickets On General Sale 9am Friday 4th June

BLACKBERRY SMOKE have announced a string of UK shows, as part of a full European tour in early 2022. The Atlanta, GA based band are set to bring their southern rockin’ sounds to these shores next February. Special guests on the tour are Nashville 4-piece, The Steel Woods. Full dates are detailed below.

Frontman & guitarist, Charlie Starr tells us, “We have been away too long, home too long, and it is past time to get back to the UK and Europe for some rock n’ roll shows with all of our brothers, sisters, friends and family there. We hope we see everyone out for these amazing shows!”

General on-sale is at at 9am local time on Friday June 4th, with selected pre-sales starting at 9am on Wednesday June 2nd and Thursday June 3rd. Pick up your tickets from https://www.blackberrysmoke.com/pages/tour.

Last week BLACKBERRY SMOKE released their hotly anticipated. seventh studio album, You Hear Georgia, via 3 Legged Records/Thirty Tigers. You can stream or purchase the album here, with a red/yellow marbled limited edition coloured vinyl edition exclusively available at UK indie stores, as well as various bundles and a red vinyl at the European D2C Store.

Across the collection’s ten new songs, BLACKBERRY SMOKE continue to embody their native Georgia’s rich musical legacy as they have for the past two decades, honouring the people, places and sounds of their home state. With the added skills of producer Dave Cobb, a fellow Georgian, the album illustrates the band’s deep respect for their roots.

You Hear Georgia also features special guest appearances from Jamey Johnson (on Lonesome For A Livin’) and Warren Haynes (All Rise Again), as well as background vocals from The Black Bettys. 

You Hear Georgia follows the release of 2018’s Find A Light, which debuted at #12 on the Official UK Album Chart. Released to wide critical acclaim, Guitar World declared the band “one of the hottest and most exciting acts around,” and Rolling Stone hailed the band as “part of a lineage that shares a love of Petty, the Allman Brothers Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Hank Williams Jr., able to ride an Americana vibe or peel off a stomping riff and tie it all together without a hint of pretense.” 

In addition to their work as musicians, BLACKBERRY SMOKE remain committed to charitable work and have raised nearly $500,000 to benefit children’s cancer research.

YOU HEAR GEORGIA track listing;

1. Live It Down 

2. You Hear Georgia 

3. Hey Delilah 

4. Ain’t The Same

5. Lonesome For A Livin’ (feat. Jamey Johnson)

6. All Rise Again (feat. Warren Haynes)

7. Old Enough To Know

8. Morningside

9. All Over The Road 

10. Old Scarecrow

BLACKBERRY SMOKE UK & EUROPE 2022 DATES

3rd Feb – BARCELONA, Spain – Razzmatazz

4th Feb – MADRID, Spain – Sala Riviera

6th Feb – ZURICH, Switzerland – Kaufleuten Festsaal

7th Feb – MILAN, Italy – Alcatraz

8th Feb – MUNICH, Germany – Backstage Werk

10th Feb – COLOGNE, Germany – Karlswerk Victoria

11th Feb – STUTTGART, Germany – LKA Longhorn

12th Feb – VIENNA, Austria – Flex

14th Feb – WIESBADEN, Germany – Schlachthof

16th Feb – BERLIN, Germany – Huxleys

18th Feb – STOCKHOLM, Sweden – Munchenbryggeriet

19th Feb – OSLO, Norway – Rockefeller

20th Feb – COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Amager Bio

22nd Feb – UTRECHT, Netherlands – Tivolivredenburg Ronda

23rd Feb – LEUVEN, Belgium – Het Depot

25th Feb – PARIS, France – Bataclan

27th Feb – BIRMINGHAM, England – O2 Academy

28th Feb – GLASGOW, Scotland – O2 Academy

2nd Mar – BELFAST, Northern Ireland – Telegraph Building

3rd Mar – DUBLIN, Ireland – Olympia

4th Mar – MANCHESTER, England – Academy

6th Mar – LONDON, England – Roundhouse

BLACKBERRY SMOKE are:

Charlie Starr – Lead vocals/Guitar

Paul Jackson – Guitar/B.vox

Richard Turner – Bass/B.vox

Brandon Still – Keyboards

Brit Turner – Drums/Percussion

Benji Shanks – Guitar

Preston Holcomb – Percussion

 

For more information, please visit the band’s website 

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