Europe announce new album Walk The Earth

By Scott Munro
( Classic Rock )
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Europe will release their 11th studio album Walk The Earth in October - ahead of their UK tour with Deep Purple

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Europe (Image credit: Larry Marano)

Europe have revealed details of their new album which will be titled Walk The Earth.

The follow-up to 2015’s War Of Kings will be released on October 20 via Hell & Back Recordings/Silver Lining Music, with the Walk The Earth cover art created by Los Angeles artist Mike Sportes of Filth Mart.

Europe frontman Joey Tempest explains: “We were in the studio a few days into recording and producer Dave Cobb comes in wearing this very cool t-Shirt with one of Mike’s designs on it.

“Immediately we knew we had to check Mike’s other work and have him come up with an exclusive design for us based on the vibe of the album.

“We are very proud to have his amazing artwork as the Walk The Earth album cover!”

Earlier this month, Europe released the live package The Final Countdown 30th Anniversary Show – Live at the Roundhouse to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their landmark album.

Europe have also been confirmed as Deep Purple’s support for their upcoming UK arena tour.

Find the Walk The Earth cover art, tracklist and Europe’s UK tour dates with Deep Purple below.

Europe Walk The Earth tracklist

  1. Walk The Earth
  2. The Siege
  3. Kingdom United
  4. Pictures
  5. Election Day
  6. Wolves
  7. GTO
  8. Haze
  9. Whenever You’re Ready
  10. Turn To Dust

Europe’s 2017 UK tour dates with Deep Purple

Nov 17: Birmingham Barclaycard Arena
Nov 18: Manchester Arena
Nov 20: Cardiff Motorpoint Arena
Nov 22: Glasgow The SSE Hydro
Nov 23: London The O2 Arena

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Scott Munro
Scott Munro
Louder e-commerce editor

Scott has spent more than 30 years in newspapers and magazines as an editor, production editor, sub-editor, designer, writer and reviewer. After initially joining our news desk in the summer of 2014, he moved to the e-commerce team full-time in 2020. He 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 grew up listening to rock and prog, cutting his teeth on bands such as Marillion and Magnum before his focus shifted to alternative and post-punk in the late 80s. His favourite bands are Fields Of The Nephilim, The Cure, New Model Army, All About Eve, The Mission, Ned's Atomic Dustbin and Drab Majesty, but he also still has a deep love of Rush.