Damanek and Southern Empire announce UK and European tour

By Scott Munro
( Prog )
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Damanek and Southern Empire will play shows across the UK and Europe in November and December

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Damanek and Southern Empire have announced a joint UK and European tour for later this year.

Both bands will alternate the final slot each night – a move they’ve decided on to allow them to play extended sets. However, they aren’t telling fans who will play first or second to keep it a surprise.

Damanek’s Guy Manning says: “Since we played that memorable set at Summers End X Festival in 2016, I have been constantly asked, ‘When are you going to play live again?’ I have always had to say, “As soon as we can.’ But now I can say, ‘Soon.’

“The new album In Flight will be ready for the tour and it has some fantastic new pieces on it, which we are keen to perform live along with some of the favourites from On Track. Should be one hell of a show!”

Australian outfit Southern Empire are looking to release their second album later this year, with keyboardist Sean Timms adding: “It’s always extremely exciting to release a new album and then take those songs on the road.

“I think we have a very strong set of new songs to compliment the older material and we’re really looking forward to bringing our unique blend of prog’n’roll.”

Seven Steps To The Green Door will support for the shows in mainland Europe.

Find a list of tour dates below.

Damanek and Southern Empire 2018 tour dates

Nov 17: Pwllheli HRH Prog, UK (Southern Empire)
Nov 21: Reichenbach Bergkeller, Germany (Damanek, Southern Empire, Seven Steps To The Green Door)
Nov 22: Verviers Spirit Of 66, Belgium (Damanek, Southern Empire, Seven Steps To The Green Door)
Nov 24: Zoetermeer De Boerderi, Netherlands (Damanek, Southern Empire, Seven Steps To The Green Door)
Nov 28: Southampton Talking Heads, UK (Damanek, Southern Empire)
Nov 29: Bilston The Robin 2, UK (Damanek, Southern Empire)
Nov 30: London Boston Music Room, UK (Damanek, Southern Empire)
Dec 01: Maltby Classic Rock Society, UK (Damanek, Southern Empire)

Scott Munro
Scott Munro
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Scott has spent more than 30 years in newspapers, magazines and online as an editor, production editor, sub-editor, designer, writer and reviewer. Scott joined our news desk in the summer of 2014 before moving to the e-commerce team in 2020. Scott maintains Louder’s buyer’s guides, scouts out the best deals for music fans and reviews headphones, speakers, books and more. He's written more than 11,000 articles across Louder, Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and Prog and has previous written for publications including IGN, the Sunday Mirror, Daily Record and The Herald, covering everything from daily news and weekly features, to video games, travel and whisky. Scott's favourite bands are Fields Of The Nephilim, The Cure, New Model Army, All About Eve, The Mission, Cocteau Twins, Drab Majesty, Marillion and Rush.