Legendary UK all-female rock band Girlschool have issued the following statement:
Why this REALLY is the FINAL Girlschool USA tour!
Hi everyone!
Our Final USA tour starts today in Houston at the wonderful Hell’s Heroes Festival,
We hope to have some Westcoast only dates to add later in the year (as a “Part two leg”), but other than that, this is 100% it… We have made every effort to reach as many markets in the Eastern half of North America as we can.
The cost of visas, flights, internal transport costs, the logistics… and the distance between the cities means that this truly is a “Once more for the American fans” series of dates… in order to say goodbye.
With us to celebrate this tour we have the fantastic Alcatrazz and Lillian Axe.
The hoops to jump through for a UK band to tour the States are multiple and enormous.
So even if you have to travel a little to make it to a show, we’d be happy to see you there, one last time!
GIRLSCHOOL have announced the first dates of their “Final USA Tour” 2024 , with special guests: ALCATRAZZ and LILLIAN AXE.
The band comment:
We are very excited to announce the first leg of our return to the USA – for the first time in nearly a decade…and for what will be our final full tour of the United States.
Also with us on this package we have the brilliant Alcatrazz and Lillian Axe. Our agency and management are making every effort to get us to as many cities as possible, and as always it’s all about where there is promoter interest, so even if you have to travel a little bit — we would love to see you there at one of the shows! More Eastcoast and Westcoast dates will be announced in the coming weeks… Cheers you lot – Girlschool.
GIRLSCHOOL North American Dates (w/ Alcatrazz + Lillian Axe): More dates TBA
03/21: Houston, TX @ Hell’s Heroes Festival* 03/22: New Orleans, LA @ Southport Music Hall 03/24: Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West 03/25: Raleigh, NC @ Lincoln Theatre 03/27: Bensalem, PA @ Broken Goblet 03/28: Washington, DC @ Black Cat 03/29: Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club 03/30: New York, NY @ Gramercy Theatre 04/02: Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall 04/06: Detroit, MI @ Token Lounge *Girlschool Only
Pre-sales for Boston MA and NYC start today, November 30
03/29: Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club Pre-sale Info: Citizens Live presale Thursday 11/30 from 10:00 A.M. to 10:00 P.M. EST. No password, all you need to unlock this presale is the first six digits of your Citizens Banks card. Live Nation presale Thursday 11/30 from 10:00 A.M. to 10:00 P.M. EST, password is BACKSTAGE.
3/30: New York, NY @ Gramercy Theatre Pre-sale Info: Live Nation Presale: Thursday, November 30 at 10:00 A.M. – 10:00 P.M. EST (pw: BACKSTAGE) Ticketmaster Presale: Thursday, November 30 at 10:00 A.M. – 10:00 P.M. EST (pw: STAR)
The HEAVY METAL ASSAULT TOUR descends upon the U.K. next February for four shows only. Featuring four of the greatest traditional Heavy Metal bands and offering triple headlining sets from GIRLSCHOOL, RAVEN and ALCATRAZZ plus special guests Airforce.
All three headliners have released new albums this year via Silver Lining Music with NWOBHM’s pioneers Girlschool’s “WTFortyfive?” going to #1 on the UK Metal/Rock Charts.
RAVEN released “All Hell’s Breaking Loose” this June, while Alcatrazz released “Take No Prisoners” this May, all three to critical acclaim.
Special Guests Airforce have a new album set for release early 2024.
The three co-headlining bands will be playing equal sets every night.
Wednesday 14 February – Glasgow – Ivory Blacks Thursday 15 February – Newcastle – Trillians Newcastle Friday 16 February – Manchester – Manchester Academy Saturday 17 February – London – The Dome
FORTY-FIVE years young, British hard rock royalty GIRLSCHOOL release their hair-raising new single ‘Cold Dark Heart’ taken from the new album, WTFortyfive? out since Friday, July 28th via Silver Lining Music.
Musically, ‘Cold Dark Heart’ unveils a more sombre, dark side to Girlschool. The tracks kicks off with a chugging, boot-stomping guitar riff, entagled with hypnotic vocals, eerie lyrics and accompained with a mesmerising video with scenes of an otherwordly fantasia (video by instagood promotion).
Co-founding frontwoman and guitarist Kim McAuliffe explains,“It includes our heaviest riff ever.. so heavy it will eat your very soul – Celebrating our dark side!” “Musically, it’s Killing Joke meets Rammstein and then some!!!” adds guitarist and backing vocalist Jackie Chambers.
Watch/Listen to “Are You Ready? (feat. Joe Stump)” here (video by Natalia Jonderko Śmiechowicz).
Watch/Listen to the recently released ‘It Is What It Is’ here (director and camera – Danny Merton, assistant camera and lighting – Kerry Stringer).
WTFortyfive? is Girlschool’s 14th studio album and is a deliciously dirty declaration that age is a number that shows how much real raw attitude you have when it really counts. With WTFortyfive?, Kim McAuliffe (guitar/vocals), Denise Dufort (drums), Jackie Chambers (guitar/backing vocals) and Tracey Lamb (bass) leave the grit under their finger nails and the scuzz on their crusty leather boots as they riff and stomp their way through 12 statements of intent showing major attitude, some great melodies, and a consistent crunch to every guitar.
