TOKYO BLADE: More Tour Dates Announced

July 9, 2008

Reactivated NWOBHM legends TOKYO BLADE have scheduled the following tour dates:

Aug. 23 - Leyendas Del Rock Festival - Muncia, Spain
Nov. 15 - Keep it True Festival - Würzburg, Germany
Nov. 14 - Clive Aid - London, England
Nov. 16 - Mylos Complex - Xyloyrgeio, Thessaloniki, Greece
Nov. 18 - The Underworld Club - Athens, Greece
Nov. 21 - Motorockas Club - Como, Italy
Nov. 22 - Stonehedge Pub - Verona, Italy
Nov. 23 - True Metal Festival - Bologna, Italy

The band is currently in rehearsal for its first show in Europe in over a decade at the Leyendas Del Rock Festival in Madrid, Spain (also featuring SAXON and UFO, among many others). The group also plans to schedule some warm-up shows in the Detroit, Michigan area shortly.

In other news, founding TOKYO BLADE guitarist Andy Boulton will release his first solo album through Razar Ice Records this summer. Entitled "Why Me?", the CD will feature Andy handling all the instumentation as well as the vocals. According to a press release, this LP "will display Andy's skills with instrumental passages, some blues and, as always, some TOKYO BLADE-styled metal."

"Why Me?" track listing:

01. Bleed
02. Rip It Up
03. Dogs of War
04. The Big Sleep
05. Viva
06. Out of Reach
07. Superstition
08. Friends
09. Cryin'
10. Never Had a Chance
11. All We Want

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