The Inmates of WARD XVI have been announced as support for SKINDRED on the Liverpool leg on their forthcoming UK tour. On October 25th we will be bringing our show to Liverpool Olympia- which will be the first time in 8 years that the Doktor will have played in his home city. Tickets are selling fast, read the whole story in the link below https://www.fireworks-magazine.com/post/skindred-announce-inspired-list-of-support-acts-for-autumn-tour?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=blog.post-promoter&utm_campaign=7bca5999-6e7d-4623-ade6-c34d2cf8d6c7&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1YUwGUoS86LKC53Cu-A3hEHdtn5SbaSUkkcUIXZ5GKlm2z9Pj8qKYADZM_aem_IQgdoRxDCk6aZa95FANYxQ
WARD XVI ANNOUNCED AS SUNDAY NIGHT HEADLINERS AT BREAKING BANDS FESTIVAL 2025
The inmates are proud to announce that they will be headlining the Sunday night at Breaking Bands X (2025) “Breaking Bands Festival X (2025) – Grassroots Festival of the year 2023 4 days of awesome music across 2 stages (no band clashes) plus acoustic, horror theme fancy dress, quiz and a lot more. So far we have: Friday Headliners Black Spiders & King KrakenSaturday Special Guests: These Wicked Rivers (one headliner to announce)Sunday Headliners Ward XVI & JAYLER Also confirmed are Exaust, Regicide, Struck/Down, Sypha, Kit Trigg That’s 25% of the line-up completed, 50% of tickets sold and still 49 weeks until the festival starts. I think we are owning it for 2025! Tickets are just £65 adults, £20 kids and we have a £10 deposit option (pay the rest by the end of the year). Go to https://bbfest.uk for tickets and details. Sponsor shout outs: HeartWork Clothing & STMS Studio”
WARD XVI LIVE 2024
WARD XVI- LIVE 2024 “Look no further than the madcap mayhem that is Ward XVI! Bringing theatrics to rock or is it taking rocking to the theatre? Either way this troupe are unique in their stunning delivery” – Metalplanetmusic Thurs 28 March – Bristol – Thekla Fri 29 Mar – London – Underworld Sat 30 Mar – Brighton – The Arch Sun 31 Mar – Birmingham – Asylum Mon 1 Apr – Carlisle – Brickyard Tues 2 Apr – Newcastle – Trillians Wed 3 Apr – Hull – The Welly Thurs 4 Apr – Glasgow – Ivory Blacks Fri 5 Apr – Manchester – Academy 3 Sat 6 Apr – Swansea – Sin City Sun 7 Apr – Nottingham – Rescue Rooms Fri May 3rd – Slaughterhouse festival (Friday night headliner)- Birmingham- Castle and falcon Sat 4th May Outlaw Rock’N’Roll weekend – The Globe Glossop – (Saturday night headliner) Fri 31 May- Festival on the hills -Devon Sat 29 June- Wildfire Festival- Scotland Sat 20 July- Maid of stone festival (Firestarter Stage Headliner)
WARD XVI announced as the Saturday night headliners of the Firestarter Stage at MAID OF STONE FESTIVAL 2024
The Inmates of WARD XVI have been announced as the headliners of the Firestarter stage on Saturday 20th July at MAID OF STONE FESTIVAL 2024, and will appear along side the likes of Wolfmother, MR. BIG, Living Colour, Massive Wagons. Tickets available via www.maidofstonefestival.com or https://skiddle.com/e/36405233
Ward XVI announce spring UK tour with Tragedy
People of the United Kingdom…your decimation is imminent! The Inmates are bringing their show to you this Spring on their surprise tour with Tragedy: All Metal Tribute to the Bee Gees & Beyond We’re taking a break from recording Album 3 to bring our show to many places that haven’t witnessed our show before. Thurs 28 March – Bristol – Thekla Fri 29 Mar – London – Underworld Sat 30 Mar – Brighton – The Arch Sun 31 Mar – Birmingham – Asylum (Easter Sunday) Mon 1 Apr – Carlisle – Brickyard (Easter Monday) Tues 2 Apr – Newcastle – Trillians Wed 3 Apr – Hull – The Welly Thurs 4 Apr – Glasgow – Ivory Blacks Fri 5 Apr – Manchester – Academy 3 Sat 6 Apr – Swansea – Sin City Sun 7 Apr – Nottingham Rescue Rooms “An undisputed smash at festivals everywhere, Tragedy are undeniably entertaining in the flesh; their heavy metal reworkings of pop and disco hits so well executed that resistance is generally useless.” – Blabbermouth Special guest – Ward XVI. “Look no further than the madcap mayhem that is Ward XVI! Bringing theatrics to rock or is it taking rocking to the theatre? Either way this troupe are unique in their stunning delivery” – Metal Planet Music
