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Saxon Live Performances & More

Tuesday, 07 February 2012

Hi everybody,

Everyone is working hard to get the ball rolling for another successful year ahead!

The band has already locked themselves into the studio and started to write new material for a new album.

Saxon at Metalfest Germany 2011 © Kai Swillus / Epigraphics

Furthermore, nobody could keep their feet still and we are happy to announce that we will be supporting Judas Priest not only in London on 26th May, but also in the Antwerp - Lotto Arena on May 23rd and at the Kerkrade Arena on May 24th.

In addition to that, we have confirmed the Metal Open Air in São Luís for the 22nd of April! After having such a great time past October in South America we couldn’t wait to come back!
Tickets are available at Ticket Brazil (www.ticketbrasil.com.br) and on the website of METAL OPEN AIR (www.metalopenair.com).

During the three days of METAL OPEN AIR, fans across the country will be able to watch performances of twenty of the most important bands in worldwide heavy metal and twenty of the most talented Brazilian heavy metal bands.

All information about bands, ticket prices, camping and other issues are on the official website.

We also confirmed these two other festivals:

30.07.2012 NL Steenwijkerwold - Dicky Woodstock Festival 2012
03.08.2012 DE Geiselwind - Bike & Music Weekend 2012

Watch the tour dates section for a complete list of tour dates and watch out for updates!

SAXON

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Happy Birthday Nigel!

Tuesday, 24 January 2012

We would all like to wish Nigel a Happy Birthday today.

Judging by this photo, it would seem that Nigel and friends were enjoying themselves at the NAMM show in LA last week.

Saxon & Crew

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Blog from Biff

Tuesday, 17 January 2012

Hi,

we are sending out positive thoughts and strength to Tony Iomi: riff master general .

Further we confirmed to appear as special guests for Judas Priest at Hammersmith Apollo on 26th May. Watch out for updates as more dates may come up.

Biff

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Hello Everybody and Happy New Year!

Friday, 13 January 2012

We hope you all had a marvelous Christmas and a fantastic New Years Eve.

We had such a great year in 2011 and we would like to thank every single one of you who made this year one of our most successful years ever. Our World tour and album release was a blast, we enjoyed every minute of it.

Also, our social network sites are going very well and we are happy to have made more than 40.000 friends on Facebook in just one year!!!

Saxon at Markthalle Hamburg © Kai Swillus / Epigraphics

Everyone is already working behind the scenes and the band will be entering the studio at the end of January to begin writing the new album. This will be our main focus. We are looking at a release date of either autumn 2012 or early 2013.

Of course we will also be playing at some festivals this year. We are happy to announce that we have confirmed 2 festivals in Germany: Rock In Den Ruinen and the mighty Wacken Open Air! There are more to come!

We will keep you updated about our plans and working status and wish you all the best for the upcoming year.

SAXON

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Vote for Saxon!

Tuesday, 10 January 2012

The Polish website metalnews.pl has nominated Biff Byford for vocalist of the year 2011 and Nigel Glockler for drummer of the year 2011.

Saxon - Pure Fucking Metal Award Everyone with an active Facebook account can place their vote until January 24^th, just click the "like" tab under the picture of your choice.

Vocalist of the year: http://www.metalnews.pl/pfma2011-wokalista-roku-2011
Drummer of the year: http://www.metalnews.pl/pfma2011-perkusista-roku-2011

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Hi from Biff

Monday, 02 January 2012

Did the last show of Call To Arms world tour on Tuesday. Last Night went to see Rock of Ages in London. Fantastic show. All of the cast were on top form – the singing was spot on. Hats off to them all, every night plus matinees is hard-core. Went backstage to meet the cast and got to meet up with Justin Lee Collins. I didn't know he could sing and dance so well.