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The jaunt is in support of their new album ‘Weapons’
Lostprophets have announced the release of
their brand new album ‘Weapons’ and their first headline UK tour in two
years.
The new album is released on April 2nd and is followed by a 14
date tour of the UK and Ireland culminating with a show at London’s O2
Academy Brixton.
It’s been two years since the Welsh sextet released their fourth studio
album, ‘The Betrayed’ (January 2010). Two very hectic years. After
triumphant tours across the UK and Europe on which they played in front
of tens of thousands of people, Kerrang! Magazine bestowed the
prestigious ‘Classic Songwriters Award’ on the band, and it was time for
Lostprophets to remind the world just how deserved that honour was.
Before the writing and recording process for fifth album, 'Weapons',
could begin, 2010 needed to be closed out with a series of big
experiences. As has become the norm, Lostprophets wowed the massive
Reading and Leeds main stage crowd. They then went on to steal the show
at Belfast's Belsonic Festival and about a month later, were asked to
participate in the opening ceremony for the Ryder Cup at Cardiff's
Millennium Stadium.
Immediately following the Ryder Cup festivities, the band decamped to a
private home in Norfolk for an initial round of writing. After Norfolk,
Lostprophets moved back to the more familiar turf of Los Angeles to work
on developing their existing ideas and creating even more monstrous
ones. Studio work began in February 2011 at LA’s NRG Studios. Now, as
2012 kicks off, the band is ready to share their work with the world.
Lostprophets is a band whose members have known each other since their
school days in Pontypridd, South Wales, a group that were friends long
before they became bandmates and colleagues. Through their four previous
albums – 2000’s ‘fakesoundofprogress’, 2004’s ‘Start Something’, 2006’s
number one ‘Liberation Transmission’ and last year’s ‘The Betrayed’ –
the sextet have risen from the clubs of England to the stages of Wembley
and other impressive arenas. Almost by stealth, the band have grown,
both in songwriting and success, stacking up a dozen or so top 40
singles and selling over 2 million albums worldwide. They have become
one of the UK’s biggest rock bands without compromise or flirting with
musical fashions, instead choosing to stick with what they believe in
and constantly striving to do better, more creatively challenging
things.
Tickets costing £22.50 and £25 in London go on sale from 9am this coming Friday (27th January) via Aloud.com.
Catch Lostprophets at the following shows:
APRIL 2012:
Dublin Olympia - Sun 15th
Belfast Ulster Hall - Mon 16th
Liverpool O2 Academy - Thu 19th
Manchester Academy - Fri 20th
Leeds O2 Academy - Sat 21st
Birmingham O2 Academy - Mon 23rd
Aberdeen Music Hall - Tue 24th
Glasgow O2 Academy - Wed 25th
Newcastle O2 Academy - Fri 27th
Cardiff Motorpoint Arena - Sat 28th
Nottingham Rock City - Mon 30th
May 2012:
Cambridge Corn Exchange - Tue 1st
Southampton Guildhall - Wed 2nd
London O2 Academy Brixton - Fri 4th
WIN WIN WIN!
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