Last week, Kris Barras Band announced their intention to try to help save independent venue The Booking Hall in Dover, by booking a one-off show there this June to increase footfall and raise awareness of the plight facing the venue. The grassroots venue is at risk of permanent closure and now crowd-funding to buy their freehold with the support of the Music Venue Trust.
Fan reaction on social media was immediate, with fans promptly highlighting other small venues around the country who feature in touring calendars less often, who could also benefit.
While not able to play every venue fans sent messages about, Kris Barras Band is determined to at least hold gigs at some, and today announces a string of headlining tour dates in November & December 2024, deliberately venturing a little more off the beaten track.
UK Tour Dates 2024:
Wed 6th Nov – BRIGHTON The Arch
Thu 7th Nov – BURY ST EDMUNDS The Apex
Sat 9th Nov – LEICESTER O2 Academy
Sun 10th Nov – OXFORD O2 Academy
Wed 27th Nov – CHESTER Live Rooms
Fri 29th Nov – HOLMFIRTH Picturedome
Sat 30th Nov – LINCOLN Drill Hall
Sun 1st Dec – EXETER Phoenix
Special guests will be Scotland’s technicolour, Norse-inspired rockers North Atlas and The Nocturnal Affair from Las Vegas who opened for Kris Barras Band earlier this year, proving that what happens in Vegas, doesn’t always stay in Vegas!
In addition, Kris Barras Band will headline the Monsterfest in Inverness, Scotland on Friday 8th November.
Frontman Kris Barras says: “I’m really looking forward to this tour, the UK tour we just finished was just the time of my life, and I know these rooms, these stages, and these crowds will not disappoint either. We need our grassroots venues to not only survive but thrive, and help grow today’s newer bands into tomorrow’s festival headliners, so grab a ticket and come out and help us do our bit”.
Click here for tickets and further information.
A statement of their intent, in conjunction Kris Barras Band have today also shared a new official video for single “With You”, currently ratcheting up plays on radio stations around the country including Kerrang! Radio. The piledriving single includes the emotive line, “They won’t tear us down, I’m here to stay”.
The performance video comprises live clips and behind the scenes footage captured on their recent UK launch tour for new album “Halo Effect”, and features a number of UK independent venues, including The Garage in Glasgow, Torquay’s The Foundry, Southampton’s Engine Rooms, KK’s Steel Mill in Wolverhampton, and more. Watch the video below.
After the headline show at The Booking Hall in Dover next month, Kris Barras Band head to the Netherlands for two dates with Wolfgang Van Halen’s Mammoth WVH, performing in Nifmegen on June 30th and Weert on July 1st, with various festivals planned for the summer. Be quick to snap up the last remaining tickets for their special headline show at Chepstow Castle in Wales on August 15, 2024 – with support from Stone Broken, The Hot Damn!, and Dan Byrne – as it’s expected to be a not-to-be-missed, total sell out.
Line-up:
Kris Barras – Vocals, guitar
Josiah J. Manning – Guitar
Billy Hammett – Drums
Frazer Kerslake – Bass
Weblinks:
www.krisbarrasband.com
www.facebook.com/krisbarrasband
