THE ANSWER Return With New Album – 40 Date UK and European Tour

New Album Out October 1st in North America via Napalm Records 

Keeping the beacon of Irish rock music well and truly alight, THE ANSWER have consistently delivered commercial, and critically acclaimed albums. The band have also spent the last eight years touring the world and proving themselves to be an incendiary live act- spending almost two years as main support to AC/DC and playing to over 2 million people, performing festivals across the globe and also supporting the likes of The Rolling Stones, Whitesnake and Wolfmother as well as countless headline tours.

Since releasing their third studio album in late 2011, the band instigated a major shake up in their circumstances and with new management, live booking agents and record label on board, late 2012 saw them enter the studio with ex Little Angels vocalist Toby Jepson at the production helm. The new record, “New Horizon” will be their fourth studio album and with mixes from rock icon Mike Fraser (AC/DC, Metallica), the new album will be released on September 30^th 2013 through label Napalm Records GmbH.

The band were also honoured and privileged that the late Storm Thorgerson and his team saw fit to design the artwork for the new album and Storm was working on final ideas for the album cover just before his sad passing.

The Downpatrick quartet consists of Cormac Neeson (vocals), Paul Mahon (guitar), Micky Waters (bass) and James Heatley (drums).

Cormac Neeson: “We’re back and we’re back in a big way. Our love for rock ‘n’ roll is still as fresh as a skinny dip in the Lagan (that’s the big river that runs through Belfast!) and we really believe that this is by far and away our best album to date. We can’t wait to get out and play it live!”

The band are set to play their first headline dates since March 2012, undertaking a full 40 date European tour through October and November 2013. Confirmed 2013 dates are as follows (UK and EIRE bold)

Fri 11^th Oct                Limelight 2, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Sat 12^th Oct               Whelans, Dublin, EIRE

Thurs 17^th Oct           Academy 3, Manchester, UK

Fri 18^th Oct                Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton, UK

Sat 19^th Oct               Cockpit, Leeds, UK

Sun 20^th Oct              Corporation, Sheffield, UK

Tues 22^nd Oct            The Garage, Glasgow, UK

Wed 23^rd Oct             O2 Academy, Newcastle, UK

Thurs 24^th Oct           Rescue Rooms, Nottingham, UK   

Fri 25^th Oct                Electric Ballroom, London, UK

Sat 26^th Oct               The Thekla, Bristol, UK

Sun 27^th Oct              Concorde 2, Brighton, UK

Tues 29^th Oct              Patronaat, Haarlem, Netherlands

Wed 30^th Oct               Metropol, Hengelo, Netherlands

Thurs 31^st Oct             Trix, Antwerp, Belgium

Fri 1^st Nov                   Luxor, Koln, Germany

Sat 2^nd Nov                 Café Central, Weinheim, Germany

Sun 3^rd Nov                 Kleiner Klub, Saarbrucken, Germany

Tues 5^th Nov               La Laiterie, Strasbourg, France

Wed 6^th Nov                Universium, Stuttgart, Germany

Thurs 7^th Nov             Pont Rouge, Monthey, Switzerland

Fri 8^th Nov                  Schuur, Luzern, Switzerland

Sat 9^th Nov                  Gaswerk, Winterhur, Switzerland

Sun 10^th Nov               Conrad Sohm, Dornbirn, Austria

Tue 12^th Nov               Szene, Vienna, Austria

Wed 13^th Nov              Strom, Munich, Germany

Thurs 14^th Nov           Magnet, Berlin, Germany

Fri 15^th Nov                Metal Hammer Festival, Weissenhauser, Germany

Sat 16^th Nov                Hedon, Zwolle, Netherlands

Sun 17^th Nov               W2, Den Bosch, Netherlands

Tues 19^th Nov             La Transbordeur, Lyon, France

Wed 20^th Nov              LA2 Apollo, Barcelona, Spain

Thurs 21^st Nov             El Sol, Madrid, Spain

Fri 22^nd Nov                Explosivo Club, Zaragoza, Spain

Sat 23^rd Nov                Kafe Antzokia, Bilboa, Spain

Mon 25^th Nov             Tunnels, Milan, Italy

Tues 26^th Nov             Circolo Degli Artisti, Rome, Italy

Wed 27^th Nov              Viper Theatre, Florence, Italy

Fri 29^th Nov                Le Trabendo, Paris, France

Sat 30^th Nov               Hard Rock Hell Festival, Pwllheli, Wales

UK shows are priced £14 London £16 (subject to booking fee). Tickets are available from local box offices and usual outlets – Livenation.co.uk / Ticketmaster.co.uk / Seetickets.com

Tickets go on general sale 9am GMT on Wednesday 22^nd May 2013

Support from very special guests to be announced.

For Hard Rock Hell Festival please see www.hardrockhell.com

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