Europe Kick-Off 'Balls And Banners' UK Tour Next Month & Tickets
Thursday, 06 January 2011
Written by Jon Stickler
Scandanavian rock band Europe will return to the UK next month for their Balls N' Banners 2011 tour.
Following their knockout performance at last year's iTunes Festival in London and their appearance at this year's Sonisphere Festival, Sweden's biggest hard rock band will undertake a nationwide UK tour in February 2011 (their first since 2010's Last Look At Eden tour).
The tour follows last year's critically acclaimed new studio album 'Last Look At Eden' which features the singles 'New Love In Town' and the majestic title track.
Best known for their 1986 smash anthem 'The Final Countdown,' the Swedish rockers received unanimous praise for a heavier bluesy, hip-shaking metal sound, and performed at festivals around the globe during last summer, including the UK's own iTunes and Sonisphere Festivals.
Europe vocalist Joey Tempest believes that it is the strength of the band's last album that is responsible for their current success - "You can't make this stuff up! Our latest CD 'Last Look At Eden' has really turned things around for us."
Continues Tempest, "You have to remember. We're just five punks who grew up in the suburbs of Stockholm listening to British rock. Now here we are playing the iTunes festival and Sonisphere... It's absolutely mind-blowing."
"We're gonna bring something very special when we return to the UK in February 2011, we're having the time of our lives right now and the audience will experience a Europe-camp that's ON FIRE!"
Support comes from Voodoo Johnson and you can catch Europe On Tour in 2011 at the following UK venues:
Thursday 17th February - Glasgow O2 ABC
Friday 18th February - Birmingham O2 Academy
Saturday 19th February - London O2 Shepherds Bush Empire
Monday 21st February - Oxford O2 Academy
Tuesday 22nd February - Bournemouth O2 Academy
Wednesday 23rd February - Bristol O2 Academy
Friday 25th February - Manchester Academy 2
Saturday 26th February - Leeds O2 Academy
Sunday 27th February - Newcastle O2 Academy
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