Author: thenuthouse
The resurrection of WARD XVI is in full flow as the band are set to release their explosive new album, Id3ntity, which is out on Friday 11th July, via Earache. The alluring six piece will unleash their enticing new single and video, We Are Legion, which arrives on Friday 23rd May. WARD XVI have also just announced an extensive UK Autumn tour.
For tickets and details, see –
https://wardxvi.com/tour-dates/ .
Armed with an intense drive to push artistic boundaries, WARD XVI, draw from
heavyweights such as Iron Maiden and Alice Cooper, to modern heavyweights,
Ghost and Skindred. WARD XVI are recognised as a formidable act in the rock and
metal scene and are evenly skilled at producing their stage show to the club circuit
and key venues such as the London Roundhouse and larger festival stages parallel
to Bloodstock.
Past single, Blood Is The New Black, was premiered by Kerrang! Radio, picked up
a number one chart position at Primordial Radio, and has been widely praised by
fans and media alike. Now loaded with a new single, We Are Legion, which has
also just been premiered by Kerrang!, and with a glut of live shows and festival
appearances on the way, WARD XVI’s calling is growing stronger and stronger by
the day……
WARD XVI live this October:
Saturday 18th – Hidden, Dundee;
Sunday 19th – Ivory Blacks, Glasgow;
Monday – 20th The Cluny, Newcastle;
Tuesday 21st – Yardbirds, Grimsby;
Wednesday 22nd Nightrain, Bradford;
Thursday 23rd – O’Rileys, Hull;
Friday 24th – Firebug, Leicester;
Saturday 25th – Brickmakers, Norwich;
Sunday 26th – Cart & Horses, London;
Monday 27th – Levels, Swindon;
Tuesday 28th – The Cobblestones, Bridgwater;
Wednesday 29th – The Bunkhouse, Swansea;
Thursday 30th – The Station, Cannock;
Friday 31st – Blitz, Preston.


Johnny Doom will be premiering our latest single on May the 6th on his Unleashed show on Kerrang!! Radio.
The show runs from 9-11pm, and it will be the first airing of the second sing from our forthcoming album ID3NTITY, which is released on July 11th.
Q. What’s black, white and red all over??
WARD XVI are insanely excited to announce that we’ll be launching the Stageshow of the ID3NTITY album at Manchester Academy 2 on the 25th July and we’ll be joined by our very special guests Red Method.
This will be a night you’d be insane to miss.
Tickets go on sale 9am Friday 28th March.

Insane news from the Ward
The new single ‘Blood is the new Black’ will be premiered by Johnny Doom on Kerrang! Radio on Friday 14th from 9pm.
Make sure to tune in… you’d be crazy to miss it.

Ward XVI have announced the name and release date of the first single to come from their upcoming album titled ‘ID3NTITY’.
Blood is the new Black will be released on 4/4/25 on all major (and minor) streaming platforms and is WARD XVI at their most bombastic.
PRE ORDER HERE Blood is the new Black
