"This is gonna be epic!" Heavy metal royalty Saxon will play their classic album Wheels Of Steel in full on UK and Ireland tour next year

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Saxon will hit the road next year to play an all-time great heavy metal album in its entirety

Saxon in 2024
(Image credit: Ned Wakeman)

Living heavy metal legends Saxon will be heading back on the road next year for a ten-date tour of the UK and Ireland. The tour will see Yorkshire's finest play their seminal 1980 album Wheels Of Steel in full, alongside tracks from this year's well-received Hell, Fire And Damnation LP. Saxon will hit up dates in Belfast, Dublin, Manchester, Sheffield, Glasgow, Newcastle, Bristol, Wolverhampton, London and Cardiff, bringing former Accept frontman Udo Dirkschneider with them. Dirkschneider will also be performing a classic album in full - Accept's excellent 1983 breakthrough, Balls To The Wall.

“We first toured with UDO and Accept in the U.S.A on our Crusader tour and have done lots of stuff together since, but we have never toured the UK together so this is gonna be epic," says Saxon frontman Biff Byford. "Balls to the Wall and Wheels of Steel under the same roof… it’ going to be something really special to witness. Bring it on!”

See the full list of tourdates below. For ticket info, head to the official Saxon website. Reviewing for Metal Hammer, Paul Travers said of Hell, Fire And Damnation: "It won’t change the face of music or knock the world off its axis, but Hell, Fire And Damnation is yet another damned fine addition to Saxon’s ever- expanding catalogue."

Saxon UK and Ireland tour dates 2024

Nov 04: Belfast, Ulster Hall
Nov 05: Dublin, Olympia
Nov 07: Manchester, O2 Appollo
Nov 08: Sheffield, Octagon
Nov 09: Glasgow, O2 Academy
Nov 11: Newcastle, O2 City Hall
Nov 13: Bristol, Beacon
Nov 14: Wolverhampton, Civic Hall
Nov 15: London, Eventim Apollo Hammersmith
Nov 16: Cardiff, The Great Hall

Merlin Alderslade
Merlin Alderslade
Executive Editor, Louder

Merlin moved into his role as Executive Editor of Louder in early 2022, following over ten years working at Metal Hammer. While there, he served as Online Editor and Deputy Editor, before being promoted to Editor in 2016. Before joining Metal Hammer, Merlin worked as Associate Editor at Terrorizer Magazine and has previously written for the likes of Classic Rock, Rock Sound, eFestivals and others. Across his career he has interviewed legends including Ozzy Osbourne, Lemmy, Metallica, Iron Maiden (including getting a trip on Ed Force One courtesy of Bruce Dickinson), Guns N' Roses, KISS, Slipknot, System Of A Down and Meat Loaf. He has also presented and produced the Metal Hammer Podcast, presented the Metal Hammer Radio Show and is probably responsible for 90% of all nu metal-related content making it onto the site.