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BRITISH LION , the side project of IRON MAIDEN bassist and founder Steve Harris , will embark on an 11-date tour of the U.K. in January 2023.

The full list of dates :

Jan. 06 - Queens Hall, Nuneaton Jan. 07 - Leadmill, Sheffield Jan. 08 - The Garage, Glasgow Jan. 10 - Brickyard, Carlisle Jan. 11 - Parish, Huddersfield Jan. 13 - Sin City, Swansea Jan. 14 - Chinnerys, Southend Jan. 15 - Concorde 2, Brighton Jan. 17 - The Booking Hall, Dover Jan. 18 - Islington Assembly Hall, London Jan. 19 - Epic Studios, Norwich

Special guests at all shows will be CONEY HATCH . It will mark the long-running Canadian band's first-ever U.K. tour (aside from a couple of one-off shows at Nottingham Firefest in 2011 and 2014) and featuring three members of the original 1980s lineup: bass player and vocalist Andy Curran , lead vocalist and guitarist Carl Dixon and drummer Dave Ketchum , along with guitarist Sean Kelly , who joined the band in 2018. Additional support on the tour will come from AIRFORCE .

Harris comments: "We're excited to be touring the U.K. again, especially as we'll be visiting many places we've not had a chance to play before. It's fantastic that we've got long-time friends CONEY HATCH coming over from Canada to join us. We had great fun when they were our special guests on the BRITISH LION Canadian shows in 2018. And we're happy to have our old mates AIRFORCE back out on the road with us too. Everyone is really looking forward to this tour and we can't wait to see everyone."

BRITISH LION last played live in the U.K. at this year's Download festival to a packed Dogtooth Stage following a headline pub and club tour of late 2021.

In October 2021, BRITISH LION withdrew from a U.K. tour with THE DARKNESS , citing "completely unacceptable" tour "protocols."

BRITISH LION 's second album, "The Burning" , came out in January 2020 in digipack CD, double gatefold vinyl and digital download formats via Explorer1 Music ( E1 ). The LP was recorded, engineered and mixed at Barnyard Studios by Tony Newton and produced by Steve Harris .

BRITISH LION 's first U.S. tour took place in January and February 2020.

BRITISH LION comprises singer Richard Taylor , guitarists David Hawkins and Grahame Leslie , Harris on bass and keyboards, and drummer Simon Dawson .

Asked by the Tampa Bay Times what the itch is that BRITISH LION scratches that he doesn't get in his job with MAIDEN , Harris said: "I suppose playing small clubs and being close and personal with the audience. I love playing big places as well. I enjoy them all, and I'm very lucky that I can do them all. But also, it's clubs that I never played with MAIDEN , even in Europe. There's a famous club called the Milky Way in Amsterdam, which I managed to play with BRITISH LION , but I never did that with MAIDEN . There's places that I'm playing on [the U.S.] tour that I've never played before. So it's all new ground. It's a challenge. It's nice. I like a challenge."

In a 2020 interview with Bass Player magazine, Harris said that he loves playing small clubs. "I'm very lucky that I can play all types of gigs; massive gigs and small ones as well," he said. "It's a change. I'm not trying to conquer the world with this band; there's not enough years left in me to do that anyway."

Asked if the different venues present a different set of challenges, Steve said: "I actually think it should be the same, whether you're playing for 200 or 200,000 people, you know. To me, there's no difference. You still give 110 percent wherever you're playing. We had one gig where the promoter just didn't do [anything]. I think we had, like, 95 people in there, but it was still a great gig, one of the best of the tour. It doesn't matter. We're still going for it, and I was proud that we went out there. It was fantastic."

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LIONS TOUR TO AUSTRALIA 2025

It was their first series win since 1997 and went to the deciding Test match in Sydney in front of the one of the biggest British & Irish Lions crowds ever.

The Tour to Australia in 2013 was a memorable journey across one of the most beautiful countries in the world and was a crowning glory for head coach Warren Gatland.