There’s the addictive mototörcharged scuzz of ‘It Is What It Is’, the Wandsworth via Sunset Strip sway of ‘Bump In The Night‘, the youthful, punky romp of ‘Up To No Good’ and the smart, sassy, rock ‘n’ roll hooks of ‘Believing In You’, with McAuliffe’s vocals sounding as sharp and raucous as ever. Lead single ‘Are You Ready?’ sets the pace, a racy, raunchy, fun-saturated shape-shifter co-written with Alcatrazz’s Joe Stump that shows Girlschool’s leathers may still carry the well-baked battle scars of decades gone by, but their songs and attitude are as fresh, fun, heavy and catchy as ever before. And if THAT isn’t enough, their raunch roars and rolls alongside Biff Byford (Saxon), Phil Campbell (Motörhead) and Duff McKagan (Guns N’ Roses) on a cracking cover of ‘Born To Raise Hell’! So throw away your inhibitions and join these spectacularly wild women on the most glorious of rock ‘n’ roll rides. Lemmy knew, so should YOU!
WTFortyfive? is out now on 12” Vinyl, CD Digipak, Digital Download and Streaming and Special D2C bundles. Order at this location
TRACKLISTING
It Is What It Is
Cold Dark Heart
Bump In The Night
Barmy Army
Invisible Killer
Believing In You
It’s A Mess
Into The Night
Are You Ready? (feat. Joe Stump)
Up To No Good
Party
Born To Raise Hell (feat. Biff Byford, Phil Campbell & Duff McKagan)
Canada’s The Metal Voice recently interviewed GIRLSCHOOL’s guitarist, vocalist co-founder Kim McAuliffe. In the interview McAullife talks about the bands beginnings, their relationship with Lemmy from Motorhead over the years and the bands new upcoming studio album WTFortyfive.
Girlschool’s new album WTFortyfive? will be released on July 28th via Silver Lining music.
Forty-five years young, British hard rock royalty GIRLSCHOOL comes out swinging with their fourteenth studio album, WTFortyfive?, a deliciously dirty declaration that age is a number that shows how much real raw attitude you have when it really counts.
When asked about the legacy of late guitarist Kelly Johnson “Well she left the band and then went on with her life for a few years then came back again and rejoined but then sadly got ill. She was everything to the band because obviously we started it off together. We were all in South London and she lived in North London so of course that’s bloody miles away, North London it’s like a different country to us. So she came and lived with me and Mum and Dad and um yeah so we shared a room and of course we were really young at that point at that time. We had the right old laugh and we just sort of did a lot of growing up together really. She was and still is like an iconic image and her playing I still sort of get Shivers up my spine. She just was unique really. She would just pick up an instrument and just play it straight away.”
When asked how Lemmy from Motorhead helped the band in the early days “People think that just suddenly (Lemmy) saw us and then it all happened all overnight you know well no it wasn’t as simple as that. We were actually touring around as Girlschool especially around Europe in my mum and Dad’s stolen van, poor Mum and Dad. They bought this van that they were going to turn into a camper van and go and touring around well. That sort of went out the window because we ended up commandeering it and just touring all over the place and put it into the ground. So we were touring for a couple of years but the thing is over here especially every time we played a punk Club they thought we were heavy metal we played heavy metal clubs they thought we were punks so we couldn’t win either way you know . But good friends of ours, a band called UK Subs they just recorded a single with a little independent company called ‘City Records and then ‘City Records’ asked us because we were great mates with them, asked us if we wanted to record a single and of course we jumped at it because you know it’s every band’s dream isn’t it you know um to get in the recording studio. So we knocked out ‘Take it all away’ (song) the single got some radio play and then Lemmy and Motorhead were looking for a band to support them on their first major British tour which was the Overkill tour and then he heard the single and then sort of saw pictures of us. Meanwhile we’d have already got given the 10 inch single of theirs a vinyl the Motorhead single and we thought bloody hell you know that’s a great Racket and then of course saw the photo of them thought oh my God look at them sort of thing you know. The next thing we know Lemmy’s invited himself down to one of our rehearsals so we didn’t know what to expect we were going oh God you know after just seeing the photos of him um but yeah of course we just got on like a house on fire. And he invited us onto the tour, cool tour and so that was that and so we were suddenly thrust into the bigger stages and the proper touring and finally we sort of found our niche because again it was like Motorhead were the same they were sort of crossover between the punk and rock.”
When asked about Lemmy’s most endearing qualities “Oh he was the funniest I mean he was just hilarious he’s have you in stitches. Just really funny and really nice and so supportive and it wasn’t just us he supported as females he went on to support quite a lot of other females in rock. He did his bit for women and rock that’s for sure.” When asked if she could define the new album in one sentence “The new album is a slab of heavy metal rock and roll.
