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First Ever ‘Fireball – Fuelling The Fire’ Tour Announced For 2016

• 9th May 2016

Fireball have announced the first ever ‘Fireball – Fuelling The Fire Tour’, a celebration of punk rock, ska, reggae and roots music featuring some of the best live bands the international punk scene has to offer.

Set to hit the road in the UK throughout October 2016, the run of dates will feature the only full UK headline tour appearances this year from Florida ska-punk pioneers Less Than Jake, with support from modern British reggae torchbearers The Skints and Los Angeles amigos Mariachi El Bronx, the Mexican-flavoured side–project of hardcore punks The Bronx. Japanese ska punks KEMURI and Melbourne psychedelic reggae ska doom metal punk rockers, The Bennies, join on select dates.

Tickets are incredible value costing just £10 each and go on general sale on Friday 13th May with O2 priority tickets on sale at 10am on Wednesday 11th May.

Commenting on the tour, Less Than Jake drummer Vinnie Fiorello said: “Thanks to Fireball we were able to assemble a huge group of our friends on this tour from around the globe. We absolutely can’t wait to come back to the UK shores for what will feel like one huge party every night, night after night.”

Fireball UK brand manager James Pattison adds: “We’re extremely excited to be launching the first ever Fireball – Fuelling The Fire tour with such a strong line-up of incredible bands, we can’t wait to see you at the shows!”

The ‘Fireball – Fuelling The Fire Tour’ is your only chance to see some of the finest live bands the punk scene has to offer on one stage this October – find out what happens when you’re #FuelledByFireball

‘Fireball – Fuelling The Fire Tour’ with Less Than Jake, The Skints and Mariachi El Bronx tour dates:

Monday 3rd October – O2 Academy Bristol *
Tuesday 4th October – O2 Academy Sheffield *
Wednesday 5th October – O2 Academy Birmingham *
Thursday 6th October – O2 Academy Brixton *
Saturday 8th October – O2 Academy Newcastle ^
Sunday 9th October – O2 Academy Glasgow ^
Monday 10th October – O2 Ritz Manchester ^
Tuesday 11th October – O2 Academy Bournemouth ^

* w/ KEMURI
^ w/ The Bennies