This was the Lions’ first Tour to Australia since 2001 and under the captaincy of Sam Warburton, they got off to a winning start in Brisbane. George North scored one of the greatest Lions Test tries of all time in a nervy victory in front of thousands of Lions fans.

Ahead of the second Test in Melbourne, Australia was awash with red as fans soaked up the delights of the Whitsunday Islands, Cairns, the Gold Coast, Uluru and much more. The Wallabies ground their way to victory to level the series and take four years of work down to the final 80 minutes in Sydney.

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British Lion Announce Winter 2023 UK Headline Tour

British Lion are delighted to announce an 11 date tour of the UK in January 2023.

Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased here . The full list of dates are as follows: 

Jan 06 - Queens Hall, Nuneaton (SOLD OUT) Jan 07 - Leadmill, Sheffield  Jan 08 - The Garage, Glasgow  Jan 10 - Brickyard, Carlisle (SOLD OUT) Jan 11 - Parish, Huddersfield  Jan 13 - Sin City, Swansea  Jan 14 - Chinnerys, Southend (SOLD OUT) Jan 15 - Concorde 2, Brighton  Jan 17 - The Booking Hall, Dover  Jan 18 - Islington Assembly Hall, London  Jan 19 - Epic Studios, Norwich 

Voodoo Six will be special guests on the tour with support coming from Airforce. 

Steve Harris comments, 

“We’re excited to be touring the UK again especially as we’ll be visiting many places we’ve not had a chance to play before. We're happy to have our old mates Voodoo Six & Airforce back out on the road with us too. Everyone is really looking forward to this tour and we can’t wait to see everyone.” 

Watch the new live video for 'Legend' here.

British Lion last played live in the UK at this year’s Download Festival to a packed Dogtooth Stage* following a headline pub & club tour of late 2021. Their second album  The Burning  was released by Warner Music (Explorer1 Music in the US) in January 2020. 

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British Lion, the side project of the Iron Maiden founder, bassist and main lyricist Steve Harris announced new 2023 tour dates.

The shows will happen next May, June and July in Slovenia, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Poland, France, Germany, Ireland, England, Netherlands, Italy and Spain. The will have as opening acts on selected dates the abdns Airforce, Stray and DarkTribe.

“We just had a brilliant time on the January UK tour and it’s great to be heading out again in 2023. I’m really looking forward to both Summer tours this year!” Steve Harris said in an official statement.

Formed in 2012 released two studio albums: “British Lion” (2012) and “The Burning” (2020). The band’s current line-up has: Steve Harris (Bass), Richard Taylor (Vocals), David Hawkins (Guitar, keyboards), Grahame Leslie (Guitar) and Simon Dawson (Drums).

Curiously, the British Lion and Iron Maiden tour will happen almost at the same time. Harris will play with Lion one or two days before Iron Maiden in many cities of the tour. He also will have the opportunity to perform with British Lion and Maiden at the same festivals.

British Lion 2023 tour dates

• 27 – Cvetlicarna, Ljubljana – Slovenia (DarkTribe as opening act)
• 2 – Pakkahuone, Tampere – Finland (DarkTribe as opening act)
• 6 – Ole Bull Scene, Bergen – Norway (DarkTribe as opening act)
• 8 – Sweden Rock, Solvesborg – Sweden 12 – Kamienna 12, Krakow – Poland (DarkTribe as opening act)
• 16 – Hellfest, Clisson – France
• 20 – Capitol, Hannover – Germany (DarkTribe as opening act)
• 23 – Opium, Dublin – Ireland (AirForce as opening act)
• 29 – Rebellion, Manchester – England (Stray as opening act)
• 2 – Rescue Rooms, Nottingham – England (Stray as opening act)
• 10 – Q Factory, Amsterdam – Netherlands (AirForce as opening act)
• 14 – Legend, Milan – Italy (AirForce as opening act)
• 19 – Garaje Beat Club, Murcia – Spain (AirForce as opening act)
• 24 – FZW, Dortmund – Germany (DarkTribe as opening act)
• 30 – Backstage Halle, Munich – Germany (DarkTribe as opening act)

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