Lead single “Are You Ready?” sets the pace; a racy, raunchy, fun-saturated shapeshifter co-written with Alcatrazz’s Joe Stump that shows GIRLSCHOOL’s leathers may still carry the well-baked battle scars of decades past, but their songs and attitude are as fresh, fun, heavy, and catchy as ever before. There’s the addictive mototörcharged scuzz of “It Is What It Is”, the Wandsworth via Sunset Strip sway of “Bump In The Night,” the youthful, punky romp of “Up To No Good,” and the smart, sassy, rock ‘n’ roll hooks of “Believing In You,” with McAuliffe’s vocals sounding as sharp and raucous as ever. And if that isn’t enough, their raunch roars and rolls alongside Biff Byford (Saxon), Phil Campbell (Motörhead), and Duff McKagan (Guns N’ Roses) on a cracking cover of “Born To Raise Hell!” So throw away your inhibitions and join these spectacularly wild women on the most glorious of rock ‘n’ roll rides. Lemmy knew, so should YOU! WTFortyfive? will be released on 12” vinyl, digipak-CD, digital download and streaming and special D2C bundles.
Preorder yours today at THIS LOCATION. Additionally, head over to girlschool.tmstor.es for a chance to win a GIRLSCHOOL WTFortyfive? custom made real leather jacket. T&Cs apply. WTFortyfive?
Tracking Listing:
It Is What It Is
Cold Dark Heart
Bump In The Night
Barmy Army
Invisible Killer
Believing In You
It’s A Mess
Into The Night
Are You Ready? (feat. Joe Stump)
Up To No Good
Party
Born To Raise Hell (feat. Biff Byford, Phil Campbell, Duff McKagan)
FORTY-FIVE years young, British hard rock royalty GIRLSCHOOL come out swinging with their 14th studio album WTFortyfive?, a deliciously dirty declaration that age is a number that shows how much real raw attitude you have when it really counts. WTFortyfive? is set for release on July 28th via Silver Lining Music.
Lead single “Are You Ready?” sets the pace; a racy, raunchy, fun-saturated shape-shifter co-written with Alcatrazz’s Joe Stump that shows Girlschool’s leathers may still carry the well-baked battle scars of decades gone by, but their songs and attitude are as fresh, fun, heavy and catchy as ever before.
“The first new Girlschool music in nearly a decade! Powerful, heavy and with a great groove, this is the first single from our WTFortyfive? album! We think you’ll like it… Are You Ready? We are!” – Girlschool
Watch/Listen to “Are You Ready? (feat. Joe Stump)” below.
(video by Natalia Jonderko Śmiechowicz)
As a nod to their fellow partners in crime, Girlschool release today the animated video for “Are You Ready?”, the video sequel to Alcatrazz’s “Don’t Get Mad… Get Even (feat. Girlschool)” taken from the upcoming Alcatrazz’s album Take No Prisoners (set for release May 19th via Silver Lining Music).
Watch/Listen to Alcatrazz’s “Don’t Get Mad… Get Even (feat. Girlschool)” here – (video by Natalia Jonderko Śmiechowicz).
With WTFortyfive?, Kim McAuliffe (guitar/vocals), Denise Dufort (drums), Jackie Chambers (guitar/backing vocals) and Tracey Lamb (bass) leave the grit under their finger nails and the scuzz on their crusty leather boots as they riff and stomp their way through 12 statements of intent showing major attitude, some great melodies, and a consistent crunch to every guitar. There’s the addictive mototörcharged scuzz of “It Is What It Is”, the Wandsworth via Sunset Strip sway of “
“Bump In The Night”, the youthful, punky romp of “Up To No Good” and the smart, sassy, rock ‘n’ roll hooks of “Believing In You”, with McAuliffe’s vocals sounding as sharp and raucous as ever. And if THAT isn’t enough, their raunch roars and rolls alongside Biff Byford (Saxon), Phil Campbell (Motörhead), and Duff McKagan (Guns N’ Roses) on a cracking cover of “Born To Raise Hell”! So throw away your inhibitions and join these spectacularly wild women on the most glorious of rock ‘n’ roll rides. Lemmy knew, so should YOU!
WTFortyfive? will be released on 12” Vinyl, CD Digipak, Digital Download and Streaming and Special D2C bundles. Pre-order from April 25th at this location
Head over to girlschool.tmstor.es for a chance to win a Girlschool WTFortyfive? custom made real leather jacket. T&Cs apply.
TRACKLISTING
1. It Is What It Is
2. Cold Dark Heart
3. Bump In The Night
4. Barmy Army
5. Invisible Killer
6. Believing In You
7. It’s A Mess
8. Into The Night
9. Are You Ready? (feat. Joe Stump)
10. Up To No Good
11. Party
12. Born To Raise Hell (feat. Biff Byford, Phil Campbell & Duff McKagan)
GIRLSCHOOL ARE:
Kim McAuliffe – guitar/vocals
Denise Dufort – drums
Jackie Chambers – guitar/backing vocals
Tracey Lamb – bass
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