WARD XVI collaborate with V from Pulverise to release ‘Saying it now’- a reworking of the Skindred anthem
Pausing briefly from recording their 3rd album, Ward XVI have teamed up with V from Yorkshire-based rap metal beatdown groovers Pulverise to release a cover of Skindred’s song ‘Saying it now’ which will be released on the 31st of October. No stranger to Skindred related mischief following the practical joke that they played on them in Liverpool, Psychoberrie and Ward XVI have followed up with a cover version of ‘Saying it Now’ one of their favourite songs by the Ragga metal band. Quotes “As I’m sure any of Ward XVI will tell you I’m not a fan of performing covers, but this song has great meaning, it has shaped my life as I know it. As Benji introduced this song some years ago he said never to wait to tell someone you love them and at that moment I made my way through the crowd to Doktor Von Stottenstein and told him I loved him, and that what was the beginning of a wonderful relationship, marriage and family. I initially decided I wanted to cover it vocally but I struggled to find a backing track so I set to work putting down a piano piece. After I’d finished I thought this definitely needs guitar and drums so even though it was initially meant to be a surprise for the Doktor, but I couldn’t have anyone else play guitar on this song. V is a good friend of ours who we’ve shared the stage with many times and we also have a shared love of Skindred. Anytime I go to comment on their posts online you can guarantee to see a comment from V. I’m a huge fan of Skindred, to the point where we gave our son ‘Benji’ as a middle name but I’d say she still has the edge […]
WARD XVI begin recording album 3 and release details of the supporting crowdfunding campaign.
The crowdfunding campaign will run from 8AM October 1st to October 29th. This crowdfunding campaign will allow us to afford the costs of the recording/ production process, music videos and also the building and preparation of a whole new stage show. “Why now?” we hear you scream! Ward XVI have always self funded their art-whether that be music, stage show or videos, and have prided themselves on the quality and originality of it and what they delivered to you all. Unfortunately with the increase of the cost of living, we are reaching out for a little assistance. “What can I do? I’m not Jesus” we hear you cry.. We aim to do this in a unique way…we aren’t yet ready to provide the album to you as part of this funding campaign but we want you to become a ‘CERTIFIED INMATE’ which will provide you with exclusive rarities that no-one else will be able to get their grubby hands onto. Becoming a Certified Inmate you will get insane perks like; ✔️Your own unique inmate number based upon the chronology of when you became an inmate (sorry.. I know everyone wants 13, 69 or 666 but it’s just not feasible to do it that way… this way will add kudos and exclusivity for you all In terms of being able to have a low number-we aim to potentially open this annually… plus being easy and fair to manage). ✔️A signed certificate of authenticity Exclusive shirt and patch which are marked with your specific number. ✔️A personalised ‘thank you’ video of Psychoberrie and the inmates marking the garment with your personal number ✔️Your name in the sleeve art work of album Your mugshot will be displayed upon the inmate wall of Ward XVI’s website. ✔️Being an official inmate will also provide […]