FUAGH A BALLAH (Clear the way), Black Star Riders (BSR) has released their fifth, tub-thumping, balls-fresh, heavy riffing new album ‘Wrong Side of Paradise’. Black Star Riders are the offshoot band of Thin Lizzy, fronted by Ricky Warwick. Warwick set out to sustain ‘Lizzy’s reputation whilst delivering a fresh …
Read More »BLACK STAR RIDERS NEW ALBUM and 10th ANNIVERSARY TOUR IN FEBRUARY 2023
Following the announcement of their forthcoming studio album Wrong Side Of Paradise, masters of anthemic rock ‘n’ roll Black Star Riders return with their 10-year anniversary tour! Frontman Ricky Warwick comments: “Rock’n’Roll is my lover, friend, enemy, ally, religion and saviour. Rock’n’Roll is my life. Christian Martucci and the late Todd Youth wrote …
Read More »Black Star Riders – New Single “Pay Dirt”
BLACK STAR RIDERS ANNOUNCE NEW SINGLE PAY DIRT OUT ON 7TH SEPTEMBER 2022 LISTEN TO SINGLE HERE NEW ALBUM: WRONG SIDE OF PARADISE OUT ON 20TH JANUARY 2023 10th ANNIVERSARY TOUR IN FEBRUARYFollowing the announcement of their forthcoming studio album Wrong Side Of Paradise, masters of anthemic rock ‘n’ roll Black Star Riders are thrilled to announce the second single taken from the …
Read More »Black Star Riders – Announce New Single/Video “Candidate For Heartbreak”
New Single Candidate For Heartbreak Out Now Watch Lyric Video Here New Album: Another State Of Grace Out Now “This is Black Star Riders best work yet.” – Mojo “Another State Of Grace shows there is still life beyond Lizzy.” – Classic Rock “Courage and empathy, allied to superior song-writing, makes BSR a band …
Read More »STONEDEAD FESTIVAL 2020
The first wave of bands announced for Stonedead 2020 STONEDEAF PRODUCTIONS LTD PROUDLY PRESENTS Black Star Riders plus special guests (TBA) and Tyketto, Kris Barras Band, Blaze Bayley, Tygers of Pan Tang, Myke Gray featuring Kim Jennett and the Opening Poll winner (TBA) NEWARK SHOWGROUND SATURDAY, 29 AUGUST 2020 Stonedead …
Read More »Black Star Riders – Re-Signs New Worldwide Deal With Nuclear Blast Entertainment
RE-SIGNS NEW WORLDWIDE DEAL WITH NUCLEAR BLAST ENTERTAINMENT Off the back of the extremely successful album “Heavy Fire” and UK/European tour, Black Star Riders are pleased to announce a new worldwide deal with Nuclear Blast Entertainment. Formed in 2012, Black Star Riders signed their first contract with Nuclear Blast …
Read More »Black Star Riders Release Fifth Trailer for ‘Heavy Fire’
Black Star Riders Release Fifth Trailer for ‘Heavy Fire’ BLACK STAR RIDERS are set to release their forthcoming album Heavy Fire on the 3rd of February via Nuclear Blast Entertainment. Today, the band unveil the fifth video trailer in which Damon Johnson, Ricky Warwick and Scott Gorham discuss some of their early influences and favourite bands and …
Read More »Black Star Riders Release Fourth Trailer for ‘Heavy Fire’
Black Star Riders Release Fourth Trailer for ‘Heavy Fire’ BLACK STAR RIDERS are set to release their forthcoming album Heavy Fire on the 3rd of February 2017 via Nuclear Blast Entertainment. In anticipation of this release, the band have unveiled a fourth video in which Damon Johnson, Ricky Warwick and Scott Gorham discuss how the album’s title track …
Read More »Black Star Riders – Acoustic Show at PMT, Manchester: 13th March 2015
I’ve been very lucky recently, in that last month a friend won tickets to see Thunder play an acoustic show at PMT (which stands for Professional Musical Technology) store in Manchester and then only last week another friend, Arwel, won tickets for the Black Star Riders acoustic show at the …
Read More »Black Star Riders – The Killer Instinct (Second Opinion)
Internationally acclaimed music legends Black Star Riders‘s ten track “second album, The Killer Instinct, is released via Nuclear Blast. Produced by Nick Raskulinecz (Foo Fighters, Mastodon, Rush), The Killer Instinct is hard rock in the classic tradition.” In 2012, the band was formed, and contains three former members of Thin Lizzy: …
Read More »Black Star Riders – The Killer Instinct (First Opinion)
When Damon Johnson and Ricky Warwick were writing their previous album, All Hell Breaks Loose, they were unsure whether it was going to be a Thin Lizzy album or something else, something that rose from the ashes of Lizzy. This time around, and with a couple of years of playing as Black Star …
Read More »Black Star Riders – Limelight 1, Belfast – 15 December 2013
Slightly more than a year ago, the curtain came down on the long and storied career of the mighty Thin Lizzy, when the band played their penultimate gig on Irish soil as they bade farewell to touring and prepared to launch a new identity through which to progress the Lizzy …
Read More »Western Sand – Interview with Tyler and Nathan
Bournemouth rock revivalists Western Sand have just finished a lengthy UK tour opening for Black Star Riders – a bill which also featured the all-star ensemble known as The Dead Daisies. As the tour concluded in Belfast, PlanetMosh grabbed a chat with vocalist Tyler Hains and drummer Nathan J Kay …
Read More »Joey Tempest, Europe interview – October 2013
I spoke to Europe singer Joey Tempest ahead of the release next week of the band’s new live DVD release – Live at Sweden Rock: 30th Anniversary show. Planetmosh: In June you headlined Sweden Rock festival in front of 30,000 fans. That performance is now being released on CD and …
Read More »Black Star Riders – All Hell Breaks Loose
Back in 2002, a guest appearance by Scott Gorham on the title track of ex-Almighty main man Ricky Warwick’s debut solo album “Tattoos and Alibis” may have gone unnoticed by many. To those who took note, there was a notable spark, and a creative seed was sown deep in the …
Read More »Scott Gorham, Black Star Riders interview – London, 4th April 2013
I spoke to Scott Gorham, long-term member of Thin Lizzy, and now Black Star Riders, to talk about why they decided to change their name to record a new album, to talk about the album itself, tour plans and more. Black star riders interview …
Read More »Thin Lizzy + Trucker Diablo @ Limelight 1, Belfast – Wednesday December 12th 2012
It’s a discussion which has been held in bar rooms up and down the land – and, indeed, on these very pages: the merits and demerits of what happens after an iconic band loses one of its pivotal members – and particularly someone in turn as iconic as their frontman. …
Read More »Thin Lizzy – Belsonic, Custom House Square, Belfast – 18 August 2012
The setting for this evening’s unofficial ‘homecoming’ – and Thin Lizzy’s first outdoor festival gig in Belfast – is a man made auditorium, close by the River Lagan, with apartment blocks to the front and side of the stage, the density of which looms over the normally imposing edifice of …
Read More »Thin Lizzy 6 album box set.
June 11th 2012 marks the re-release of 6 classic Thin Lizzy studio albums in box set form. All were originally put out by Vertigo between 1974 – 1979 but the box set will be out on Mercury Records via Universal Music. Thin Lizzy were formed in Dublin 1969. Two of …
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