| Black Stone Cherry have announced a deluxe digital edition of their 2020 album The Human Condition which includes an array of special bonus tracks. The album is released via Mascot Records / Mascot Label Group and is available from today. The band will also begin a 16 date tour of the UK in September with the Kris Barras Band in support, starting on 9th September in Bristol and finishing on 29th September at the iconic Royal Albert Hall, London. As the world plummeted into the COVID-19 pandemic, the four members of Black Stone Cherry were nestled deep in the woods of Kentucky, scrambling to complete their 7th album. There, they could feel the disease closing in as they watched the news daily, and it became apparent the album they were finishing featured lyrics that were eerily prescient. The resulting 13-track record is broadly emotive, and anthemic. It was finished just before the global lockdown was imposed, and it’s aptly titled, The Human Condition. At the time of release they said, “there was a real urgency and fear of the unknown during those sessions—it was a scary time,” recalls drummer, John Fred Young. “Every song on this album tells a story of the experiences we all go through—our happiness, our struggles, and how we have to adapt.” Sonically, The Human Condition is also one of BSC’s most visceral and hooky albums. Adds guitarist/vocalist Ben Wells: “With this one, we cranked up the amps, the drums are in your face, and there are some really heavy riffs. After 19 years and 7 albums, we wanted to prove that we still kick ass. This album feels like a rebirth.” The album has already amassed 30m streams and features the single Again, which itself has already had nearly 15m streams and is the bands’ first Top 15 hit on the Mainstream Rock Airplay Chart in the US since 2014s “Me and Mary Jane” as well as “In Love With The Pain,” “The Chain,” and “Ringin’ In My Head.” The deluxe release also includes songs from their Live From The Sky live stream show (“Again,” “Ringin’ In My Head” and “Ride”) and a Sirius XM live session of “In Love With The Pain” as well as two versions of Tracy Chapman classic “Give Me One Reason”, including their own muscular southern rock take on “Give Me One Reason (The Plug).” Black Stone Cherry – Again 1. Ringin’ In My Head 2. Again 3. Push Down & Turn 4. When Angels Learn To Fly 5. Live This Way 6. In Love With The Pain 7. The Chain 8. Ride 9. If My Heart Had Wings 10. Don’t Bring Me Down 11. Some Stories 12. The Devil In Your Eyes 13. Keep On Keepin’ On 14. Give Me One Reason 15. Again (Live) 16. Ringin’ In My Head (Live) 17. Ride (Live) 18. In Love With The Pain (Live for Sirius XM) 19. Give Me One Reason (The Plug) 2021 Tour Dates Tickets available from: www.blackstonecherry.com 09 Sep O2 Academy Bristol, Bristol – UK w/Kris Barras Band 10 Sep O2 Academy Birmingham, Birmingham – UK w/Kris Barras Band 11 Sep Engine Shed, Lincoln – UK w/Kris Barras Band 13 Sep Rock City, Nottingham – UK w/Kris Barras Band 14 Sep O2 Academy Leeds, Leeds – UK w/Kris Barras Band 16 Sep O2 Apollo Manchester, Manchester – UK w/Kris Barras Band 17 Sep Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow – UK w/Kris Barras Band 18 Sep Usher Hall, Edinburgh – UK w/Kris Barras Band 20 Sep O2 Academy Newcastle, Newcastle – UK w/Kris Barras Band 21 Sep O2 Academy Liverpool, Liverpool – UK w/Kris Barras Band 23 Sep Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone – UK w/Kris Barras Band 24 Sep Saint David’s Hall, Cardiff – UK w/Kris Barras Band 25 Sep University of Exeter Great Hall, Exeter – UK w/Kris Barras Band 27 Sep O2 Guildhall, Southampton – UK w/Kris Barras Band 28 Sep Corn Exchange, Cambridge – UK w/Kris Barras Band 29 Sep Royal Albert Hall, London UK w/Kris Barras Band 09 Oct Colonial Bike Week, Colonial Beach, VA – USA 2022 Tour Dates 12 Sep E-Werk, Erlangen – Germany 13 Sep Q-Factory, Amsterdam – Netherlands 14 Sep Markethalle, Hamburg – Germany 17 Sep Rockefeller Music Hall, Oslo – Norway 18 Sep Debaser Hornstulls Strand, Stockholm – Sweden 19 Sep Amager Bio, Copenhagen – Denmark 21 Sep Metropol, Berlin – Germany 22 Sep Arena Wien, Wien – Austria 23 Sep Barba Negra, Budapest – Hungary 24 Sep Tonhalle, Munich – Germany 26 Sep Alcatraz, Milan – Italy 27 Sep Komplex 457, Zurich – Switzerland 28 Sep LKA Longhorn, Stuttgart – Germany 30 Sep Santana 27, Bilbao – Spain 01 Oct Razzmatazz, Barcelona – Spain 02 Oct La Riviera, Madrid – Spain 04 Oct Rocher De Palmer, Bordeaux – France 05 Oct Trianon, Paris – France |
BLACK STONE CHERRY BACK AGAIN
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