Black Rebel Motorcycle Club announce ‘Howl’ 20th anniversary UK and European tour

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club have announced a UK and European tour to mark the 20th anniversary of their album ‘Howl’.

• READ MORE: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – ‘Howl’ review

The San Francisco garage rockers made the announcement on their social media accounts on Monday (May 5), confirming 21 dates around the continent in November and December this year.

It kicks off in Copenhagen’s Den Gra Hal on November 18 and will include shows in Glasgow, Manchester, Leeds, Nottingham and Bristol before wrapping up in London’s Troxy on December 17.

Pre-sale for tickets begins on Wednesday (May 7) with the code BRMC25, with the general sale set to take place on Friday (May 9). Find your tickets here.

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“At long last we are pleased to finally announce the Howl 20th anniversary tour is coming to the UK and Europe at the end of this year!” the band wrote on Instagram.

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club will play: 

NOVEMBER 
18 – Copenhagen, DK, Den Gra Hal 
19 – Aarhus, DK, Train 
23 – Berlin, DE, Astra Kulturhaus 
24 – Munich, DE, Muffathalle 
26 – Milan, IT, Fabrique 
27 – Zurich, CH, X-TRA 
29 – Luxembourg City, LU, Den Atelier 
30 – Cologne, DE, Carlswerk Victoria 

DECEMBER 
2 – Rouen, FR, Le 106 
3 – Lyon, FR, Le Transbordeur 
4 – Nantes, FR, La Carriere 
6 – Antwerp, BE, De Roma 
7 – Liege, BE, OM 
8 – Amsterdam, NL, Paradiso 
9 – Paris, FR, Olympia 
11 – Glasgow, UK, 02 Academy 
12 – Manchester, UK, Academy 
13 – Leeds, UK, 02 Academy 
15 – Nottingham, UK, Rock City 
16 – Bristol, UK, 02 Academy 
17 – London, UK, Troxy 

‘Howl’ was BRMC’s third studio album, released in August 2005. It included the singles ‘Shuffle Your Feet’, ‘Ain’t No Easy Way’ and ‘Weight Of The World’, and it was notable for representing a move away from the band’s signature garage rock sound, embracing folk and Americana influences.

In their original review, NME noted: “Back to basics is obviously an ongoing theme; if The White Stripes’ ‘Elephant’ seemed minimal for not employing a single piece of equipment invented after the ’60s, then BRMC have gone one further, rarely here using an idea thought up after 1959. Steeped in country, folk and gospel, ‘Howl’ is a primitive cry from the heart of a distant Americana. Where once The Jesus And Mary Chain’s surf-noise and early ’90s art-wave made up BRMC’s signature sound, it’s Johnny Cash and early Bob Dylan that now reign supreme.”

The band have not released an album since 2018’s ‘Wrong Creatures’, their eighth studio record in total. NME’s three-star review said: “It needs a little more ‘bite’, a few more musical highs and some lyrical depth to feel essential, but BRMC still have the songs to pull off a record that matters. They’re still doing it, and doing it well – there’s your rock’n’roll.”

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