THE BLACK CROWES  returned to UK shores for an exclusive one-off live date at the Brixton Academy on Wednesday 9th April, following the release on March 3rd of their new studio album, Warpaint.  The band last performed in London in 2005 when tickets sold out instantly.

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The single London show forms part of the The Black Crowes’ world tour, which begins on 2nd March in the USA and includes a headline show at Stubbs during SXSW in Austin on 15th March.

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The band then travel to Australia where they will headline the East Coast Blues & Roots Festival on 24th March and conclude on April 5th (their first trek down-under since 1991). They will arrive in London for their Brixton Academy show and then travel to Amsterdam for a one-off show on 11th April at the Music Hall.

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The tour marks the live debut of two new band members - second guitarist Luther Dickinson, of North Mississippi Allstars, and keyboardist Adam MacDougall - who join CHRIS and RICH ROBINSON, drummer Steve Gorman and bassist Sven Pipien.

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Warpaint – The Black Crowes’ first studio album in seven years is being released in the UK on 3rd March through the band’s own newly-formed Silver Arrow Records label, distributed through Pinnacle. Warpaint builds compellingly on the band’s trademark adventurous brew of rock, blues, country, soul and gospel.

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The Black Crowes will shortly announce further US dates to start in May and additional European dates scheduled for this summer

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