Back on the road / Getting ready for Blaze

After taking January & February off to record a new album "VR", Fury UK is back on the road in March & April, previewing some material from the album (release date 5th May) & warming up for the UK tour with former Iron Maiden frontman Blaze Bayley.

The band has just started discussions for a debut video, to help promote the "VR" album, & the website & MySpace have both been revamped, to match the theme of the awesome album artwork done for us by Mark Wilkinson, who has worked before with the likes of Judas Priest & Marillion. Here's also the March & April dates. We're looking forward to seeing you out there.

Fury UK "VR" : album update / website redesign

Hi all, can't believe it's about a month since we last blogged!

The album's recorded & mixed, ready for mastering. We're pretty excited about everything & of course hope all you guys out there are going to like it as much as we do.

Release date for the album is 5th May, nicely timed for the start of our UK tour with Blaze Bayley on 2nd May.

The front cover artwork design for the new album has been done by a guy called Mark Wilkinson. He's done an amazing job for us & the band's website has been given an overhaul & now all fits the "VR" design. Previously Mark's worked with bands such as Judas Priest & Marillion, quality! Take a look at our website, see what yer reckon?!

www.furyuk.com

As we said we're pretty cranked about the album & tour dates. We reckon we've achieved the main objective which was to record an album which gives a more accurate idea of what the band is like playing live. The album will be available at all the usual hotspots including the almost world-dominant HMV, plus independent stores, plus online at HMV.com, Amazon.co.uk, Play.com. We'll let you know when pre-orders are available.

Thanks everyone. More news soon.

Cheers,

Fury UK

Studio update : new album "VR"

Hi everyone. Incredibly this is the first chance we've been able to grab to update you on our progress in the studio. We started recording "VR" on 2nd January & apart from the occasional & customary technical glitch, we've successfully recorded the majority of parts for the 10 tracks.

We go back to the studio this coming week for around 4 days to hopefully complete our work then all will be ready for mixing & mastering. We're excited about the way the new songs developed in the studio & can't wait to get things properly ready for our planned release date at the beginning of May, hopefully more or less in time for the start of UK tour with Blaze Bayley.

It's strange to have no gigs currently but that's exactly as we planned it & we're enjoying the rest & just a few beers ;) Chris was seen last night at a couple of our favourite haunts (Grand Central & Hark To Towler) & we hear made a FULL night of it! Well done, mate!

More news soon.

Cheers!

Fury UK

Fury UK confirmed for Rock of Ages Fest 2009

Earlybird tickets are credit-crunched to a mere £5.00 (single day) & £10.00 (weekend) & will be available from the band very soon. Email us at roaf@furyuk.com for details.

NYE at the White Hart

Well, a happy new year to all of you rockers out there, and we hope you all had a very merry christmas & new year. Hopefully, you had as good a time as us, especially as we had brilliant gigs at Hark To Towler (Bury) on 27th December, then the White Hart (Burnley) on New Years Eve. We had a bit of fun at Burnley as (surprisingly) were given some blow up guitars, so we rocked out with them, also putting on party hats which our drummer Martin loved to wear ;). A big fun way to see off 2008 & welcome in the new year.

So.... 2009 is here, and it shall be a superb one I believe. Although we take the 1st 2 months off the road we then get busy with our usual touring commitments, in addition to the recent news of our tour with Blaze Bayley, plus of course we are hoping to hit the festivals again in the Summer, with 2 confirmed already. We're busy right up to the end of the year when NYE 2009 will see us in Bolton at the Butchers Arms - it may be a little early notice but come on down and have a party, haha!

There's lots of things to happen between now & then, & as most of you know 1st up for is recording our new album "VR". The songs are written - 9 brand new tracks, plus 1 old favourite. Although none of the new songs have been played live, we've been rehearsing them for a while now, so we're ready!

We'll try to keep you up-to-date with our work in the studio.

Cya later

Luke

UK Tour : with Blaze Bayley!

Well, as we come towards the close of 2008, with our final run of 3 gigs, tonight at Brewery Tap, Bradford, tomorrow at Hark To Towler, Bury & NYE at the White Hart, Burnley, we're set to finish the year on a high with our latest news :-

Fury UK is to support the former Iron Maiden frontman Blaze Bayley on his UK tour in May/June 2009. The details are already entered on our gig listings at www.furyuk.com & www.myspace.com/furyuk. There's 24 dates in-all starting 1st May & ending 27th June, across Newcastle, Manchester, Birmingham, London, Southampton, Swansea & many more. The length & breadth of England & Wales. Our good friends & label-mates Decadenze are playing the Scottish leg of the tour in Dumfries, Aberdeen & Glasgow.

We've played 4 gigs with Blaze Bayley before & always had a great time in such cool company, also making new friends & fans along the way. This is a fantastic opportunity for us, with this UK tour booked & ready for our 2nd album "VR" due in May.

As bassist Luke says "I'm absolutely thrilled to be part of this tour involving a legend like Blaze Bayley & can't wait to get started". That sums it up. What an end to a fantastic year for us, thanks so much to everyone who has supported, helped, promoted us along the way. Roll on 2009!

Again, Merry Xmas & Happy New Year to you all.

Fury UK

xxx

Thank you Macclesfield!

We're on a roll it seems towards the end of what has been an amazing year for the band & last night was no exception with a fantastic reception from fans at the Nag's Head, Macclesfield. If the truth be told we encountered a few small technical difficulties behind the scenes but that seemed not to detract from the appreciation from the audience & in fact our own enjoyment of the gig. Bloody great! We played late, doing 2 encores, finally coming off stage at around 1.00am if our tired memory is correct. It was brilliant to see so many faces from our previous 2 visits & we also appreciate those of you that took the trouble to travel some distance to get to the gig, especially Craig who we know now from one of our Blaze Bayley supports in Stoke & of course, Rock of Ages Fest in Birmingham. After these recent gigs we're looking forward to the remaining end-of-year shows even more. Hope to see you at :-

Whittles, Oldham. 21st Dec.

The Brewery Tap, Bradford. Boxing Day.

Hark To Towler, Bury. 27th Dec.

New Years Eve. The White Hart, Burnley.

Fury UK

xxx