Confirmed for Wizzfest in Belgium

With the promise of some high quality Belgian beer & not least the opportunity to play Belgium for the first time, we're delighted to announce we're to play Wizzfest in 2010. 20th February in Aalter, East Flanders. Cracking little line-up of bands, including Verax who are also travelling over from the UK & the headline band Wizzard, from Belgium, who coincidentally are touring the UK this month. Looking forward to this already - the home of Stella Artois & so much more....

Confirmed for Mosh4Dosh charity event @ The Rigger

We're proud to be confirmed as the headline band on the Saturday of this event which is for an extremely worthy cause - the Douglas MacMillan Cancer Hospice. There's some great bands playing over the entire weekend. We play 24th April (2010!) & it'll be great to return as we're long overdue at the excellent Rigger which holds happy memories for the band as one of the very first support gigs we played with Blaze Bayley dating back to early 2008 (if we remember rightly). Ticket details to be available soon.

VR Tour extended .... again!

We've updated the gig schedule at http://www.furyuk.com/ to show the latest info & it's somehow fitting that the final date of the VR Tour will be the gig which was the opening night of the Blaze Bayley tour - Hark To Towler, Bury. So, needless to say we expect one hell of an end of tour party! There will be one or two more dates to add, including a return to Hobbits, Weston-super-Mare which we hope to confirm in the next couple of days but meanwhile here's the rundown :-

July
15th : MFN Club, Shipley Gate
16th : King Edward VII, Blackpool
24th : Whittles, Oldham
25th : Old Isaacs, Atherton
30th : Bootleggers, Kendal
August
1st : Bridge Rats MCC "Rat Pack Rally", Halifax
2nd : Sawyers, Kettering
4th : Axe & Cleaver, Boston
5th : Purple Turtle, Camden Town, London
6th : Grand Central, Manchester
7th : Trillians, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
8th : The Bulldog Bash Biker Festival, Stratford-upon-Avon
27th : The 12 Bar, Swindon
29th : HA Club, Cadishead, Manchester
September
4th : Yardbirds Club, Grimsby
5th : Hall Cross Rock Bar, Doncaster
12th : The Cricketers, Shaw, Oldham
19th : Hark To Towler, Bury, Gtr Manchester

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Hail!

Fury UK

Bideford & Oswestry

Travelling as we do, we get used to putting a few miles in, but last weekend was quite a biggie. Setting off from our native Manchester early on Friday morning we made our way down to Bideford, Devon. Felt a bit like going on holiday really, especially when we arrived to find Bideford is a very nice little seaside town, with the hot sunny weather adding to that summer holiday feeling. After squeezing our van down some very small cobbled streets we got into the venue (Palladium Club), greeted by promoter Ray & set about the usual load-in & soundchecks, with one eye on the tennis semi-final as Andy Murray made his exit from Wimbledon. We're not really into tennis but the locals seemed engrossed so we entered into the spirit.

The local support band was Hailing Star who did a fine job, also bringing a bus-load who shouted & supported their guys' set with great passion & enthusiasm, & rightly so. So we had our work cut out & glad to say we had a great response from their fans & the excellent support from Blaze's fans that we've been grateful for on this tour. Thanks everyone for the support & promoter Ray for the great welcome. On the way back to the Travelodge we were hooked in by a local kebab-house & Martin tucked into some pretty hot chilli sauce on his 'bab.... let's just say, there were repercussions the next day ;)

Leaving the seaside in ultra-hot conditions again, we made our way to Oswestry, very close to the border of England & North Wales, to play the outdoor Rock n Ride Music Festival (formerly known as Oswestry Music Live). Another long trip & we arrived around 3pm, with our headlining set-time planned for 4.30pm. It was cloudy when we arrived (no, this isn't a weather forecast but just setting the scene!), & within 20 minutes or so the heavens opened & the band playing before us (called Queensbury) took the stage in a torrential downpour. The festival square had all but emptied which was extremely unfair on Queensbury who'd made the long trip up from Swansea but on the other hand you couldn't blame everyone 'cos it really was bouncing down. Queensbury made the best of a very difficult situation (great singer by-the-way), & we started to prepare for our set, thinking this was going to be a wash-out. However, we were blessed as the rain stopped, the clouds parted & the hot sun came streaming through again. The square filled up as we got started & ended up a really good gig. Thanks to Keith for booking us, looking after us, thanks to all who supported us & to Liz from the Golden Lion who very kindly guided us to her pub (very cool place) & fed us free of charge. Big thanks also to our labelmates Decadenze for sharing their drum kit & very sorry we didn't arrive in time to see your set a little earlier in the day - we bad! Thank you Oswestry & thank you God for blessing us with sunshine!

We have a few days now before we travel down south again, to play the White Rabbit, Plymouth on Friday & then back up North of course for the amazing-looking SOS Festival in Manchester on Saturday. Have you got your tickets yet? - here's the place to go to get your tickets





Hail! people of the UK! We're very happy to be getting around the country & to meet so many of you. Big thanks to you all.

Cheers!

Fury UK

Latest 9/10 review of "VR"

"VR, a true metal gem that brings Dream Theater and Iron Maiden to mind, with tempo
changes galore, galloping bass lines, harmonized guitars, and well..just class .... Outpost (possibly the best power ballad I've heard in years!) ....If you like traditional metal with a contemporary edge, with great songs played by talented and passionate musicians then you'll love this album! Check it out, buy it, and support a great British band. 9/10" (Glitzine)

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VR Tour extended : Swindon date added

We're very pleased to say we'll be returning to The 12 Bar, Swindon on 27th August. That is one of our favourite gigs from the Blaze Bayley tour so to include that on our forthcoming VR Tour is excellent for us.

Tickets just £3 in advance / £5 on the door. Visit the venue website HERE where ticket purchase details will be available later on today.

Hail!

Fury UK

Pre-order "VR" album from HMV, £9.99, FREE delivery

HMV have our "VR" album available for pre-order now for just £9.99 & UK delivery free.

Click this link to check it out :-

With stunning artwork by Mark Wilkinson (who's also done album covers for Judas Priest, Marillion & many others).


Here's a few extracts from recent reviews of "VR" :-

"Chris is clearly a talented singer & guitarist combined .... influences are clear, from early Black Sabbath through to early Iron Maiden, they are still able to bring these styles up to date and provide that modern missing link that fans of the above have been waiting for."

"imagine early Metallica and Megadeth but fronted by Whitfield Crane of Ugly Kid Joe fame .... and let’s face it Crane unlike Hetfield and Mustaine could actually sing .... Throw in lyrics I am lead to believe Ronnie James Dio would have been proud of and you have VR." (reader's rating 10 out of 10).

"big riffs wrapped around a powerful vocal & thumping rhythm section .... an outstanding slice of metal"

Thanks a lot.

Hail!

Fury UK